| ADVERSITY | • adversity n. (Uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity. • adversity n. (Countable) An event that is adverse; calamity. • ADVERSITY n. a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune. |
| ASYNDETIC | • asyndetic adj. (Grammar) Not connected by a conjunction. • asyndetic adj. (Psychiatry) Relating to asyndesis. • ASYNDETIC adj. not connected by conjunctions, as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered'. |
| CYSTIDEAN | • cystidean n. (Zoology, obsolete) Any of the Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms now known as the Cystoidea. • cystidean n. (Zoology) A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface… • CYSTIDEAN n. a cystoid, an extinct echinoderm. |
| DESSYATIN | • DESSYATIN n. (Russian) a measure of land, also DESSIATINE, DESSYATINE, DESYATIN. |
| DESYATINS | • desyatins n. Plural of desyatin. • DESYATIN n. (Russian) a measure of land, also DESSIATINE, DESSYATIN, DESSYATINE. |
| DIACETYLS | • DIACETYL n. a chemical flavour enhancer. |
| DIALYSATE | • dialysate n. The material that passes through a membrane during dialysis. • dialysate n. The material that does not pass through a membrane during dialysis. • dialysate n. The fluid used on the other side of the membrane during dialysis. |
| DIASTYLES | • diastyles n. Plural of diastyle. • DIASTYLE n. a colonnade with closely spaced columns. |
| DICASTERY | • dicastery n. A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical. • dicastery n. A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts. • DICASTERY n. a court of justice; a judgment hall. |
| DIELYTRAS | • dielytras n. Plural of dielytra. • DIELYTRA n. a plant with two broadly pouched outer petals, also DICENTRA. |
| DYNAMITES | • dynamites v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite. • DYNAMITE v. to blow up with a powerful explosive. |
| DYNASTIES | • dynasties n. Plural of dynasty. • DYNASTY n. a succession of rulers from the same line of descent. |
| DYSTHESIA | • dysthesia n. (Medicine) Alternative form of dysesthesia (“abnormal sensation caused by lesions of the nervous system”). • dysthesia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A morbid habit of body, resulting in general discomfort and impatience. • DYSTHESIA n. a morbid habit of body, resulting in general discomfort and impatience. |
| ECDYSIAST | • ecdysiast n. (Uncommon) An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper. • ECDYSIAST n. a striptease performer. |
| PTYALISED | • ptyalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of ptyalise. • PTYALISE v. to induce ptyalism in, also PTYALIZE. |
| STEADYING | • steadying v. Present participle of steady. • steadying adj. That steadies, stabilizes. • steadying n. The process of making something steady; stabilization. |
| SYNDICATE | • syndicate n. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common… • syndicate n. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics. • syndicate v. (Intransitive) To become a syndicate. |