| BANDSPREADING | • BANDSPREADING n. an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning. |
| DEDRAMATISING | • DEDRAMATISE v. to play down the importance of, lessen or keep low the tension or friction caused by, also DEDRAMATIZE. |
| DEGRADINGNESS | • degradingness n. The state or quality of being degrading. • DEGRADINGNESS n. the state of being degrading. |
| DEGRINGOLADES | • degringolades n. Plural of degringolade. • dégringolades n. Plural of dégringolade. • DEGRINGOLADE v. (French) to make a rapid descent. |
| DISAGGREGATED | • disaggregated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disaggregate. • DISAGGREGATE v. to separate into component parts. |
| DISCANDERINGS | • DISCANDERING n. (Shakespeare) melting from a state of being candied. |
| DISEMBRANGLED | • disembrangled v. Simple past tense and past participle of disembrangle. • DISEMBRANGLE v. (obsolete) to free from dispute. |
| DISGARRISONED | • disgarrisoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of disgarrison. • DISGARRISON v. to deprive of a garrison. |
| DISINTEGRATED | • disintegrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disintegrate. • disintegrated adj. That has undergone disintegration. • DISINTEGRATE v. to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles. |
| GRIDDLEBREADS | • GRIDDLEBREAD n. bread made on a griddle. |
| MISADDRESSING | • misaddressing v. Present participle of misaddress. • MISADDRESS v. to address wrongly. |
| OVERDIAGNOSED | • overdiagnosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed more often than it truly occurs. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed as a clinical case despite truly being a subclinical, asymptomatic case. |
| PREDESIGNATED | • predesignated v. Simple past tense and past participle of predesignate. • PREDESIGNATE v. to specify beforehand. |
| PROPAGANDISED | • propagandised v. Simple past tense and past participle of propagandise. • PROPAGANDISE v. to subject to propaganda, also PROPAGANDIZE. |
| SPRINGBOARDED | • springboarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of springboard. |
| STRAIGHTEDGED | • STRAIGHTEDGED adj. having a straight edge. |
| UNDERDIAGNOSE | • underdiagnose v. (Medicine) To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs. |
| UNDERDRAWINGS | • underdrawings n. Plural of underdrawing. • UNDERDRAWING n. the act of underdrawing. |
| UNDERSTANDING | • understanding n. (Gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. • understanding n. (Countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. • understanding n. (Countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook. |
| UNDISCOURAGED | • undiscouraged adj. Not discouraged. • UNDISCOURAGED adj. not discouraged. |