| AUDIENT | • audient adj. Listening, paying attention. • audient n. (Obsolete) A hearer; a member of an audience. • audient n. (Obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in… |
| DETINUE | • detinue n. A person or thing detained; a detainee. • detinue n. (Law) A legal action to reclaim goods wrongfully detained. • DETINUE n. action to recover property wrongfully detained. |
| DILUENT | • diluent n. That which dilutes. • diluent n. (Analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing. • diluent n. (Medicine) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink. |
| DISTUNE | • distune v. (Transitive) To put (something) out of tune. • distune v. (Transitive, figurative) To cause (something) not to be in harmony or to be poorly adjusted. • DISTUNE v. to put out of tune. |
| DUETING | • dueting v. Present participle of duet. • DUET v. to perform a duet. |
| DUNITES | • dunites n. Plural of dunite. • DUNITE n. an igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine. |
| DUNNITE | • dunnite n. (Military, historical) Ammonium picrate, used as an explosive. • DUNNITE n. a kind of explosive based on ammonium picrate. |
| INTRUDE | • intrude v. (Intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to… • intrude v. (Transitive) To force in. • INTRUDE v. to thrust or force oneself in. |
| MINUTED | • minuted v. Simple past tense and past participle of minute. • MINUTE v. to take brief notes. |
| MUNITED | • munited v. Simple past tense and past participle of munite. • MUNITE v. to fortify, also MUNIFY. |
| MUTINED | • mutined v. Simple past tense and past participle of mutine. • MUTINE v. to revolt against constituted authority, also MUTINY, MUTINEER. |
| TURDINE | • turdine adj. Of or relating to the thrushes, or the Turdidae. • TURDINE adj. belonging to a family of singing birds. |
| UNCITED | • uncited adj. Not cited. • UNCITED adj. not cited. |
| UNTILED | • untiled adj. Not tiled. • UNTILE v. to strip of tiles. |
| UNTIMED | • untimed adj. Not timed. • UNTIMED adj. not timed. |
| UNTIRED | • untired adj. Not tired; unwearied. • untired adj. Alternative form of untyred (“not fitted with tyres”). • UNTIRED adj. not tired. |
| UNTRIDE | • untride adj. Obsolete form of untried. • UNTRIDE adj. (Shakespeare) not tried, not ventured on. |
| UNTRIED | • untried adj. Not yet tried or tested; unknown. • untried adj. (Law) Not put on trial; not taken before a legal court. • UNTRIED adj. not tried. |