| DAUPHINE | • dauphine n. The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness. • Dauphiné prop.n. (Historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble. • DAUPHINE n. (French) the title of the wife of the dauphin, also DAUPHINESS. |
| DEANSHIP | • deanship n. The position or role of a dean. • DEANSHIP n. the office of a dean, also DEANERY. |
| DELPHINS | • DELPHIN n. an archaic word for dolphin; a fatty substance made from dolphin oil. |
| DIAPHONE | • diaphone n. A kind of organ pipe. • diaphone n. A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air. • diaphone n. (Phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered… |
| DIPHENYL | • diphenyl n. (Organic chemistry) Synonym of biphenyl. • DIPHENYL n. a hydrocarbon consisting of two phenyl groups, used as a fungicide and in dye-manufacture, also BIPHENYL. |
| DIPHONES | • diphones n. Plural of diphone. • DIPHONE n. a shorthand sign for a diphthong. |
| ENDSHIPS | • endships n. Plural of endship. • ENDSHIP n. (obsolete) a village. |
| EPHEDRIN | • ephedrin n. Archaic form of ephedrine. • EPHEDRIN n. an alkaloid obtained from the plant ephedra and used in treating hay fever, asthma etc., also EPHEDRINE. |
| HEADPINS | • headpins n. Plural of headpin. • HEADPIN n. a bowling pin. |
| INHOOPED | • inhooped v. Simple past tense and past participle of inhoop. • INHOOP v. (Shakespeare) to confine in a hoop. |
| NEPHROID | • nephroid n. (Geometry) A plane curve resembling two intersecting ellipses. • nephroid adj. Kidney-shaped. • NEPHROID adj. kidney-shaped. |
| PINHEADS | • pinheads n. Plural of pinhead. • Pinheads n. Plural of Pinhead. • pin-heads n. Plural of pin-head. |
| PUNISHED | • punished v. Simple past tense and past participle of punish. • punished adj. That has been the object of punishment. • PUNISH v. to impose a penalty for wrongdoing. |
| SIPHONED | • siphoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of siphon. • SIPHON v. (Greek) to draw off through a tube, also SYPHON. |
| SPHENOID | • sphenoid adj. Having a wedged shape. • sphenoid adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the sphenoid bone which forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and… • sphenoid n. (Anatomy) The sphenoid bone. |