| APODEICTIC | • apodeictic adj. Affording proof; demonstrative. • apodeictic adj. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain. • apodeictic adj. (Logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly… |
| DEPILATION | • depilation n. Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal. • depilation n. Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body. • DEPILATION n. the act of removing the hair. |
| DIASPORIST | Sorry, definition not available. |
| DIATROPISM | • diatropism n. (Biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus. • diatropism n. (Organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity. • diatropism n. The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective… |
| DIOPTRICAL | • dioptrical adj. Alternative form of dioptric. • DIOPTRICAL adj. transparent, also DIOPTRIC. |
| DIPLOMATIC | • diplomatic adj. Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries. • diplomatic adj. Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments. • diplomatic adj. Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other… |
| DISAPPOINT | • disappoint v. (Transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised… • disappoint v. (Transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for). • disappoint v. (Transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope). |
| DISSIPATOR | • dissipator n. One who, or that which, dissipates something. • DISSIPATOR n. one who dissipates, also DISSIPATER. |
| GRAPHITOID | • graphitoid adj. Resembling graphite. • GRAPHITOID adj. of or like graphite. |
| IDIOPATHIC | • idiopathic adj. (Pathology) Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause. • IDIOPATHIC adj. of a disease, etc. arising spontaneously from some unknown cause, primary. |
| LAPIDATION | • lapidation n. (Law) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment. • LAPIDATION n. (archaic) the act of stoning. |
| PARASITOID | • parasitoid n. Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host. • PARASITOID n. an insect parasitic in one phase of the life history, thereafter independent. |
| PARODISTIC | • parodistic adj. Of, related to, or having the characteristics of parody. • PARODISTIC adj. relating to parody. |
| PLATINOIDS | • platinoids n. Plural of platinoid. • PLATINOID n. an alloy of copper, zinc, nickel, and tungsten, resembling platinum and resistant to tarnishing. |
| PODIATRIES | • PODIATRY n. the study and treatment of the human foot. |
| PODIATRIST | • podiatrist n. (Medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments. • PODIATRIST n. one who practises podiatry. |
| PRISMATOID | • prismatoid n. (Mathematics) Any polyhedron whose vertices all lie in either of two parallel planes. • PRISMATOID n. a body that approaches to the form of a prism. |