| DEFALCATION | • defalcation n. (Law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant. • defalcation n. Embezzlement. • DEFALCATION n. the act or an instance of embezzling. |
| DEFILIATION | • defiliation n. The abstraction of a child from its parents. • DEFILIATION n. depriving a parent of a child. |
| DEFLEXIONAL | • deflexional adj. Dated form of deflectional. • DEFLEXIONAL adj. showing deflexion, also DEFLECTIONAL. |
| DEFLORATING | • deflorating v. Present participle of deflorate. • DEFLORATE v. to deflower. |
| DEFLORATION | • defloration n. The act of deflowering. • DEFLORATION n. rupture of the hymen. |
| DEFOLIATING | • defoliating v. Present participle of defoliate. • DEFOLIATE v. to remove the leaves from. |
| DEFOLIATION | • defoliation n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
| DRAGONFLIES | • dragonflies n. Plural of dragonfly. • DRAGONFLY n. a predaceous long-bodied often brilliantly-coloured insect of the Odonata. |
| ENDOSULFANS | • endosulfans n. Plural of endosulfan. • ENDOSULFAN n. a brownish crystalline insecticide. |
| FLANCONADES | • flanconades n. Plural of flanconade. • FLANCONADE n. (French) a thrust in the side. |
| FLUORINATED | • fluorinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate. • fluorinated adj. (Chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid. • fluorinated adj. (Chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine. |
| FOREPLANNED | • foreplanned v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreplan. • FOREPLAN v. to plan beforehand. |
| FORESTLANDS | • forestlands n. Plural of forestland. • FORESTLAND n. land occupied by forest. |
| FREELOADING | • freeloading v. Present participle of freeload. • freeloading n. The act of one who freeloads. • FREELOADING n. eating at someone else's expense, gaining from someone else's efforts. |
| MANIFOLDERS | • MANIFOLDER n. one who makes manifolds. |
| OFFHANDEDLY | • offhandedly adv. In an offhand manner. • off-handedly adv. Alternative form of offhandedly. • OFFHANDED adv. ungraciously curt, also OFFHAND. |
| SULFADOXINE | • sulfadoxine n. (Pharmacology) A long-lasting sulfonamide often used to treat or prevent malaria and certain infections of livestock. • SULFADOXINE n. a drug used to prevent and treat malaria, also SULPHADOXINE. |
| SULFONAMIDE | • sulfonamide n. (Chemistry) Any amide of a sulfonic acid RS(=O)2NR’2. • sulfonamide n. (Pharmacology) Any of a group of antibiotics; a sulfa drug. • SULFONAMIDE n. any of various amides, such as sulfanilamide, of a sulfonic acid. |
| UNFLAVOURED | • unflavoured adj. Alternative spelling of unflavored. • UNFLAVOURED adj. not flavoured, also UNFLAVORED. |