| CHILDMINDERS | • childminders n. Plural of childminder. • CHILDMINDER n. one who looks after other people's children for money. |
| DEHUMIDIFIES | • dehumidifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify. • DEHUMIDIFY v. to remove moisture from (as air). |
| DICHOTOMISED | • dichotomised v. Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise. • DICHOTOMISE v. to render dichotomous, also DICHOTOMIZE. |
| DIPHTHEROIDS | • diphtheroids n. Plural of diphtheroid. • DIPHTHEROID n. a bacterium that resembles the bacterium of diphtheria but does not produce diphtheria toxin. |
| DISACCHARIDE | • disaccharide n. (Biochemistry) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
| DISENCHAINED | • disenchained adj. (Archaic) Freed from restraint; unrestrained. • DISENCHAIN v. to free from restraint. |
| DISFURNISHED | • disfurnished v. Simple past tense and past participle of disfurnish. • disfurnished adj. Deprived of furniture, accoutrements or belongings; stripped, destitute. • DISFURNISH v. to strip, render destitute. |
| DISGARNISHED | • disgarnished v. Simple past tense and past participle of disgarnish. • DISGARNISH v. to despoil, also DEGARNISH. |
| DISINHERITED | • disinherited v. Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit. • DISINHERIT v. to deprive of an inheritance, also DISHERIT. |
| DISINHIBITED | • disinhibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of disinhibit. • DISINHIBIT v. to remove restraints on (used esp. of drugs affecting behaviour). |
| DISPLENISHED | • displenished v. Simple past tense and past participle of displenish. • DISPLENISH v. to deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. |
| DISTHRONISED | • DISTHRONISE v. (Spenser) to dethrone, also DISTHRONIZE. |
| DISTHRONIZED | • disthronized v. Simple past tense and past participle of disthronize. • DISTHRONIZE v. (Spenser) to dethrone, also DISTHRONISE. |
| DISWORSHIPED | • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| DITCHDIGGERS | • ditchdiggers n. Plural of ditchdigger. • DITCHDIGGER n. one that digs ditches. |
| KINDREDSHIPS | • KINDREDSHIP n. relatedness. |
| SPHEROIDISED | • SPHEROIDISE v. to develop spherulitic or granular structure in, also SPHEROIDIZE. |
| SPHEROIDIZED | • spheroidized v. Simple past tense and past participle of spheroidize. • SPHEROIDIZE v. to develop spherulitic or granular structure in, also SPHEROIDISE. |
| THALIDOMIDES | • thalidomides n. Plural of thalidomide. • THALIDOMIDE n. a nonbarbiturate sedative drug, withdrawn in 1961 because found to cause malformation in the fetus if taken during pregnancy. |
| UNDIMINISHED | • undiminished adj. Not diminished. • UNDIMINISHED adj. not diminished. |