| CHILDMINDERS | • childminders n. Plural of childminder. • CHILDMINDER n. one who looks after other people's children for money. |
| DEHUMIDIFIER | • dehumidifier n. A device for removing the moisture content from air. • DEHUMIDIFIER n. an apparatus for reducing humidity. |
| DIARTHRODIAL | • diarthrodial adj. (Anatomy) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations. • DIARTHRODIAL adj. of or like a diarthrosis, a joint permitting free movement. |
| DIHYBRIDISMS | • DIHYBRIDISM n. the state of being a dihybrid. |
| DIPHTHEROIDS | • diphtheroids n. Plural of diphtheroid. • DIPHTHEROID n. a bacterium that resembles the bacterium of diphtheria but does not produce diphtheria toxin. |
| DISACCHARIDE | • disaccharide n. (Biochemistry) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| DISACCHARIDS | • DISACCHARID n. any of a class of sugars, such as maltose, lactose, and sucrose, having two linked monosaccharide units per molecule. |
| DISFURNISHED | • disfurnished v. Simple past tense and past participle of disfurnish. • disfurnished adj. Deprived of furniture, accoutrements or belongings; stripped, destitute. • DISFURNISH v. to strip, render destitute. |
| DISGARNISHED | • disgarnished v. Simple past tense and past participle of disgarnish. • DISGARNISH v. to despoil, also DEGARNISH. |
| DISINHERITED | • disinherited v. Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit. • DISINHERIT v. to deprive of an inheritance, also DISHERIT. |
| DISTHRONISED | • DISTHRONISE v. (Spenser) to dethrone, also DISTHRONIZE. |
| DISTHRONIZED | • disthronized v. Simple past tense and past participle of disthronize. • DISTHRONIZE v. (Spenser) to dethrone, also DISTHRONISE. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| DITCHDIGGERS | • ditchdiggers n. Plural of ditchdigger. • DITCHDIGGER n. one that digs ditches. |
| HYDATIDIFORM | • hydatidiform adj. Resembling a hydatid. • HYDATIDIFORM adj. having the shape of a hydatid, a fluid-filled cyst, esp. one containing tapeworm larva. |
| KINDREDSHIPS | • KINDREDSHIP n. relatedness. |
| SPHEROIDISED | • SPHEROIDISE v. to develop spherulitic or granular structure in, also SPHEROIDIZE. |
| SPHEROIDIZED | • spheroidized v. Simple past tense and past participle of spheroidize. • SPHEROIDIZE v. to develop spherulitic or granular structure in, also SPHEROIDISE. |
| TRIETHIODIDE | • triethiodide n. (Organic chemistry) Any compound containing three ethiodide groups. • triethiodide n. (Organic chemistry) Any compound containing three ethylammonium iodide groups. • TRIETHIODIDE n. as in gallamine triethiodide, a neuromuscular blocking agent used in anaesthesia. |