| ACADEMICISM | • academicism n. (Classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato’s academy; specifically the skeptical… • academicism n. (Art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism. • academicism n. Speculative thoughts and attitudes. |
| CANDIDACIES | • candidacies n. Plural of candidacy. • CANDIDACY n. the state of being a candidate. |
| CICADELLIDS | • cicadellids n. Plural of cicadellid. • CICADELLID n. any of a genus of insects including leafhoppers. |
| CLASSICISED | • classicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of classicise. • CLASSICISE v. to make classical, also CLASSICIZE. |
| CLASSICIZED | • classicized v. Simple past tense and past participle of classicize. • CLASSICIZE v. to make classical, also CLASSICISE. |
| CYCLOIDIANS | • cycloidians n. Plural of cycloidian. • CYCLOIDIAN n. a fish with cycloid scales. |
| DECALCIFIES | • decalcifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify. • DECALCIFY v. to deprive of calcium. |
| DESICCATING | • desiccating v. Present participle of desiccate. • DESICCATE v. to remove the moisture from, dry up. |
| DESICCATION | • desiccation n. (Uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated. • desiccation n. An act or occurrence of desiccating. • DESICCATION n. the state of being desiccated. |
| DESICCATIVE | • desiccative adj. Causing to desiccate; drying out. • desiccative n. Any substance that promotes drying. • DESICCATIVE n. a drying agent. |
| DIACAUSTICS | • diacaustics n. Plural of diacaustic. • DIACAUSTIC n. a type of curve formed by refraction. |
| DIACONICONS | • DIACONICON n. a sacristy for sacred vessels in Orthodox churches. |
| DIACOUSTICS | • diacoustics n. The science concerned with the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; diaphonics. • DIACOUSTICS n. the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound. |
| DICTATRICES | • dictatrices n. Plural of dictatrix. • DICTATRIX n. a female dictator, also DICTATRESS. |
| DIDACTICISM | • didacticism n. (Uncountable) An artistic philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities over mere entertainment. • didacticism n. (Countable) A work, statement, etc. of this kind. • DIDACTICISM n. being didactic. |
| DISACCHARID | • DISACCHARID n. any of a class of sugars, such as maltose, lactose, and sucrose, having two linked monosaccharide units per molecule. |
| DISACCREDIT | • DISACCREDIT v. to remove accreditation from. |
| PICCADILLOS | • PICCADILLO n. (Spanish) a traditional Mexican dish of ground meat, tomatoes etc, also PICADILLO, PICKADILLO. |
| RADIOSCOPIC | • radioscopic adj. Of or pertaining to radioscopy. • RADIOSCOPIC adj. related to radioscopy, the examination of opaque bodies by X-rays. |
| SCINCOIDIAN | • Scincoidian n. (Zoology, dated) skink. • SCINCOIDIAN n. a member of the skink family. |