| DEHUMANISING | • dehumanising v. Present participle of dehumanise. • DEHUMANISE v. to remove the humanity from, also DEHUMANIZE. |
| DEMOGRAPHERS | • demographers n. Plural of demographer. • DEMOGRAPHER n. a student of demography. |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | • demographics n. The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies. • DEMOGRAPHIC n. an analysis of the structure of a population. |
| DEMOGRAPHIES | • demographies n. Plural of demography. • DEMOGRAPHY n. the study of population statistics and trends, such as births, deaths, and disease. |
| DEMOGRAPHIST | • DEMOGRAPHIST n. a demographer. |
| DEPHLEGMATES | • dephlegmates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dephlegmate. • DEPHLEGMATE v. to distill something, such as alcohol. |
| DYNAMOGRAPHS | • dynamographs n. Plural of dynamograph. • DYNAMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording mechanical forces. |
| GRANDMOTHERS | • grandmothers n. Plural of grandmother. • grand-mothers n. Plural of grand-mother. • GRANDMOTHER n. the mother of one's mother or father. |
| HANDSTAMPING | • handstamping v. Present participle of handstamp. • HANDSTAMP v. to stamp by hand. |
| HOMESTEADING | • homesteading v. Present participle of homestead. • HOMESTEADING n. (US) a scheme by which people are permitted to buy, or live rent-free in, semi-derelict buildings and improve them with the help of Government grants, etc. |
| HYDRARGYRISM | • hydrargyrism n. (Medicine) A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism. • HYDRARGYRISM n. mercury poisoning, also HYDRARGYRIA. |
| HYDRARGYRUMS | • HYDRARGYRUM n. an obsolete name for mercury. |
| HYDROMASSAGE | • hydromassage n. A therapeutic massage in which bubbles of air and jets of water are pumped through a bath in which the recipient lies. • hydromassage v. (Transitive) To massage in this way. |
| MISHANDLINGS | • mishandlings n. Plural of mishandling. • MISHANDLING n. e act of handling wrongly. |
| SLEDGEHAMMER | • sledgehammer n. A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle… • sledgehammer v. To strike with a sledgehammer. • SLEDGEHAMMER n. a large hammer used e.g. for breaking rocks. |
| SMALLHOLDING | • smallholding n. A small farm. • smallholding n. (US, historical) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less). Contrasted… • small␣holding n. Alternative form of smallholding. |