| CUDDLESOME | • cuddlesome adj. Characterised or marked by cuddling; cuddly. • CUDDLESOME adj. cuddly. |
| DESMODIUMS | • desmodiums n. Plural of desmodium. • DESMODIUM n. a plant of the telegraph-plant genus. |
| DIACODIUMS | • diacodiums n. Plural of diacodium. • DIACODIUM n. (obsolete) a syrup of poppies, also DIACODION. |
| DIADROMOUS | • diadromous adj. (Of a fish) that travels between salt water and fresh water as part of its life cycle. • DIADROMOUS adj. migrating between fresh and salt water. |
| DIDYNAMOUS | • didynamous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. • DIDYNAMOUS adj. belonging to the Didynamia, a class of plants in the Linnaean system with two long stamens and two short, also DIDYNAMIAN. |
| DISMOUNTED | • dismounted adj. Having gotten off one’s horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal… • dismounted v. Simple past tense and past participle of dismount. • DISMOUNT v. to get down from an elevated position. |
| DOCUDRAMAS | • docudramas n. Plural of docudrama. • DOCUDRAMA n. a play or film representing real events. |
| DUFFERDOMS | • DUFFERDOM n. being a duffer, also DUFFERISM. |
| DUMBFOUNDS | • dumbfounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound. • DUMBFOUND v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUNDER, DUMFOUND, DUMFOUNDER. |
| DUODECIMOS | • duodecimos n. Plural of duodecimo. • DUODECIMO n. a duodecimo book. |
| MISDOUBTED | • misdoubted v. Simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt. • MISDOUBT v. to be suspicious of. |
| MISSOUNDED | • missounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of missound. • MISSOUND v. to sound wrongly. |
| MOUNDBIRDS | • moundbirds n. Plural of moundbird. • MOUNDBIRD n. an Australian bird laying eggs in mounds. |
| SMOULDERED | • smouldered v. Simple past tense and past participle of smoulder. • SMOULDER v. to burn with no flame, also SMOLDER. |