| ANTECEDING | • anteceding v. Present participle of antecede. • ANTECEDE v. to go before. |
| CARTRIDGES | • cartridges n. Plural of cartridge. • CARTRIDGE n. a case containing the charge for a gun. |
| CASTIGATED | • castigated v. Simple past tense and past participle of castigate. • CASTIGATE v. to scold, reprimand. |
| 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… |
| CINGULATED | • cingulated adj. Having a cingulum. • CINGULATED adj. having a girdle, also CINGULATE. |
| COLLIGATED | • colligated v. Simple past tense and past participle of colligate. • colligated adj. Tied together. • colligated adj. Logically connected. |
| DACOITAGES | • DACOITAGE n. (Hindi) robbery by dacoits, also DACOITY, DAKOITI, DAKOITY. |
| DECALOGIST | • decalogist n. One who explains the Decalogue. • DECALOGIST n. an exponent of the Decalogue (the Ten Commandments). |
| DECIMATING | • decimating v. Present participle of decimate. • DECIMATE v. to kill every tenth person; to destroy a large proportion of a group. |
| DECORATING | • decorating v. Present participle of decorate. • decorating n. Decoration. • DECORATING n. the act of adorning. |
| DEDICATING | • dedicating v. Present participle of dedicate. • DEDICATE v. to set apart for a special purpose. |
| DEFECATING | • defecating v. Present participle of defecate. • DEFECATE v. to void excrement, also DEFAECATE. |
| DESCANTING | • descanting v. Present participle of descant. • DESCANT v. to comment on a theme, also DISCANT. |
| DETRACTING | • detracting v. Present participle of detract. • detracting n. Detraction; slander. • DETRACTING adj. taking away. |
| DIAGENETIC | • diagenetic adj. (Geology) of, or relating to diagenesis. • DIAGENETIC adj. pertaining to changes, such as recrystallization and replacement, that take place in sediments after their deposition. |
| GEODETICAL | • geodetical adj. Of, or relating to geodesy; geodesic. • GEODETICAL adj. of or pertaining to geodesy, also GEODESICAL, GEODETIC. |
| LIGHTFACED | • lightfaced adj. Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. • LIGHTFACED adj. in a typeface having comparatively light thin lines. |
| MEDICATING | • medicating v. Present participle of medicate. • MEDICATE v. to treat with medicine. |