| CARDIOPLEGIAS | • cardioplegias n. Plural of cardioplegia. • CARDIOPLEGIA n. deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out. |
| DECAPSULATING | • decapsulating v. Present participle of decapsulate. • DECAPSULATE v. to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp. the kidney). |
| DERMAPLANINGS | • DERMAPLANING n. a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance. |
| DIPLOMATISING | • diplomatising v. Present participle of diplomatise. • DIPLOMATISE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATIZE. |
| DISPARAGINGLY | • disparagingly adv. Insultingly. • DISPARAGING adv. DISPARAGE, to belittle; to match in marriage with an inferior. |
| DISPLEASINGLY | • displeasingly adv. In a displeasing manner. • DISPLEASING adv. causing displeasure; disagreeable. |
| DISPLEASURING | • displeasuring v. Present participle of displeasure. • DISPLEASURE v. (archaic) to displease. |
| DISPRAISINGLY | • dispraisingly adv. By way of dispraise. • DISPRAISING adv. DISPRAISE, to censure. |
| GLADIATORSHIP | • gladiatorship n. The conduct, state, or art of a gladiator. • GLADIATORSHIP n. the state of being a gladiator. |
| PEBBLEDASHING | • pebbledashing v. Present participle of pebbledash. • pebble-dashing v. Present participle of pebble-dash. • pebble␣dashing v. Present participle of pebble dash. |
| PHILANDERINGS | • philanderings n. Plural of philandering. • PHILANDERING n. engaging in a frivolous love of women. |
| PRODIGALISING | • prodigalising v. Present participle of prodigalise. • PRODIGALISE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALIZE. |
| PRODIGALITIES | • prodigalities n. Plural of prodigality. • PRODIGALITY n. the state of being prodigal. |
| PROSTAGLANDIN | • prostaglandin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid;… • PROSTAGLANDIN n. any of a group of chemical substances secreted by various parts of the body into the bloodstream and found to have a wide range of effects on the body processes, e.g. on muscle contraction. |
| QUADRAPLEGIAS | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRAPLEGICS | • QUADRAPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIC. |
| QUADRIPLEGIAS | • quadriplegias n. Plural of quadriplegia. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRIPLEGICS | • quadriplegics n. Plural of quadriplegic. • QUADRIPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, also QUADRAPLEGIC. |
| RELANDSCAPING | • relandscaping v. Present participle of relandscape. • RELANDSCAPE v. to landscape again. |
| SPEEDBALLINGS | • SPEEDBALLING n. the practice of taking cocaine and heroin taken intravenously. |