| ANDRODIOECISMS | • ANDRODIOECISM n. the state of being androdioecious, having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants. |
| CREDENTIALISMS | • CREDENTIALISM n. undue emphasis on credentials (as college degrees) as prerequisites to employment. |
| DECOMMISSIONER | • decommissioner n. One who decommissions. • DECOMMISSIONER n. one who decommissions. |
| DECRIMINALISES | • decriminalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalise. • DECRIMINALISE v. to remove or reduce the criminal classification or status of, also DECRIMINALIZE. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DESTRUCTIVISMS | • DESTRUCTIVISM n. the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole. |
| DISAFFIRMANCES | • disaffirmances n. Plural of disaffirmance. • DISAFFIRMANCE n. the act of disaffirming. |
| DISCRIMINATORS | • discriminators n. Plural of discriminator. • DISCRIMINATOR n. one that discriminates. |
| DISSYMMETRICAL | • dissymmetrical adj. Lacking symmetry. • dissymmetrical adj. (Chemistry, obsolete) chiral. • DISSYMMETRICAL adj. relating to dissymmetry, also DISSYMMETRIC. |
| DOCTRINAIRISMS | • doctrinairisms n. Plural of doctrinairism. • DOCTRINAIRISM n. the state of being doctrinaire. |
| DOSIMETRICIANS | • DOSIMETRICIAN n. one who uses a dosimeter, an instrument for measuring doses of radiation. |
| MERCHANDISINGS | • merchandisings n. Plural of merchandising. • MERCHANDISING n. buying and selling in business. |
| MISDESCRIPTION | • misdescription n. An inaccurate description, often fraudulent. • MISDESCRIPTION n. the act of misdescribing. |
| MISTRANSCRIBED | • mistranscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of mistranscribe. • MISTRANSCRIBE v. to transcribe wrongly. |
| RECOMMISSIONED | • recommissioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of recommission. • recommissioned adj. Commissioned again. • RECOMMISSION v. to commission again. |
| SCRIMSHANDYING | • SCRIMSHANDY v. to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines, also SCRIMSHANDER, SCRIMSHAW. |
| SEMICARBAZIDES | • semicarbazides n. Plural of semicarbazide. • SEMICARBAZIDE n. a base reacting with aldehydes and ketones to form semicarbazones. |