| ARIDITIES | • aridities n. Plural of aridity. • ARIDITY n. the state of being arid. |
| DIACRITIC | • diacritic adj. Distinguishing. • diacritic adj. (Orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. • diacritic n. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. |
| DIARISTIC | • diaristic adj. Pertaining to diaries or diarists; in the style of a diary. • DIARISTIC adj. like a diarist, one who keeps a diary. |
| DIGITISER | • digitiser n. Alternative spelling of digitizer. • DIGITISER n. a device that converts analogue signals etc. to digital ones, also DIGITIZER. |
| DIGITIZER | • digitizer n. A device that digitizes. • DIGITIZER n. a device that converts analogue signals etc. to digital ones, also DIGITISER. |
| DIORISTIC | • dioristic adj. (Dated) that distinguishes or defines something; distinctive. • DIORISTIC adj. serving to distinguish, also DIORISTICAL. |
| DIRIGISTE | • dirigiste adj. Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy. • dirigiste n. An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme. • DIRIGISTE adj. (French) relating to State control of economic and social affairs. |
| DISPIRITS | • dispirits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispirit. • DISPIRIT v. to lower in spirits. |
| FRIGIDITY | • frigidity n. The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat. • frigidity n. Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity. • frigidity n. Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency. |
| MIDISKIRT | • midiskirt n. A skirt with a hemline at mid-calf. • MIDISKIRT n. a skirt of medium length. |
| NITRIDING | • nitriding n. A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia. • NITRIDING n. conversion into a nitride. |
| NITRIFIED | • nitrified v. Simple past tense and past participle of nitrify. • NITRIFY v. to combine with nitrogen. |
| SIDERITIC | • sideritic adj. Containing or relating to siderite. • SIDERITIC adj. relating to siderite, carbonate of iron. |
| TIGRIDIAS | • TIGRIDIA n. a tropical American plant with colourful flowers. |
| VIRIDITES | • viridites n. Plural of viridite. • VIRIDITE n. a green decomposition product in rocks. |
| VITRIFIED | • vitrified v. Simple past tense and past participle of vitrify. • vitrified adj. Converted into glass. • VITRIFY v. to convert into glass. |