| ADRENERGIC | • adrenergic adj. Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine. • adrenergic adj. Containing or releasing adrenaline. • adrenergic adj. Activated by an adrenal mechanism. |
| CENTIGRADE | • centigrade adj. (Of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points. • centigrade adj. Celsius (since 1948). • centigrade n. (Uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its… |
| DECAGRAMME | • decagramme n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of decagram. • DECAGRAMME n. a weight of the metric system; ten grams, also DECAGRAM, DEKAGRAM. |
| DECIGRAMME | • decigramme n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of decigram. • DECIGRAMME n. a tenth of a gram, also DECIGRAM. |
| DECREASING | • decreasing v. Present participle of decrease. • DECREASING adj. diminishing. • DECREASING n. the act of diminishing. |
| DEGENERACY | • degeneracy n. The state of being degenerate (in all senses). • degeneracy n. (Neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another’s function without being overexerted. • DEGENERACY n. the state of being degenerate. |
| DISCHARGEE | • dischargee n. One who is discharged. • DISCHARGEE n. one who is discharged. |
| ENCOURAGED | • encouraged v. Simple past tense and past participle of encourage. • ENCOURAGE v. to hearten, also ACCORAGE, ACCOURAGE. |
| GIRDLECAKE | • GIRDLECAKE n. a kind of scone, aka drop scone, also GIRDLESCONE. |
| GRANDNIECE | • grandniece n. A granddaughter of one’s sibling; a daughter of one’s nephew or niece. (Brother’s granddaughter: fraternal… • GRANDNIECE n. the granddaughter of one's brother or sister. |
| PRECHARGED | • precharged adj. Charged in advance. • precharged v. Simple past tense and past participle of precharge. • pre-charged adj. Alternative form of precharged. |
| REACCEDING | • reacceding v. Present participle of reaccede. • REACCEDE v. to accede again. |
| RECTANGLED | • rectangled adj. (Obsolete) rectangular. • rectangled adj. (Slang) tangled (from a rebracketing of "rectangle" as "rec tangle"). • RECTANGLED adj. rectangular. |
| REPACKAGED | • repackaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of repackage. • REPACKAGE v. to package again. |