| ACCELERANDO | • accelerando n. (Music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed. • accelerando n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • accelerando n. (By extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing). |
| ANECDOTAGES | • anecdotages n. Plural of anecdotage. • ANECDOTAGE n. anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes. |
| ANTEROGRADE | • anterograde adj. (Medicine) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. • anterograde adj. (Medicine) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of. • ANTEROGRADE adj. as in anterograde amnesia, loss of memory for events after injury to the brain or mental trauma, with little effect on information acquired previously. |
| ASTEROIDEAN | • asteroidean n. Any starfish of the class Asteroidea. • ASTEROIDEAN n. an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes. |
| DEAERATIONS | • deaerations n. Plural of deaeration. • DEAERATION n. the removal of air bubbles. |
| DECARBONATE | • decarbonate v. To remove carbon dioxide from something. • DECARBONATE v. to remove carbon dioxide or carbonic acid from. |
| DEFAECATION | • defaecation n. Alternative form of defecation. • defæcation n. Obsolete spelling of defecation. • DEFAECATION n. the expulsion of solid waste from the body, also DEFECATION. |
| DETONATABLE | • detonatable adj. (Of an explosive, or ordnance) That can be detonated or is liable to detonate; detonable. • DETONATABLE adj. able to be detonated, also DETONABLE. |
| EUDAEMONIAS | • EUDAEMONIA n. (Greek) happiness or wellbeing; in Aristotelian philosophy, a full, active life governed by reason, also EUDEMONIA. |
| HALOGENATED | • halogenated v. Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate. • halogenated adj. (Chemistry) Treated or reacted with a halogen. • halogenated adj. (Chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with a halogen. |
| LANCEOLATED | • lanceolated adj. Alternative form of lanceolate. • LANCEOLATED adj. shaped like a lance-head, also LANCEOLATE. |
| OVERMANAGED | • overmanaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmanage. • OVERMANAGE v. to manage to excess. |
| REJONEADORA | • REJONEADORA n. (Spanish) a female rejoneador, a mounted bullfighter who uses rejones, a lance with a wooden handle. |