| ADUMBRATING | • adumbrating v. Present participle of adumbrate. • ADUMBRATE v. to foreshadow vaguely, to intimate. |
| DACTYLOGRAM | • dactylogram n. A fingerprint. • DACTYLOGRAM n. a fingerprint. |
| DEMARCATING | • demarcating v. Present participle of demarcate. • DEMARCATE v. to mark the boundary of. |
| DRAMATISING | • dramatising v. Present participle of dramatise. • DRAMATISE v. to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, also DRAMATIZE. |
| DRAMATIZING | • dramatizing v. Present participle of dramatize. • DRAMATIZE v. to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, also DRAMATISE. |
| DRAMATURGES | • dramaturges n. Plural of dramaturge. • DRAMATURGE n. a dramatist; specifically a reader and literary editor etc. to a permanent theatrical company, also DRAMATURG, DRAMATURGIST. |
| DRAMATURGIC | • dramaturgic adj. Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage. • DRAMATURGIC adj. relating to dramaturgy, also DRAMATURGICAL. |
| DRAUGHTSMAN | • draughtsman n. A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans. • draughtsman n. (Obsolete) A book illustrator. • draughtsman n. A piece in the game of draughts (checkers). |
| EMARGINATED | • emarginated adj. (Botany) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus. • emarginated adj. Notched at the summit. • emarginated adj. (Crystallography) Having the edges truncated. |
| GRANDMASTER | • grandmaster n. Alternative spelling of Grandmaster. • grandmaster n. A master in a field, whose skills or accomplishments exceed those of other masters. • Grandmaster n. (Chess) A player of the highest rank, as determined by FIDE, with an Elo rating of at least 2500. |
| MADRIGALIST | • madrigalist n. A composer of madrigals. • madrigalist n. A singer or interpreter of madrigals. • MADRIGALIST n. one who sings madrigals. |
| MAGISTRANDS | • magistrands n. Plural of magistrand. • MAGISTRAND n. a university student in fourth year. |
| MEGASTARDOM | • megastardom n. The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar. |
| MONTAGNARDS | • Montagnards n. Plural of Montagnard. • MONTAGNARD n. one of a mountain-dwelling people of Southern Vietnam on the Cambodian border. |
| PRAGMATISED | • pragmatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of pragmatise. • PRAGMATISE v. to interpret; to represent as real, also PRAGMATIZE. |
| PRAGMATIZED | • pragmatized v. Simple past tense and past participle of pragmatize. • PRAGMATIZE v. to interpret; to represent as real, also PRAGMATISE. |
| SMARAGDITES | • smaragdites n. Plural of smaragdite. • SMARAGDITE n. a green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro. |