| CONFEDERATIONS | • confederations n. Plural of confederation. • CONFEDERATION n. an act of confederating. |
| DEFENESTRATION | • defenestration n. The act of throwing something or someone out of a window. • defenestration n. (Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization. • defenestration n. (Computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in… |
| DEFIBRILLATORS | • defibrillators n. Plural of defibrillator. • DEFIBRILLATOR n. an electronic device that applies an electric shock to restore the rhythm of a fibrillating heart. |
| DEFIBRINATIONS | • defibrinations n. Plural of defibrination. • DEFIBRINATION n. the act of defibrinating. |
| DEFORESTATIONS | • deforestations n. Plural of deforestation. • DEFORESTATION n. the act of clearing forests. |
| DESULFURATIONS | • desulfurations n. Plural of desulfuration. • DESULFURATION n. the act of removing sulphur from. |
| DIAMANTIFEROUS | • diamantiferous adj. Yielding diamonds. • DIAMANTIFEROUS adj. bearing diamonds. |
| DIFFARREATIONS | • DIFFARREATION n. (historical) a Roman form of divorce. |
| DISAFFORESTING | • disafforesting v. Present participle of disafforest. • DISAFFOREST v. to clear of forest, also DISFOREST. |
| DISCOMFORTABLE | • discomfortable adj. (Obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness. • discomfortable adj. (Obsolete) uncomfortable. • DISCOMFORTABLE adj. uncomfortable. |
| DISFORESTATION | • disforestation n. Archaic form of deforestation. • DISFORESTATION n. the act of disforesting. |
| FEDERALISATION | • federalisation n. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of federalization. • FEDERALISATION n. the process of federalising, also FEDERALIZATION. |
| FRACTIONALISED | • fractionalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise. • FRACTIONALISE v. to break up into parts, also FRACTIONALIZE. |
| OVERFASTIDIOUS | • overfastidious adj. Excessively fastidious. • OVERFASTIDIOUS adj. excessively fastidious. |
| SUBINFEUDATORY | • subinfeudatory adj. Of or relating to subinfeudation. • subinfeudatory n. One who holds land by subinfeudation. • SUBINFEUDATORY adj. relating to subinfeudation, the sublease of a portion of a feudal estate by a vassal to a tenant who pays fealty to the vassal. |
| TETRAFLUORIDES | • tetrafluorides n. Plural of tetrafluoride. • TETRAFLUORIDE n. a fluoride containing four atoms of fluorine. |
| THENCEFORWARDS | • thenceforwards adv. From then on; from that time on. • THENCEFORWARDS adv. from that time on, also THENCEFORWARD. |
| TRANSMOGRIFIED | • transmogrified v. Simple past tense and past participle of transmogrify. • transmogrified adj. Altered, transformed, or mutated into a form that is grotesque or amusing. • TRANSMOGRIFY v. to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect. |
| WATERFLOODINGS | • WATERFLOODING n. the practice, in oil, gas or petroleum production, of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc. towards the production wells. |