| ASCENDS | • ascends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascend. • ASCEND v. to go or move upward. |
| CHASSED | • chassed v. Alternative form of chasséd. • chasséd v. Simple past tense and past participle of chassé. • CHASSE v. (French) to perform a dance movement. |
| CLASSED | • classed v. Simple past tense and past participle of class. • CLASS v. to classify. |
| CROSSED | • crossed v. Simple past tense and past participle of cross. • crossed adj. Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation. • crossed adj. Folded. |
| DECLASS | • declass v. (Transitive) To lower the class or social standing of. • declass v. (Transitive) To remove from a class. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • DECLASS v. to lower in status. |
| DISCASE | • discase v. (Archaic) To strip; to undress. • DISCASE v. (Shakespeare) to undress. |
| DISCOES | • DISCO v. to take part in a disco. |
| DISSECT | • dissect v. (Transitive) To study an animal’s anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. • dissect v. (Transitive) To study a plant or other organism’s anatomy similarly. • dissect v. (Transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts. |
| DUCHESS | • duchess n. The wife or widow of a duke. • duchess n. The female ruler of a duchy. • duchess v. (Australia, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously. |
| ECDYSES | • ecdyses n. Plural of ecdysis. • ECDYSIS n. (Greek) the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer (as in insects and crustaceans). |
| ECDYSIS | • ecdysis n. The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting. • ecdysis n. The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans. • ECDYSIS n. (Greek) the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer (as in insects and crustaceans). |
| ESCUDOS | • escudos n. Plural of escudo. • ESCUDO n. (Portuguese) a monetary unit of Portugal. |
| SCORSED | • scorsed v. Simple past tense and past participle of scorse. • SCORSE v. (obsolete) to exchange, also SCOURSE. |
| SCREEDS | • screeds n. Plural of screed. • screeds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of screed. • SCREED v. to tear; to make a shrill sound. |
| SECEDES | • secedes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of secede. • SECEDE v. to withdraw formally from an alliance. |
| SECONDS | • seconds n. Plural of second. • seconds n. A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink. • seconds n. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount. |
| SEDUCES | • seduces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seduce. • SEDUCE v. to lead astray. |