| DEGUMMING | • degumming n. The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc… • DEGUM v. to free from gum. |
| DESMODIUM | • desmodium n. Any member of the genus Desmodium of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, containing mostly inconspicuous… • Desmodium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – ticktrefoil or beggarticks. • DESMODIUM n. a plant of the telegraph-plant genus. |
| DISIMMURE | • DISIMMURE v. to liberate; to release from walls. |
| DUMMINESS | • dumminess n. (Colloquial) The quality of being silly or foolish. • dumminess n. (Archaic) A disease in horses, characterised by immobility and a hanging position of the head, the result… • DUMMINESS n. being like a dummy, sham. |
| IMMUNISED | • immunised v. Simple past tense and past participle of immunise. • IMMUNISE v. to render immune from infection, also IMMUNIZE. |
| IMMUNIZED | • immunized v. Simple past tense and past participle of immunize. • IMMUNIZE v. to render immune from infection, also IMMUNISE. |
| MAZAEDIUM | • mazaedium n. A powdery spore mass released by some fungi on the surface of the apothecium. • MAZAEDIUM n. a spore-producing organ of certain lichens. |
| MIDSUMMER | • midsummer n. The period around the summer solstice; about 21st June in the northern hemisphere. • midsummer n. The first day of summer. • midsummer n. The middle of summer. |
| MULTIMODE | • multimode adj. Having, or employing multiple modes. • multimode n. A simultaneous superposition of modes. • MULTIMODE n. an SLR camera or its light meter with more than one way of setting the exposure. |
| MUMMIFIED | • mummified adj. Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification. • mummified v. Simple past tense and past participle of mummify. • MUMMIFY v. to preserve by embalming, also MUMMY. |
| NEODYMIUM | • neodymium n. A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal… • neodymium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. • NEODYMIUM n. a rare metallic chemical element of the lanthanide series. |
| RUMMISHED | • RUMMISH v. (Scots) to roar or protest. |
| UNSKIMMED | • unskimmed adj. Not skimmed. • UNSKIMMED adj. not skimmed e.g. of milk. |
| UNTRIMMED | • untrimmed adj. Not trimmed; not made tidy by cutting. • untrimmed adj. Not adorned with trimmings. • UNTRIM v. to strip of trimming. |