| DIASTALSIS | • diastalsis n. A form of peristalsis (as in the intestines) in which the wave of contraction is preceded by a period of inhibition. • DIASTALSIS n. a downward wave of contraction occurring in the intestine during digestion. |
| DISABLISTS | • disablists n. Plural of disablist. • DISABLIST n. one who discriminates against the disabled. |
| DISCURSIST | • discursist n. (Obsolete) A discourser. • DISCURSIST n. (obsolete) a disputer. |
| DISINFESTS | • disinfests v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinfest. • DISINFEST v. to remove infestation from. |
| DISINVESTS | • disinvests v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinvest. • DISINVEST v. to reduce or eliminate capital investment. |
| DISSATISFY | • dissatisfy v. To fail to satisfy; to displease. • DISSATISFY v. to fail to satisfy. |
| DISSIDENTS | • dissidents n. Plural of dissident. • DISSIDENT n. a dissenter, esp. one who disagrees with the aims and procedures of the government. |
| DISSIPATES | • dissipates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissipate. • DISSIPATE v. to scatter or disperse. |
| SENSITISED | • sensitised v. Simple past tense and past participle of sensitise. • sensitised adj. (British spelling) Alternative form of sensitized. • SENSITISE v. to make sensitive, also SENSITIZE. |
| SIDESPLITS | • sidesplits n. Plural of sidesplit. • side-splits n. Plural of side-split. • SIDESPLIT n. a split-level house having floors raised half a level on one side thus having an upper and lower basement and an upper and lower main floor. |
| SPISSITUDE | • spissitude n. (Of liquids) Density, thickness; the state or quality of being inspissated or thickened. • spissitude n. Spiritual substance or density, viewed as the fourth dimension of an object. • SPISSITUDE n. density. |
| STASIDIONS | • STASIDION n. (Modern Greek) a stall in a Greek church. |
| TIDINESSES | • tidinesses n. Plural of tidiness. • TIDINESS n. the state of being tidy. |