| ANTEROGRADE | • anterograde adj. (Medicine) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. • anterograde adj. (Medicine) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of. • ANTEROGRADE adj. as in anterograde amnesia, loss of memory for events after injury to the brain or mental trauma, with little effect on information acquired previously. |
| DENIGRATORS | • denigrators n. Plural of denigrator. • DENIGRATOR n. one who, or that which, blackens. |
| DENIGRATORY | • denigratory adj. Tending to denigrate. • DENIGRATORY adj. serving to denigrate, also DENIGRATIVE. |
| DRAGONFRUIT | • dragonfruit n. Alternative spelling of dragon fruit. • dragon␣fruit n. The fruit of certain cacti of the genus Hylocereus, cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South… |
| DRAGONROOTS | • DRAGONROOT n. (US) an araceous plant (genus Arisaema) or its tuberous root, used in medicine. |
| GRANDMOTHER | • grandmother n. A mother of someone’s parent. • grandmother n. A female ancestor or progenitor. • grand-mother n. Obsolete form of grandmother. |
| GROUNDBURST | • groundburst n. The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground. • GROUNDBURST n. the detonation of a nuclear warhead at ground level. |
| GROUNDWATER | • groundwater n. Water that exists beneath the earth’s surface in underground streams and aquifers. • ground␣water n. Alternative form of groundwater. • GROUNDWATER n. water within the earth esp. that supplies wells and springs. |
| OVERTRADING | • overtrading v. Present participle of overtrade. • overtrading n. The buying of a greater amount of goods than one can sell or pay for. • OVERTRADING n. trading beyond one's capital. |
| RETROCEDING | • retroceding v. Present participle of retrocede. • RETROCEDE v. to cede back (a territory). |
| STRINGBOARD | • stringboard n. (Architecture) A stringpiece. • STRINGBOARD n. a board that covers the ends of the steps in a staircase. |
| STRONGARMED | • strongarmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strongarm. • strong-armed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strong-arm. • STRONGARM v. to use forceful tactics. |
| UNDERGROWTH | • undergrowth n. The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes). • UNDERGROWTH n. low growth on the floor of a forest including seedlings and saplings, shrubs, and herbs. |