| DECOMMUNISATION | • decommunisation n. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of decommunization. • de-communisation n. Alternative form of decommunisation. • de-Communisation n. Alternative form of decommunisation. |
| DEPARTMENTALISM | • departmentalism n. Excessive adherence to departmental methods, rules or structure. • DEPARTMENTALISM n. too strict division of work among departments with little intercommunication. |
| DERMATOMYOSITIS | • dermatomyositis n. A disease of connective tissue, related to polymyositis, characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin. • DERMATOMYOSITIS n. a disease characterized by inflammation of the skin and muscles, and wasting of the muscles. |
| DEXAMPHETAMINES | • DEXAMPHETAMINE n. the dextrorotatory isomer of amphetamine, used as a stimulant. |
| DISACCOMMODATED | • disaccommodated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disaccommodate. • DISACCOMMODATE v. to put to inconvenience. |
| DISACCOMMODATES | • disaccommodates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disaccommodate. • DISACCOMMODATE v. to put to inconvenience. |
| DISCOMMENDATION | • discommendation n. (Archaic) blame; censure; reproach; shunning. • DISCOMMENDATION n. the act of discommending. |
| FUNDAMENTALISMS | • fundamentalisms n. Plural of fundamentalism. • FUNDAMENTALISM n. a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching. |
| HERMAPHRODITISM | • hermaphroditism n. The state of having sexual organs of both the male and female sexes. • HERMAPHRODITISM n. the state of being hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, usually in the same flower. |
| IMMEDIATENESSES | • immediatenesses n. Plural of immediateness. • IMMEDIATENESS n. the state of being immediate. |
| MALADMINISTERED | • maladministered v. Simple past tense and past participle of maladminister. • MALADMINISTER v. to administer wrongly. |
| MASTOIDECTOMIES | • mastoidectomies n. Plural of mastoidectomy. • MASTOIDECTOMY n. an operation to remove mastoid bone. |
| MELODRAMATISING | • melodramatising v. Present participle of melodramatise. • MELODRAMATISE v. to make melodramatic, also MELODRAMATIZE. |
| METOCLOPRAMIDES | • metoclopramides n. Plural of metoclopramide. • METOCLOPRAMIDE n. a drug used as an anti-emetic. |
| RECOMMENDATIONS | • recommendations n. Plural of recommendation. • RECOMMENDATION n. the act of recommending. |
| SEMIDOCUMENTARY | • semidocumentary n. A drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events. • semidocumentary adj. Of such a drama. • SEMIDOCUMENTARY n. a motion picture that uses many details taken from actual events or situations in presenting a fictional story. |
| ULTRAMODERNISMS | • ultramodernisms n. Plural of ultramodernism. • ULTRAMODERNISM n. an artistic movement beyond modernism. |