| COMPLICATED | • complicated adj. Difficult or convoluted. • complicated adj. (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects). • complicated v. Simple past tense and past participle of complicate. |
| DEPLUMATION | • deplumation n. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. • deplumation n. (Medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids. • deplumation n. (Metaphoric) The stripping of someone’s symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation. |
| DESPOILMENT | • despoilment n. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation. • DESPOILMENT n. the act of despoiling. |
| DIPLOMATESE | • diplomatese n. (Derogatory) The jargon used by diplomats. • DIPLOMATESE n. the language of diplomacy. |
| DIPLOMATICS | • diplomatics n. The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents. • DIPLOMATICS n. the science of deciphering ancient writings and texts. |
| DIPLOMATING | • diplomating v. Present participle of diplomate. • DIPLOMATE v. to invest with a degree or title by diploma. |
| DIPLOMATISE | • diplomatise v. Alternative form of diplomatize. • DIPLOMATISE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATIZE. |
| DIPLOMATIST | • diplomatist n. A diplomat. • DIPLOMATIST n. a diplomat. |
| DIPLOMATIZE | • diplomatize v. (Intransitive) To engage in diplomacy. • diplomatize v. (Transitive) To effect by means of diplomacy. • DIPLOMATIZE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATISE. |
| OPTIMALISED | • optimalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of optimalise. • OPTIMALISE v. to bring to the most desirable or most efficient state, also OPTIMALIZE. |
| OPTIMALIZED | • optimalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of optimalize. • OPTIMALIZE v. to bring to the most desirable or most efficient state, also OPTIMALISE. |
| PALLIDOTOMY | • pallidotomy n. A neurosurgical procedure whereby a tiny electrical probe is placed in the globus pallidus and heated… |
| PSALMODISTS | • psalmodists n. Plural of psalmodist. • PSALMODIST n. a singer of psalms. |
| STYLOPODIUM | • stylopodium n. (Botany) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. • STYLOPODIUM n. an enlargement at the end of the style base of certain flowers. |
| TRAMPOLINED | • trampolined v. Simple past tense and past participle of trampoline. • TRAMPOLINE v. to use a trampoline. |