| ACCIDENCES | • accidences n. Plural of accidence. • ACCIDENCE n. the science of inflections in grammar. |
| COCAINISED | • cocainised v. Simple past tense and past participle of cocainise. • COCAINISE v. to anaesthetise with cocaine, also COCAINIZE. |
| CONSCRIBED | • conscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of conscribe. • CONSCRIBE v. to enroll; to enlist. |
| DECOCTIONS | • decoctions n. Plural of decoction. • DECOCTION n. the act of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. |
| DEHISCENCE | • dehiscence n. (Botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents. • dehiscence n. (Medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid. • dehiscence n. (Rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense. |
| DESICCANTS | • desiccants n. Plural of desiccant. • DESICCANT n. a drying or desiccating agent. |
| DICENTRICS | • dicentrics n. Plural of dicentric. • DICENTRIC n. a chromosome having two centromeres. |
| DISCONCERT | • disconcert v. (Transitive) To upset the composure of. • disconcert v. (Transitive) To bring into confusion. • disconcert v. (Transitive) To frustrate, discomfit. |
| DISCONNECT | • disconnect v. (Transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection. • disconnect v. (Transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source. • disconnect v. (Intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn. |
| ENDOSCOPIC | • endoscopic adj. Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope. • ENDOSCOPIC adj. relating to an endoscope. |
| INCANDESCE | • incandesce v. (Transitive, intransitive) To make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat. • INCANDESCE v. to be or become incandescent. |
| INCIDENCES | • incidences n. Plural of incidence. • INCIDENCE n. the frequency of an event. |
| MISCHANCED | • mischanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of mischance. • MISCHANCE v. to happen amiss. |
| MOCCASINED | • moccasined adj. Wearing moccasins. |
| OCCASIONED | • occasioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of occasion. • OCCASION v. to cause. |
| PICOSECOND | • picosecond n. (Metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10-12 seconds. Symbol: ps. • PICOSECOND n. a trillionth of a second. |
| SUCCEEDING | • succeeding adj. Following, next in order. • succeeding v. Present participle of succeed. • succeeding n. Success. |