| CARDIOPLEGIA | • cardioplegia n. (Surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery. • CARDIOPLEGIA n. deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out. |
| DEPOLARISING | • depolarising v. Present participle of depolarise. • DEPOLARISE v. to remove the polarity from, also DEPOLARIZE. |
| DEPOLARIZING | • depolarizing v. Present participle of depolarize. • DEPOLARIZE v. to remove the polarity from, also DEPOLARISE. |
| DESPAIRINGLY | • despairingly adv. In a despairing manner. • DESPAIRING adv. DESPAIR, to lose all hope. |
| DISPRIVILEGE | • disprivilege v. To deprive of a privilege or privileges. • disprivilege n. The state of lacking privileges, or being underprivileged. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| DITRIGLYPHIC | • ditriglyphic adj. (Architecture) Relating to ditriglyphs. • DITRIGLYPHIC adj. of or like a ditriglyph, a space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns. |
| LIGNIPERDOUS | • ligniperdous adj. (Zoology) Wood-destroying; said of certain insects and fungi. • LIGNIPERDOUS adj. destroying wood. |
| PARADIDDLING | • paradiddling v. Present participle of paradiddle. • PARADIDDLE v. to make a kind of drum roll using left and right sticks alternately. |
| PARAGLIDINGS | • PARAGLIDING n. the sport of drifting through the air to the ground while wearing a modified type of parachute, after having been towed into the air by, or jumping from, a plane. |
| PHILANDERING | • philandering v. Present participle of philander. • philandering n. The action of one who philanders. • PHILANDERING n. engaging in a frivolous love of women. |
| PRODIGALISED | • prodigalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of prodigalise. • PRODIGALISE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALIZE. |
| PRODIGALISES | • prodigalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prodigalise. • PRODIGALISE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALIZE. |
| PRODIGALIZED | • prodigalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of prodigalize. • PRODIGALIZE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALISE. |
| PRODIGALIZES | • prodigalizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prodigalize. • PRODIGALIZE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALISE. |
| PRODIGIOUSLY | • prodigiously adv. In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, or wonderfully. • PRODIGIOUS adv. resembling or befitting a prodigy. |
| QUADRIPLEGIA | • quadriplegia n. Paralysis from the neck down. • quadriplegia n. Paralysis of all four limbs. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRIPLEGIC | • quadriplegic adj. Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia. • quadriplegic n. One who suffers from quadriplegia. • QUADRIPLEGIC adj. relating to quadriplegia, paralysis of both arms and both legs. |
| REDISPLAYING | • redisplaying v. Present participle of redisplay. • REDISPLAY v. to display again. |
| UNPRIVILEGED | • unprivileged adj. Not having special privileges, opposite of privileged. • unprivileged adj. Not requiring special privileges. • UNPRIVILEGED adj. not privileged. |
| UPBRAIDINGLY | • upbraidingly adv. So as to upbraid; scoldingly. • UPBRAIDING adv. reproachful. |