| ABRIDGMENTS | • abridgments n. Plural of abridgment. • ABRIDGMENT n. the act of abridging, also ABRIDGEMENT. |
| DEFRAGMENTS | • defragments v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defragment. • DEFRAGMENT v. to run a program which reduces or eliminates the fragmentation of (a file or disk) by bringing together parts of files stored in separate locations to a single location on the disk. |
| DERMATOGENS | • dermatogens n. Plural of dermatogen. • DERMATOGEN n. the layer from which epidermis is formed at the growing point. |
| DESAGREMENT | • DESAGREMENT n. (French) something disagreeable. |
| DESTREAMING | • destreaming v. Present participle of destream. • DESTREAM v. to reverse the categorising of students. |
| DIAGOMETERS | • diagometers n. Plural of diagometer. • DIAGOMETER n. an instrument for measuring electrical conductivity. |
| DOGMATISERS | • dogmatisers n. Plural of dogmatiser. • DOGMATISER n. one who dogmatises, also DOGMATIZER. |
| DOGMATIZERS | • dogmatizers n. Plural of dogmatizer. • DOGMATIZER n. one who dogmatizes, also DOGMATISER. |
| DRAMATURGES | • dramaturges n. Plural of dramaturge. • DRAMATURGE n. a dramatist; specifically a reader and literary editor etc. to a permanent theatrical company, also DRAMATURG, DRAMATURGIST. |
| DRAUGHTSMEN | • draughtsmen n. Plural of draughtsman. • DRAUGHTSMAN n. a person whose profession is to make drawings, plans, or sketches, also DRAFTSMAN. |
| GANGSTERDOM | • gangsterdom n. The realm or sphere of gangsters. • GANGSTERDOM n. the world of gangsters. |
| GRANDMASTER | • grandmaster n. Alternative spelling of Grandmaster. • grandmaster n. A master in a field, whose skills or accomplishments exceed those of other masters. • Grandmaster n. (Chess) A player of the highest rank, as determined by FIDE, with an Elo rating of at least 2500. |
| HAMSTRINGED | • hamstringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hamstring. • HAMSTRING v. to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
| MEGASTARDOM | • megastardom n. The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar. |
| MISTREADING | • mistreading n. (Obsolete) misstep; misbehaviour. • MISTREADING n. (Shakespeare) a false step, a misdeed. |
| MULTIGRADES | • MULTIGRADE n. a brand of black and white photographic paper coated with a mixture of emulsions which are sensitive to the colour of the printing light used and which produce different contrast grades as a result. |
| PRAGMATISED | • pragmatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of pragmatise. • PRAGMATISE v. to interpret; to represent as real, also PRAGMATIZE. |
| SMARAGDITES | • smaragdites n. Plural of smaragdite. • SMARAGDITE n. a green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro. |
| STRONGARMED | • strongarmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strongarm. • strong-armed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strong-arm. • STRONGARM v. to use forceful tactics. |