| DAUGHTERBOARD | • daughterboard n. (Computing, electronics) A circuit board that is an extension of a motherboard or other card. • DAUGHTERBOARD n. a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer. |
| DAUGHTERHOODS | • DAUGHTERHOOD n. the state of being a daughter. |
| 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. |
| DEHYDROGENATE | • dehydrogenate v. (Chemistry, transitive) To remove hydrogen from (a substance). • DEHYDROGENATE v. to remove the hydrogen from. |
| DISAGGREGATED | • disaggregated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disaggregate. • DISAGGREGATE v. to separate into component parts. |
| DISINTEGRATED | • disintegrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disintegrate. • disintegrated adj. That has undergone disintegration. • DISINTEGRATE v. to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles. |
| 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. |
| GRANDDAUGHTER | • granddaughter n. The daughter of someone’s child. • GRANDDAUGHTER n. the daughter of one's son or daughter. |
| GRANDFATHERED | • grandfathered v. Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather. • GRANDFATHER v. to exempt (an activity, person, etc.) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like. |
| GRANDSTANDERS | • grandstanders n. Plural of grandstander. • GRANDSTANDER n. one who grandstands. |
| PREDESIGNATED | • predesignated v. Simple past tense and past participle of predesignate. • PREDESIGNATE v. to specify beforehand. |
| REDINTEGRATED | • redintegrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of redintegrate. • REDINTEGRATE v. to make whole again; to restore. |
| STRAIGHTEDGED | • STRAIGHTEDGED adj. having a straight edge. |
| TRANSGENDERED | • transgendered adj. (Now uncommon and often offensive and proscribed) Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose… • transgendered n. (Nonstandard, rare, now usually offensive) A transgender person. • transgendered v. Simple past tense and past participle of transgender. |
| UNDERGRADUATE | • undergraduate n. A student at a university who has not yet received a degree. • undergraduate adj. Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate. • UNDERGRADUATE n. a student at a college or university who has not received a first and esp. a bachelor's degree. |
| UNDERSTANDING | • understanding n. (Gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. • understanding n. (Countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. • understanding n. (Countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook. |