| DEIPNOSOPHIST | • deipnosophist n. A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus’s characters. • DEIPNOSOPHIST n. a person skilled in dinner conversation. |
| DEOPPILATIONS | • deoppilations n. Plural of deoppilation. • DEOPPILATION n. the act of deoppilating, freeing from obstruction. |
| DEPAUPERISING | • depauperising v. Present participle of depauperise. • DEPAUPERISE v. to free from pauperdom, also DEPAUPERIZE. |
| DEPAUPERIZING | • depauperizing v. Present participle of depauperize. • DEPAUPERIZE v. to free from pauperdom, also DEPAUPERISE. |
| DISAPPOINTING | • disappointing adj. Causing disappointment. • disappointing v. Present participle of disappoint. • DISAPPOINT v. to fail to meet the expectation or hope of. |
| DISPROPORTION | • disproportion n. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance. • disproportion n. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness. • disproportion v. (Transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch. |
| EPANADIPLOSIS | • epanadiplosis n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence. • EPANADIPLOSIS n. a figure by which a sentence begins and ends with the same word, e.g. 'Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, rejoice'. |
| PENTAPLOIDIES | • PENTAPLOIDY n. the state of being pentaploid. |
| PREDEPOSITING | • predepositing v. Present participle of predeposit. • PREDEPOSIT v. to deposit in advance. |
| PRESIDENTSHIP | • presidentship n. The office and dignity of president; presidency. • PRESIDENTSHIP n. the office of president. |
| PROPOSITIONED | • propositioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of proposition. • PROPOSITION v. to make a proposal to. |
| PYCNIDIOSPORE | • pycnidiospore n. A spore from a pycnidium. • PYCNIDIOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNOSPORE. |
| ROUNDTRIPPING | • roundtripping v. Present participle of roundtrip. • round-tripping v. Present participle of round-trip. • ROUNDTRIPPING n. a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another. |
| SIDESTEPPINGS | • SIDESTEPPING n. the act of avoiding an issue. |