| DIPHYLETIC | • diphyletic adj. (Biology) Of or relating to two phylums. • DIPHYLETIC adj. descended from two distinct ancestral groups. |
| DISULPHATE | • disulphate n. (Chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. • disulphate n. (Chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid. • DISULPHATE n. a pyrosulphate. |
| DITRIGLYPH | • ditriglyph n. (Architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns. • DITRIGLYPH n. a space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns. |
| DOLPHINETS | • dolphinets n. Plural of dolphinet. • DOLPHINET n. (Spenser) a female dolphin. |
| DROPLIGHTS | • droplights n. Plural of droplight. • drop␣lights n. Plural of drop light. • DROPLIGHT n. an apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk. |
| GLIDEPATHS | • glidepaths n. Plural of glidepath. • glide␣paths n. Plural of glide path. • GLIDEPATH n. the path followed by an aircraft coming in to land. |
| HELICOPTED | • helicopted v. Simple past tense and past participle of helicopt. • HELICOPT v. to travel by helicopter. |
| HELIOTYPED | • heliotyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of heliotype. • HELIOTYPE v. to obtain such a picture. |
| LIGHTSPEED | • lightspeed n. The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified). • lightspeed n. An extremely fast speed. • light␣speed n. Alternative form of lightspeed. |
| PITCHPOLED | • pitchpoled v. Simple past tense and past participle of pitchpole. • PITCHPOLE v. to turn end over end. |
| SHOPLIFTED | • shoplifted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shoplift. • shop-lifted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shop-lift. • SHOPLIFT v. to steal goods from a store. |
| WHIPTAILED | • WHIPTAILED adj. having a long slender tail. |