| BATTLEGROUND | • battleground n. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. |
| 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. |
| DECONGESTANT | • decongestant n. A drug that relieves congestion, e.g. pseudoephedrine. • DECONGESTANT n. an agent that relieves congestion (as of mucous membranes). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| INTERROGATED | • interrogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of interrogate. • INTERROGATE v. to question formally and systematically. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| TITLEHOLDING | • titleholding adj. Holding a rank or title. • TITLEHOLDING adj. holding a title. |