| ADVERTISED | • advertised v. Simple past tense and past participle of advertise. • ADVERTISE v. to draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium to promote sales or attendance, also ADVERTIZE. |
| ANDRADITES | • andradites n. Plural of andradite. • ANDRADITE n. a green-to-black garnet. |
| DANDIPRATS | • dandiprats n. (Obsolete) plural of dandiprat. • DANDIPRAT n. (obsolete) a silver three-halfpenny piece, also DANDYPRAT. |
| DASTARDIES | • dastardies n. Plural of dastardy. • DASTARDY n. despicable behaviour. |
| DEDICATORS | • dedicators n. Plural of dedicator. • DEDICATOR n. one who dedicates. |
| DESIDERATA | • desiderata n. Plural of desideratum. • DESIDERATUM n. (Latin) something considered necessary or desirable. |
| DESIDERATE | • desiderate v. (Transitive) To miss; to feel the absence of; to long for. • desiderate adj. Desired, wished or longed for. • DESIDERATE v. to desire; to feel the want of. |
| DISATTIRED | • disattired v. Simple past tense and past participle of disattire. • DISATTIRE v. (Spenser) to unrobe; to undress. |
| DISCORDANT | • discordant adj. Not in harmony or accord. • discordant adj. Harsh or dissonant-sounding. • discordant adj. (Public health) Serodiscordant. |
| DISNATURED | • disnatured adj. (Obsolete) Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. • DISNATURE v. to cause to be in an unnatural condition. |
| DISRELATED | • disrelated adj. Unrelated. • DISRELATED adj. not related. |
| DISTRACTED | • distracted adj. Having one’s attention diverted; preoccupied. • distracted adj. Distraught. • distracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of distract. |
| DISTRAINED | • distrained v. Simple past tense and past participle of distrain. • DISTRAIN v. to seize and hold property as security. |
| DITTANDERS | • DITTANDER n. a pungent cruciferous plant, aka pepperwort. |
| DRAMATISED | • dramatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of dramatise. • DRAMATISE v. to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, also DRAMATIZE. |
| HARDFISTED | • hardfisted adj. Alternative form of hard-fisted. • hard-fisted adj. Having hard or strong hands. • hard-fisted adj. Covetous; niggardly. |
| LADDERIEST | • LADDERY adj. of stockings, laddered. |
| STRADDLING | • straddling v. Present participle of straddle. • STRADDLE v. to bestride; to set (the legs) far apart, also STRIDDLE, STRODDLE, STRODLE. |