| CLOSEFISTED | • closefisted adj. Unwilling to spend money; stingy. • close-fisted adj. Tight-fisted, stingy. • CLOSEFISTED adj. tight, stingy. |
| CONFESSEDLY | • confessedly adv. Admittedly; by one’s own confession. • confessedly adv. (Archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged. • CONFESSED adv. CONFESS, to admit or disclose. |
| DAMSELFLIES | • damselflies n. Plural of damselfly. • DAMSELFLY n. an insect of the order Odonata, resembling the dragonfly. |
| DEFENCELESS | • defenceless adj. (British spelling) Without defence; undefended. • DEFENCELESS adj. without defence. |
| DEFENSELESS | • defenseless adj. Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack. • DEFENSELESS adj. without defense. |
| DEMULSIFIES | • demulsifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demulsify. • DEMULSIFY v. to separate from an emulsion. |
| DESULFURISE | • desulfurise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of desulfurize. • DESULFURISE v. to remove the sulfur from a compound, also DESULFURIZE, DESULPHURISE, DESULPHURIZE. |
| DEVILFISHES | • devilfishes n. Plural of devilfish. • DEVILFISH n. an octopus; also, a huge ray of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. |
| DIREFULNESS | • direfulness n. Quality of being direful. • DIREFULNESS n. the state of being direful. |
| DOLEFULNESS | • dolefulness n. The characteristic of being doleful; sadness. • DOLEFULNESS n. the state of being doleful. |
| DORSIFLEXES | • dorsiflexes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dorsiflex. • DORSIFLEX v. to bend towards the back or dorsal. |
| FEDERALESES | • FEDERALESE n. the language of bureaucrats, bureaucratese. |
| FEDERALISES | • federalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federalise. • FEDERALISE v. to unite in a federation, also FEDERALIZE. |
| FEDERALISMS | • federalisms n. Plural of federalism. • FEDERALISM n. the principles of Federalists or of federal union. |
| FEDERALISTS | • federalists n. Plural of federalist. • FEDERALIST n. a supporter of a federal constitution or union. |
| FIELDSTONES | • fieldstones n. Plural of fieldstone. • FIELDSTONE n. (US) stone for building, taken from a field. |
| FLUIDNESSES | • FLUIDNESS n. the state of being fluid. |
| HEEDFULNESS | • heedfulness n. The state or quality of being heedful. • HEEDFULNESS n. the state of being heedful. |
| NEEDFULNESS | • needfulness n. The property of being needful or necessary; necessity. • NEEDFULNESS n. the state of being needful. |
| PROFESSEDLY | • professedly adv. In a professed manner. • PROFESSED adv. PROFESS, to affirm openly. |