| AUTODESTRUCTING | • autodestructing v. Present participle of autodestruct. • AUTODESTRUCT v. to self-destruct. |
| DAGUERREOTYPIST | • daguerreotypist n. A person who makes daguerreotypes. • DAGUERREOTYPIST n. one who practises daguerreotyping, also DAGUERREOTYPER. |
| DECONCENTRATING | • deconcentrating v. Present participle of deconcentrate. • DECONCENTRATE v. to reduce or abolish the concentration of. |
| DECONTAMINATING | • decontaminating v. Present participle of decontaminate. • DECONTAMINATE v. to rid of contamination. |
| DEFRAGMENTATION | • defragmentation n. (Computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive. |
| DEGENERATIONIST | • degenerationist n. (Biology, historical) One who believes in the theory of degenerationism. • DEGENERATIONIST n. someone who believes that the tendency of man is not to improve, but to degenerate. |
| DELEGITIMATIONS | • delegitimations n. Plural of delegitimation. • DELEGITIMATION n. the act of delegitimizing. |
| DEMAGNETISATION | • demagnetisation n. (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization. • DEMAGNETISATION n. the act of demagnetising, also DEMAGNETIZATION. |
| DEMAGNETIZATION | • demagnetization n. The process of removing the magnetic field from an object. • DEMAGNETIZATION n. the act of demagnetizing, also DEMAGNETISATION. |
| DEPHLOGISTICATE | • dephlogisticate v. To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible. • DEPHLOGISTICATE v. to make something fireproof. |
| DEPIGMENTATIONS | • depigmentations n. Plural of depigmentation. • DEPIGMENTATION n. loss of normal pigmentation. |
| DEREGISTRATIONS | • deregistrations n. Plural of deregistration. • DEREGISTRATION n. the act of deregistering. |
| DIALECTOLOGISTS | • dialectologists n. Plural of dialectologist. • DIALECTOLOGIST n. a specialist in dialectology. |
| DISINTEGRATIONS | • disintegrations n. Plural of disintegration. • DISINTEGRATION n. the act of disintegrating. |
| INTERDIGITATION | • interdigitation n. An interlinking that resembles the fingers of two hands being locked together. • INTERDIGITATION n. the act of interdigitating, interlocking the fingers. |
| INTERGRADATIONS | • intergradations n. Plural of intergradation. • INTERGRADATION n. the condition of an individual or population that intergrades. |
| PRESTIDIGITATOR | • prestidigitator n. One who performs feats of prestidigitation; a sleight-of-hand artist. • PRESTIDIGITATOR n. a conjurer, also PRESTIGIATOR. |
| REDINTEGRATIONS | • redintegrations n. Plural of redintegration. • REDINTEGRATION n. revival of the whole of a previous mental state when a phase of it recurs. |
| RETROGRADATIONS | • retrogradations n. Plural of retrogradation. • RETROGRADATION n. the act of retrograding. |
| UNDOMESTICATING | • undomesticating v. Present participle of undomesticate. • UNDOMESTICATE v. to make not domesticated. |