| CHIFFONADES | • chiffonades n. Plural of chiffonade. • chiffonades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade. • CHIFFONADE n. (French) green plants cooked in butter, esp. a mixture of lettuce and sorrel. |
| CHONDRIFIES | • chondrifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chondrify. • CHONDRIFY v. to convert, or be converted, into cartilage. |
| CLOSEFISTED | • closefisted adj. Unwilling to spend money; stingy. • close-fisted adj. Tight-fisted, stingy. • CLOSEFISTED adj. tight, stingy. |
| COMMODIFIES | • commodifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commodify. • COMMODIFY v. to make a commodity of something. |
| CONFERVOIDS | • CONFERVOID n. a freshwater alga. |
| CONFIDANTES | • confidantes n. Plural of confidante. • CONFIDANTE n. (French) a (female) person confided in or entrusted with secrets, esp. in love affairs. |
| CONFIDENCES | • confidences n. Plural of confidence. • CONFIDENCE n. a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances, also CONFIDENCY. |
| CONFISCATED | • confiscated v. Simple past tense and past participle of confiscate. • CONFISCATE v. to seize as forfeited to the public treasury. |
| DEFECATIONS | • defecations n. Plural of defecation. • DEFECATION n. the act of defecating, also DEFAECATION. |
| DEFLECTIONS | • deflections n. Plural of deflection. • DEFLECTION n. an act of bending or turning away, also DEFLEXION. |
| DEFOCUSSING | • defocussing v. Present participle of defocus. • DEFOCUS v. to cause to go out of focus. |
| DEFORCIANTS | • deforciants n. Plural of deforciant. • DEFORCIANT n. one who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate. |
| DEFUNCTIONS | • defunctions n. Plural of defunction. • DEFUNCTION n. (Shakespeare) death. |
| DISCOMFITED | • discomfited v. Simple past tense and past participle of discomfit. • DISCOMFIT v. to disconcert or balk. |
| DISCOMFITER | • DISCOMFITER n. one who discomfits. |
| DISINFECTOR | • disinfector n. One who, or that which, disinfects. • disinfector n. An apparatus for applying disinfectants. • DISINFECTOR n. an agent that disinfects. |
| FICTIONISED | • fictionised v. Simple past tense and past participle of fictionise. • FICTIONISE v. to make fictional, also FICTIONIZE. |
| FORECADDIES | • forecaddies n. Plural of forecaddie. • forecaddies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forecaddie. • FORECADDY n. a caddy posted up ahead so as to see where the balls go, also FORECADDIE. |
| GOLDFINCHES | • goldfinches n. Plural of goldfinch. • GOLDFINCH n. a small gold-coloured bird of the finch family. |
| MISFOCUSSED | • misfocussed v. Simple past tense and past participle of misfocus. • MISFOCUS v. to focus badly. |