| CADUCITIES | • caducities n. Plural of caducity. • CADUCITY n. the quality of being transitory or perishable. |
| CATECHISED | • catechised v. Simple past tense and past participle of catechise. • CATECHISE v. to instruct in the catechism, also CATECHIZE. |
| CICATRISED | • cicatrised v. Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrise. • CICATRISE v. to form a scar, also CICATRIZE. |
| CLADISTICS | • cladistics n. (Systematics) An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies… • CLADISTICS n. taxonomic theory distinguishing by common ancestor. |
| DECASTICHS | • decastichs n. Plural of decastich. • DECASTICH n. a ten-line poem. |
| DESICCANTS | • desiccants n. Plural of desiccant. • DESICCANT n. a drying or desiccating agent. |
| DESICCATED | • desiccated v. Simple past tense and past participle of desiccate. • desiccated adj. Dried. • DESICCATE v. to remove the moisture from, dry up. |
| DESICCATES | • desiccates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desiccate. • DESICCATE v. to remove the moisture from, dry up. |
| DESICCATOR | • desiccator n. A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials… • desiccator n. A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator. • DESICCATOR n. one who, or that which, desiccates. |
| DIACAUSTIC | • diacaustic adj. Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light. • diacaustic n. A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise. • diacaustic n. The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays. |
| DIACOUSTIC | • diacoustic adj. Relating to diacoustics. • DIACOUSTIC adj. pertaining to the refraction of sound. |
| DIACRITICS | • diacritics n. Plural of diacritic. • DIACRITIC n. a mark or sign serving to distinguish different values or sounds of the same letter e.g. an acute accent. |
| DIALECTICS | • dialectics n. (Philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions… • dialectics n. Plural of dialectic. • DIALECTIC n. the art of arriving at the truth by disclosing the contradictions in the opponent's argument and overcoming them. |
| DICACITIES | • dicacities n. Plural of dicacity. • DICACITY n. (archaic) raillery, banter. |
| DOCIMASTIC | • docimastic adj. (Dated) of, or relating to an experiment, test or assay. • DOCIMASTIC adj. proving by docimasy, experiments or tests. |
| DYSPRACTIC | • DYSPRACTIC adj. suffering from dyspraxia, also DYSPRAXIC. |
| EXSICCATED | • exsiccated v. Simple past tense and past participle of exsiccate. • EXSICCATE v. to dry up. |
| FLACCIDEST | • FLACCID adj. limp. |
| STICCADOES | • STICCADO n. (Italian) an instrument like a xylophone, also STICCATO. |