| DECOMMISSIONERS | • decommissioners n. Plural of decommissioner. • DECOMMISSIONER n. one who decommissions. |
| DEMISEMIQUAVERS | • demisemiquavers n. Plural of demisemiquaver. • DEMISEMIQUAVER n. a 1/32 note in music. |
| DERMATOMYOSITIS | • dermatomyositis n. A disease of connective tissue, related to polymyositis, characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin. • DERMATOMYOSITIS n. a disease characterized by inflammation of the skin and muscles, and wasting of the muscles. |
| DICHROMATICISMS | • DICHROMATICISM n. the property of presenting different colours by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions. |
| DISIMPRISONMENT | • disimprisonment n. Release from prison. • DISIMPRISONMENT n. the act of freeing from prison. |
| FIDEICOMMISSARY | • fideicommissary n. (Law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum. • FIDEICOMMISSARY adj. relating to a fideicommissum. |
| HERMAPHRODITISM | • hermaphroditism n. The state of having sexual organs of both the male and female sexes. • HERMAPHRODITISM n. the state of being hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, usually in the same flower. |
| MALADMINISTERED | • maladministered v. Simple past tense and past participle of maladminister. • MALADMINISTER v. to administer wrongly. |
| MELODRAMATISING | • melodramatising v. Present participle of melodramatise. • MELODRAMATISE v. to make melodramatic, also MELODRAMATIZE. |
| MELODRAMATIZING | • melodramatizing v. Present participle of melodramatize. • MELODRAMATIZE v. to make melodramatic, also MELODRAMATISE. |
| MICROMETEOROIDS | • micrometeoroids n. Plural of micrometeoroid. • MICROMETEOROID n. a small meteoroid. |
| MICROMICROFARAD | • micromicrofarad n. (Dated) picofarad. Symbol: µµF. • MICROMICROFARAD n. the trillionth part of a farad. |
| PREDETERMINISMS | • predeterminisms n. Plural of predeterminism. • PREDETERMINISM n. determinism. |
| RADIOMICROMETER | • radiomicrometer n. A device used to measure small changes in radiant heat, or in temperature. • RADIOMICROMETER n. an instrument for detecting and measuring small amounts of radiation, usually by a sensitive thermocouple. |
| THERMOPERIODISM | • thermoperiodism n. The property of being thermoperiodic. • THERMOPERIODISM n. the effect on an organism of rhythmic temperature variations. |