| BANDSPREADING | • BANDSPREADING n. an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning. |
| BIODEGRADABLE | • biodegradable adj. Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms. • biodegradable n. Any material that can be decomposed by biological activity. • BIODEGRADABLE n. a product capable of being broken down esp into innocuous products by the action of living things (as microorganisms). |
| BREADBOARDING | • breadboarding v. Present participle of breadboard. • BREADBOARD v. to make an experimental version of (an electronic circuit). |
| DEDRAMATISING | • DEDRAMATISE v. to play down the importance of, lessen or keep low the tension or friction caused by, also DEDRAMATIZE. |
| DEDRAMATIZING | • dedramatizing v. Present participle of dedramatize. • DEDRAMATIZE v. to play down the importance of, lessen or keep low the tension or friction caused by also DEDRAMATISE. |
| DEGRADABILITY | • degradability n. (Uncountable) The condition of being degradable. • degradability n. (Countable) A measure of the extent to which something is degradable. • DEGRADABILITY n. the quality of being degradable. |
| DISADVANTAGED | • disadvantaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of disadvantage. • disadvantaged adj. Lacking an advantage relative to another. • disadvantaged adj. (Euphemistic) Poor; in financial difficulties. |
| DISADVANTAGES | • disadvantages n. Plural of disadvantage. • disadvantages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disadvantage. • DISADVANTAGE v. to place at a disadvantage. |
| DISAGGREGATED | • disaggregated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disaggregate. • DISAGGREGATE v. to separate into component parts. |
| DISAMBIGUATED | • disambiguated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disambiguate. • DISAMBIGUATE v. to establish a single grammatical interpretation. |
| DRAGGLETAILED | • draggletailed adj. Alternative spelling of draggle-tailed. • draggle-tailed adj. (Of a person or other animal, or of clothing) Slatternly, untidy, unkempt. • DRAGGLETAILED adj. (archaic) (esp. of a woman) bedraggled; besmirched. |
| LOGODAEDALIES | • logodaedalies n. Plural of logodaedaly. • LOGODAEDALY n. verbal legerdemain, esp. in the imaginative or capricious coining of new words. |
| PROPAGANDISED | • propagandised v. Simple past tense and past participle of propagandise. • PROPAGANDISE v. to subject to propaganda, also PROPAGANDIZE. |
| PROPAGANDIZED | • propagandized v. Simple past tense and past participle of propagandize. • PROPAGANDIZE v. to subject to propaganda, also PROPAGANDISE. |
| UNDERDRAINAGE | • underdrainage n. Insufficient drainage. • UNDERDRAINAGE n. insufficient drainage. |