| CANDIDATURE | • candidature n. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship. • CANDIDATURE n. the state of being a candidate. |
| DASTARDNESS | • dastardness n. The state or quality of being a dastard. • DASTARDNESS n. the state of being dastard. |
| DEGRADATION | • degradation n. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one’s standing… • degradation n. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual… • degradation n. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. |
| DENDRACHATE | • dendrachate n. (Mineralogy) An arborescent or dendritic agate. • DENDRACHATE n. moss agate. |
| DERACINATED | • deracinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of deracinate. • DERACINATE v. to uproot. |
| DREADNAUGHT | • dreadnaught n. Alternative spelling of dreadnought. • DREADNAUGHT n. a large battleship; a garment of heavy woollen cloth, also DREADNOUGHT. |
| DYNAMITARDS | • dynamitards n. Plural of dynamitard. • DYNAMITARD n. (archaic) a user of dynamite esp. for political purposes, also DYNAMITER. |
| GRADATIONED | • gradationed v. Simple past tense and past participle of gradation. • GRADATIONED adj. formed by gradations or stages. |
| GRANDSTANDS | • grandstands n. Plural of grandstand. • grandstands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grandstand. • GRANDSTAND v. to show off. |
| HANDBREADTH | • handbreadth n. A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm. • HANDBREADTH n. the breadth of a hand, also HANDSBREADTH. |
| HANDCRAFTED | • handcrafted adj. Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery. • HANDCRAFT v. to fashion by hand. |
| NONSTANDARD | • nonstandard adj. Not standard. • nonstandard adj. (Linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers. • nonstandard n. Something that is not standard. |
| RITARDANDOS | • ritardandos n. Plural of ritardando. • RITARDANDO n. (Italian) a musical passage with a gradual slackening of tempo, also RITARD. |
| STANDARDISE | • standardise v. To establish a standard consisting of regulations for how something is to be done across an organization. • standardise v. To make to conform to a standard. • standardise v. To check for conformance with a standard. |
| STANDARDIZE | • standardize v. US and Oxford British spelling standard spelling of standardise. • STANDARDIZE v. to make standard, also STANDARDISE. |
| SUBSTANDARD | • substandard adj. Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements. • substandard adj. (Linguistics, dated) Not conforming to the standard variety; nonstandard. • sub-standard adj. Alternative spelling of substandard. |