| DESULFURISE | • desulfurise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of desulfurize. • DESULFURISE v. to remove the sulfur from a compound, also DESULFURIZE, DESULPHURISE, DESULPHURIZE. |
| DIREFULNESS | • direfulness n. Quality of being direful. • DIREFULNESS n. the state of being direful. |
| DISFEATURES | • disfeatures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfeature. • DISFEATURE v. to deprive of features; to mar the features of, also DEFEATURE. |
| DISFIGURERS | • disfigurers n. Plural of disfigurer. • DISFIGURER n. one who disfigures. |
| DISTRESSFUL | • distressful adj. Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing. • DISTRESSFUL adj. causing distress. |
| DISTRUSTFUL | • distrustful adj. (Active sense) Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful. • distrustful adj. (Passive sense) Causing or giving rise to distrust. • DISTRUSTFUL adj. having or showing distrust. |
| DISULFIRAMS | • disulfirams n. Plural of disulfiram. • DISULFIRAM n. a compound used in the treatment of alcoholism. |
| DORSIFEROUS | • dorsiferous adj. (Biology) Bearing, or producing, on the back; applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the… • DORSIFEROUS adj. carrying young on the back. |
| FLUORIDISES | • fluoridises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridise. • FLUORIDISE v. to add fluoride to drinking water, also FLUORIDIZE. |
| FUNDRAISERS | • fundraisers n. Plural of fundraiser. • FUNDRAISER n. one who raises funds. |
| FURANOSIDES | • furanosides n. Plural of furanoside. • FURANOSIDE n. a glycoside containing the ring characteristic of furanose. |
| FUROSEMIDES | • furosemides n. Plural of furosemide. • FUROSEMIDE n. a synthetic diuretic drug used esp. in treating oedema, also FRUSEMIDE. |
| INFRASOUNDS | • infrasounds n. Plural of infrasound. • INFRASOUND n. frequencies below the usual audible limit. |
| SUPERFLUIDS | • superfluids n. Plural of superfluid. • SUPERFLUID n. a superfluid substance. |
| SURFRIDINGS | • SURFRIDING n. the sport of riding on surf. |
| TRISULFIDES | • trisulfides n. Plural of trisulfide. • TRISULFIDE n. a sulphide with three atoms of sulphur to the molecule, also TRISULPHIDE. |
| UNDERFISHES | • underfishes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underfish. • UNDERFISH v. to fish insufficiently. |
| WINDSURFERS | • windsurfers n. Plural of windsurfer. • WINDSURFER n. one who practises windsurfing. |