| ANIMATED | • animated adj. Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely. • animated adj. Endowed with life. • animated adj. Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or… |
| DEMENTIA | • dementia n. (Pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond… • dementia n. Madness or insanity. • DEMENTIA n. chronic mental and emotional deterioration caused by organic brain disease. |
| DIAMANTE | • diamante n. An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone. • diamante n. A diamante poem. • diamante adj. Covered in diamante decorations. |
| DOMINANT | • dominant n. (Music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus… • dominant n. (Music) The triad built on the dominant tone. • dominant n. (Genetics) A gene that is dominant. |
| DOMINATE | • dominate v. To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power. • dominate v. To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone. • dominate v. To enjoy a commanding position in some field. |
| DONATISM | • Donatism n. (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering… • DONATISM n. the tenets of the Donatists, a schismatic body of North African Christians. |
| DYNAMIST | • dynamist n. A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism. • DYNAMIST n. one who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics. |
| DYNAMITE | • dynamite n. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting. • dynamite n. (Informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT). • dynamite n. (Figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful. |
| MANATOID | • MANATOID adj. relating to a manatee. |
| MEDIANTS | • mediants n. Plural of mediant. • MEDIANT n. the third tone of a scale, about midway between tonic and dominant. |
| MEDICANT | • medicant n. A medication. • MEDICANT n. a healing substance. |
| MINIATED | • miniated v. Simple past tense and past participle of miniate. • MINIATE v. to decorate with rubrics; to illuminate a manuscript. |
| NEMATOID | • nematoid adj. (Zoology) Of, relating to, or resembling a nematode. • NEMATOID adj. pertaining to worms parasitic on the intestines. |
| SAINTDOM | • saintdom n. Sainthood. • SAINTDOM n. the condition of being a saint. |
| TAMARIND | • tamarind n. (Botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica. • tamarind n. (Cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce. • tamarind n. Other similar species… |
| TIDESMAN | • tidesman n. A customhouse officer who goes on board a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter. • tidesman n. Synonym of tide waiter (“a person who watches public opinion before declaring their own”). • TIDESMAN n. a customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties. |