| COMMANDERSHIP | • commandership n. The role of a commander. • COMMANDERSHIP n. the office of commander. |
| CONTEMPORISED | • contemporised v. Simple past tense and past participle of contemporise. • CONTEMPORISE v. to make contemporary, also CONTEMPORIZE. |
| COPOLYMERISED | • copolymerised v. Simple past tense and past participle of copolymerise. • COPOLYMERISE v. to make into a copolymer, also COPOLYMERIZE. |
| DECIPHERMENTS | • decipherments n. Plural of decipherment. • DECIPHERMENT n. the act of deciphering. |
| DECOMPRESSING | • decompressing v. Present participle of decompress. • DECOMPRESS v. to release from pressure or compression. |
| DECOMPRESSION | • decompression n. The process of decompressing. • decompression n. The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver). • decompression n. A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine’s compression ratio… |
| DECOMPRESSIVE | • decompressive adj. That decompresses. • DECOMPRESS adj. to release from pressure or compression. |
| DESCRIPTIVISM | • descriptivism n. (Linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms… • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DISCOMPOSURES | • discomposures n. Plural of discomposure. • DISCOMPOSURE n. lack of composure. |
| IMPROVIDENCES | • improvidences n. Plural of improvidence. • IMPROVIDENCE n. the state of being improvident. |
| MISCOMPREHEND | • miscomprehend v. Misunderstand. • MISCOMPREHEND v. to comprehend wrongly. |
| MISPRONOUNCED | • mispronounced v. Simple past tense and past participle of mispronounce. • mispronounced adj. Pronounced incorrectly. • MISPRONOUNCE v. to pronounce incorrectly. |
| MUCKSPREADING | • MUCKSPREAD v. to spread manure on fields. |
| PARCHMENTISED | • PARCHMENTISE v. to make like parchment, e.g. by treating with sulphuric acid, also PARCHMENTIZE. |
| PREDOMINANCES | • predominances n. Plural of predominance. • PREDOMINANCE n. the state of being predominant, also PREDOMINANCY. |
| PSEUDOMORPHIC | • pseudomorphic adj. Of or pertaining to a pseudomorph or to pseudomorphism. • PSEUDOMORPHIC adj. of or like a pseudomorph, also PSEUDOMORPHOUS. |
| SCOLOPENDRIUM | • Scolopendrium prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Aspleniaceae – certain ferns, such as Asplenium scolopendrium… • SCOLOPENDRIUM n. any fern with undivided leaves of the genus Scolopendrium, including hart's tongue. |
| SPERMATOCIDAL | • spermatocidal adj. Synonym of spermicidal. • SPERMATOCIDAL adj. of or like a spermatocide, a substance that kills sperm. |
| SPERMATOCIDES | • spermatocides n. Plural of spermatocide. • SPERMATOCIDE n. a substance that kills sperm. |