| BADDELEYITE | • baddeleyite n. (Mineralogy) A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms. • BADDELEYITE n. zirconium dioxide, occurring as colourless, yellow, brown, or black monoclinic crystals. |
| DECEPTIVELY | • deceptively adv. In a deceptive manner; misleadingly. • deceptively adv. Actually but not apparently. • deceptively adv. Apparently but not actually. |
| DEFECTIVELY | • defectively adv. In a defective manner. • DEFECTIVE adv. deficient. |
| DEFENSIVELY | • defensively adv. In a defensive manner. • DEFENSIVE adv. tending to defend. |
| DELIVERYMEN | • deliverymen n. Plural of deliveryman. • delivery␣men n. Plural of delivery man. • DELIVERYMAN n. a person who delivers wholesale or retail goods to customers usually over a regular local route. |
| DEMYELINATE | • demyelinate v. (Pathology) To remove the myelin sheath from a nerve. • DEMYELINATE v. to destroy the myelin (of nerve fibres). |
| DEOXYGENISE | • DEOXYGENISE v. to remove oxygen from, also DEOXYGENIZE. |
| DEOXYGENIZE | • deoxygenize v. (Chemistry) To deoxidize. • DEOXYGENIZE v. to remove oxygen from, also DEOXYGENISE. |
| DIETHYLENES | • diethylenes n. Plural of diethylene. • DIETHYLENE n. as in diethylene glycol, a colourless soluble liquid. |
| DIPHENYLENE | • diphenylene n. Biphenylene. • DIPHENYLENE adj. as in diphenylene diketone, a compound used in dye manufacture. |
| DYSENTERIES | • dysenteries n. Plural of dysentery. • DYSENTERY n. inflammation of the mucous membranes of the large intestine. |
| EXCEEDINGLY | • exceedingly adv. To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely. • EXCEEDING adv. EXCEED, to go beyond the limit. |
| EXPEDIENTLY | • expediently adv. In an expedient manner. • EXPEDIENT adv. suitable or appropriate. |
| NEEDCESSITY | • needcessity n. (Dialect, nonstandard) necessity. • NEEDCESSITY n. (dialect) necessity. |
| PREDELIVERY | • predelivery adj. Before a delivery. • predelivery n. A delivery made earlier than requested or anticipated. • PREDELIVERY n. the act of delivering in advance of need, use or expectation of the thing delivered. |