| ACIDOPHILOUS | • acidophilous adj. That thrives in an acidic environment. • ACIDOPHILOUS adj. staining readily with acid stains. |
| APHRODISIACS | • aphrodisiacs n. Plural of aphrodisiac. • APHRODISIAC n. an agent (as a food or drug) that arouses or is held to arouse sexual desire. |
| CATHOLICISED | • catholicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of catholicise. • Catholicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of Catholicise. • CATHOLICISE v. to make catholic, also CATHOLICIZE. |
| DIACHRONISMS | • DIACHRONISM n. the study of a subject, esp. a language, through its historical development. |
| DIAPHORETICS | • diaphoretics n. Plural of diaphoretic. • DIAPHORETIC n. a drug having the power to increase perspiration. |
| DICHROMATICS | • DICHROMATIC n. a person with dichromatic vision. |
| DICHROMATISM | • dichromatism n. The condition of being dichromatic. • dichromatism n. (Pathology) A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished. • dichromatism n. (Biology) The condition when male and female birds have different plumage colors. |
| DICTATORSHIP | • dictatorship n. A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique. • dictatorship n. A government which exercises autocratic rule. • dictatorship n. Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy. |
| DISANCHORING | • disanchoring v. Present participle of disanchor. • DISANCHOR v. to raise the anchor, as of a ship. |
| DISAVOUCHING | • disavouching v. Present participle of disavouch. • DISAVOUCH v. (obsolete) to disavow, also DISAVOW. |
| DISCOGRAPHIC | • discographic adj. Of or pertaining to discography. • DISCOGRAPHIC adj. relating to discography, also DISCOGRAPHICAL. |
| PAEDOPHILICS | • PAEDOPHILIC n. a paedophile, also PEDOPHILIC. |
| PEDOPHILIACS | • pedophiliacs n. Plural of pedophiliac. • PEDOPHILIAC n. one who suffers from pedophilia, sexual desire for children. |
| PHOSPHATIDIC | • phosphatidic adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to a phosphatide. • PHOSPHATIDIC adj. in phosphatidic acid, a type of acid. |
| RADIOCHEMIST | • radiochemist n. A chemist who specializes in radiochemistry. • RADIOCHEMIST n. one who practises radiochemistry. |
| RADIOPHONICS | • radiophonics n. (UK, dated) radiophonic sounds and music, or the techniques used to produce them. • RADIOPHONICS n. the business of producing electronic music. |
| RHAPSODISTIC | • rhapsodistic adj. Characteristic of a rhapsodist; rhapsodic. • RHAPSODISTIC adj. of the nature of a rhapsody. |