| 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. |
| DELTIOLOGIST | • deltiologist n. A collector of picture postcards. • DELTIOLOGIST n. a collector of picture postcards. |
| DEONTOLOGIST | • deontologist n. (Ethics) A philosopher or other thinker who advocates or employs a deontological approach to ethics. • DEONTOLOGIST n. a student of deontology. |
| EPIGLOTTIDES | • epiglottides n. Plural of epiglottis. • EPIGLOTTIS n. a cartilaginous flap over the glottis. |
| GUTTERBLOODS | • gutterbloods n. Plural of gutterblood. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| POSTEDITINGS | • POSTEDITING n. the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine. |
| POSTGRADUATE | • postgraduate n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course. • postgraduate adj. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. • post-graduate adj. Alternative form of postgraduate. |
| PROGLOTTIDES | • proglottides n. Plural of proglottis. • PROGLOTTID n. a segment of a tapeworm, also PROGLOTTIS. |
| SCATTERGOODS | • scattergoods n. Plural of scattergood. • SCATTERGOOD n. a spendthrift. |
| 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. |