| ASSISTED | • assisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of assist. • ASSIST v. to give aid or support to. |
| ASTERIDS | • asterids prop.n. A taxonomic clade within the clade superasterids. • ASTERID n. a starfish, also ASTERIDIAN. |
| BASTIDES | • bastides n. Plural of bastide. • BASTIDE n. (French) a French country house. |
| DASHIEST | • dashiest adj. Superlative form of dashy: most dashy. • DASHY adj. stylish. |
| DESTAINS | • destains v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destain. • DESTAIN v. to rid of stain. |
| DIASTASE | • diastase n. (Biochemistry) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly… • DIASTASE n. a soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. |
| DIASTEMS | • diastems n. Plural of diastem. • DIASTEM n. (Greek) in Greek music, an interval, esp. one forming a single degree of the scale. |
| DIASTERS | • diasters n. Plural of diaster. • DIASTER n. (Greek) a stage in cellular mitosis. |
| DISASTER | • disaster n. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage… • disaster n. An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind. • DISASTER n. a calamity. |
| DISRATES | • disrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrate. • DISRATE v. to lower in rank. |
| DISSEATS | • disseats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disseat. • DISSEAT v. to unseat, dethrone. |
| DISTASTE | • distaste n. A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy. • distaste n. (Obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. • distaste n. (Obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness. |
| DISTAVES | • distaves n. (Obsolete) plural of distaff. • DISTAFF n. a type of staff. |
| MISDATES | • misdates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdate. • MISDATE v. to date incorrectly. |
| SANDIEST | • sandiest adj. Superlative form of sandy: most sandy. • SANDY adj. covered with sand. |
| SAPIDEST | • SAPID adj. pleasantly flavoured. |
| SHADIEST | • shadiest adj. Superlative form of shady: most shady. • SHADY adj. full of shade; underhand. |
| STAIDEST | • staidest adj. Superlative form of staid: most staid. • STAID adj. sober and sedate. |
| STEADIES | • steadies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steady. • STEADY v. to make steady. |