| AMPHIDIPLOID | • amphidiploid adj. (Genetics) Having a diploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents. • amphidiploid n. (Biology) Such an organism. • AMPHIDIPLOID n. a hybrid having a complete diploid chromosome set from each parent. |
| DILAPIDATION | • dilapidation n. The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined. • dilapidation n. (Law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally. • dilapidation n. (Britain, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally. |
| DILAPIDATORS | • dilapidators n. Plural of dilapidator. • DILAPIDATOR n. an agent that dilapidates. |
| DIPHTHEROIDS | • diphtheroids n. Plural of diphtheroid. • DIPHTHEROID n. a bacterium that resembles the bacterium of diphtheria but does not produce diphtheria toxin. |
| DIPLOCARDIAC | • DIPLOCARDIAC adj. of birds and mammals, having a four-chambered heart, which enables two separate circulations and prevents mixing of the arterial and venous blood. |
| DIPLOMATISED | • diplomatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of diplomatise. • DIPLOMATISE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATIZE. |
| DIPLOMATIZED | • diplomatized v. Simple past tense and past participle of diplomatize. • DIPLOMATIZE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATISE. |
| DIPRIONIDIAN | • diprionidian adj. (Paleontology, of a graptolite) Having a polyparium with a row of cells on each side. • DIPRIONIDIAN adj. of graptolites, serrated on both sides. |
| DISAPPOINTED | • disappointed adj. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. • disappointed adj. Expressing or indicating disappointment. • disappointed v. Simple past tense and past participle of disappoint. |
| DISPROVIDING | • disproviding v. Present participle of disprovide. • DISPROVIDE v. (archaic) to fail to provide. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| HYPODIPLOIDY | • hypodiploidy n. The state of being hypodiploid; hypoploidy in diploid organisms (including humans). • HYPODIPLOIDY n. the state of being hypodiploid, having slightly fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes. |
| PARADOXIDIAN | • PARADOXIDIAN adj. belonging to the Paradoxides, a Middle Cambrian genus of trilobites. |
| POSTMODIFIED | • postmodified v. Simple past tense and past participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| PRODIGALISED | • prodigalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of prodigalise. • PRODIGALISE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALIZE. |
| PRODIGALIZED | • prodigalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of prodigalize. • PRODIGALIZE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALISE. |
| 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. |
| SPLENDIDIOUS | • splendidious adj. (Obsolete) splendid. • SPLENDIDIOUS adj. (obsolete) splendid, also SPLENDIDOUS. |