| ABRIDGMENT | • abridgment n. (US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation. • abridgment n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. • abridgment n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. |
| DEMERITING | • demeriting v. Present participle of demerit. • DEMERIT v. to lower in status. |
| DIAGOMETER | • diagometer n. A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted… • DIAGOMETER n. an instrument for measuring electrical conductivity. |
| DIREMPTING | • dirempting v. Present participle of dirempt. • DIREMPT v. to separate into two. |
| DOGMATISER | • dogmatiser n. Alternative form of dogmatizer. • DOGMATISER n. one who dogmatises, also DOGMATIZER. |
| DOGMATIZER | • dogmatizer n. One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter. • DOGMATIZER n. one who dogmatizes, also DOGMATISER. |
| GEOMETRIDS | • geometrids n. Plural of geometrid. • GEOMETRID n. any moth of the Geometridae, whose caterpillars are loopers. |
| GERMINATED | • germinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of germinate. • GERMINATE v. to sprout, to cause to sprout. |
| IMMIGRATED | • immigrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of immigrate. • IMMIGRATE v. to migrate into a country with the intention of settling in it. |
| MARGINATED | • marginated adj. Having a distinct margin. • MARGINATE v. to provide with a margin or border. |
| MISGRAFTED | • misgrafted v. Simple past tense and past participle of misgraft. • MISGRAFT v. to graft wrongly. |
| MODERATING | • moderating v. Present participle of moderate. • MODERATE v. to make less extreme. |
| MULTIGRADE | • multigrade adj. Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil). • multigrade adj. (Education) Relating to students of differing grade levels. • MULTIGRADE n. a brand of black and white photographic paper coated with a mixture of emulsions which are sensitive to the colour of the printing light used and which produce different contrast grades as a result. |
| REGIMENTED | • regimented v. Simple past tense and past participle of regiment. • regimented adj. Organised, ordered, formed into regiments. • REGIMENT v. to form into military units. |
| REMIGRATED | • remigrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of remigrate. • REMIGRATE v. to migrate again or back. |
| SMARAGDITE | • smaragdite n. (Mineralogy) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro. • SMARAGDITE n. a green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro. |