| ADOPTEES | • adoptees n. Plural of adoptee. • ADOPTEE n. one who is adopted. |
| ANECDOTE | • anecdote n. A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. • anecdote n. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis. • anecdote n. A previously untold secret account of an incident. |
| DECORATE | • decorate v. (Transitive) To furnish with decorations. • decorate v. (Transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office. • decorate v. (Intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office. |
| DENOTATE | • denotate v. (Archaic) To mark off; to denote. • DENOTATE v. (obsolete) to denote. |
| DEODATES | • deodates n. Plural of deodate. • DEODATE n. (obsolete) a gift to or from God. |
| DEROGATE | • derogate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To partially repeal (A law etc.). • derogate v. (Transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. • derogate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. |
| DESOLATE | • desolate adj. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. • desolate adj. Barren and lifeless. • desolate adj. Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. |
| DETONATE | • detonate v. (Intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression. • detonate v. (Transitive) To cause to explode. • detonate v. (Intransitive, figurative) To express sudden anger. |
| DOGEATES | • dogeates n. Plural of dogeate. • DOGEATE n. the office of a doge, or chief magistrate of Venice, also DOGESHIP, DOGATE. |
| ENDOSTEA | • endostea n. Plural of endosteum. • ENDOSTEUM n. the internal periosteum, a membrane lining the medullary capillary of a bone. |
| EVOCATED | • evocated v. Simple past tense and past participle of evocate. • evocated adj. (Rare) evoked. • EVOCATE v. to evoke. |
| FOREDATE | • foredate v. (Transitive) To date before the true time; to antedate. • FOREDATE v. to date before the true time; to antedate. |
| FOVEATED | • foveated v. Simple past tense and past participle of foveate. • FOVEATED adj. having a fovea. |
| GOATWEED | • goatweed n. Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil. • goatweed n. Croton capitatus, the hogwort. • GOATWEED n. an umbelliferous weed, long supposed to be good for gout, also GOUTWEED, GOUTWORT. |
| HEADNOTE | • headnote n. A note at the head of a page or chapter. • headnote n. (Law) A summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case, usually found at the beginning of a case report. • head-note n. Alternative spelling of headnote (“a summary or remark at the beginning”). |
| MODERATE | • moderate adj. Not excessive; acting in moderation. • moderate adj. (Pathology) more than mild, less than severe. • moderate adj. Mediocre. |
| NEMATODE | • nematode n. (Zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm. • NEMATODE n. a parasitic worm with an unsegmented, cylindrical body. |
| OEDEMATA | • oedemata n. Plural of oedema. • œdemata n. Plural of œdema. • OEDEMA n. (Greek) a pathological accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces, also EDEMA. |
| OPERATED | • operated v. Simple past tense and past participle of operate. • operated adj. (In combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy. • operated adj. Having undergone an operation. |
| RECOATED | • recoated v. Simple past tense and past participle of recoat. • RECOAT v. to coat again. |