| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| DECOMMITTING | • decommitting v. Present participle of decommit. • DECOMMIT v. to withdraw from a commitment. |
| DEGLUTITIONS | • deglutitions n. Plural of deglutition. • DEGLUTITION n. the power or act of swallowing. |
| DEGUSTATIONS | • degustations n. Plural of degustation. • dégustations n. Plural of dégustation. • DEGUSTATION n. the action or an instance of tasting esp. in a series of small portions. |
| DELTIOLOGIST | • deltiologist n. A collector of picture postcards. • DELTIOLOGIST n. a collector of picture postcards. |
| DEMOTIVATING | • demotivating v. Present participle of demotivate. • DEMOTIVATE v. to remove motivation from. |
| DEONTOLOGIST | • deontologist n. (Ethics) A philosopher or other thinker who advocates or employs a deontological approach to ethics. • DEONTOLOGIST n. a student of deontology. |
| DETOXICATING | • detoxicating v. Present participle of detoxicate. • DETOXICATE v. to rid of a poison or the effects of it. |
| EPIGLOTTIDES | • epiglottides n. Plural of epiglottis. • EPIGLOTTIS n. a cartilaginous flap over the glottis. |
| INTERROGATED | • interrogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of interrogate. • INTERROGATE v. to question formally and systematically. |
| OUTGLITTERED | • outglittered v. Simple past tense and past participle of outglitter. • OUTGLITTER v. to surpass in glittering. |
| OUTINTRIGUED | • outintrigued v. Simple past tense and past participle of outintrigue. • OUTINTRIGUE v. to surpass in intrigue. |
| POSTEDITINGS | • POSTEDITING n. the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine. |
| PROGLOTTIDES | • proglottides n. Plural of proglottis. • PROGLOTTID n. a segment of a tapeworm, also PROGLOTTIS. |
| RENEGOTIATED | • renegotiated v. Simple past tense and past participle of renegotiate. • RENEGOTIATE v. to negotiate again (as to adjust interest rates or repayments or to get more money). |
| RETRODICTING | • retrodicting v. Present participle of retrodict. • RETRODICT v. to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs). |
| SHORTSIGHTED | • shortsighted adj. Alternative spelling of short-sighted. • short-sighted adj. Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects. • short-sighted adj. (Figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight. |
| TAUTOLOGISED | • tautologised v. Simple past tense and past participle of tautologise. • TAUTOLOGISE v. to use tautology, also TAUTOLOGIZE. |
| TAUTOLOGIZED | • tautologized v. Simple past tense and past participle of tautologize. • TAUTOLOGIZE v. to use tautology, also TAUTOLOGISE. |
| TITLEHOLDING | • titleholding adj. Holding a rank or title. • TITLEHOLDING adj. holding a title. |