| DESATURATING | • desaturating v. Present participle of desaturate. • DESATURATE v. to cause to become unsaturated, to make less saturated. |
| DISINTEGRATE | • disintegrate v. (Transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts. • disintegrate v. (Intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts. • DISINTEGRATE v. to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles. |
| DISSERTATING | • dissertating v. Present participle of dissertate. • DISSERTATE v. to discourse. |
| DISTRAUGHTLY | • distraughtly adv. In a distraught manner. • DISTRAUGHT adv. agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain. |
| DISTRIBUTING | • distributing v. Present participle of distribute. • DISTRIBUTE v. to divide among several or many. |
| DRAMATURGIST | • dramaturgist n. A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright. • DRAMATURGIST n. a dramatist; specifically a reader and literary editor etc. to a permanent theatrical company, also DRAMATURG, DRAMATURGE. |
| GUTTURALISED | • gutturalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of gutturalise. • GUTTURALISE v. to make guttural, also GUTTURALIZE. |
| INGRATITUDES | • ingratitudes n. Plural of ingratitude. • INGRATITUDE n. lack of gratitude. |
| PROGLOTTIDES | • proglottides n. Plural of proglottis. • PROGLOTTID n. a segment of a tapeworm, also PROGLOTTIS. |
| 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. |
| STRAIGHTBRED | • straightbred adj. Produced by breeding from a single breed, variety or species. • straightbred n. Any organism produced by breeding from a single breed, variety, or species. • STRAIGHTBRED n. an animal produced by breeding a single breed, strain, or type. |
| STRAIGHTEDGE | • straightedge adj. (Informal) Living one’s life opposing or eschewing the use of substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. • straightedge n. A flat, rectangular tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines. • straight␣edge n. (Uncountable) A lifestyle and subculture that advocates abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and the usage… |
| STRAIGHTENED | • straightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of straighten. • STRAIGHTEN v. to make straight. |
| STRIDULATING | • stridulating v. Present participle of stridulate. • STRIDULATE v. to make a chirping or scraping sound, like a grasshopper. |
| STRINGHALTED | • stringhalted adj. Affected with stringhalt; lame. • STRINGHALTED adj. afflicted with stringhalt, a jerking lameness in which a horse suddenly twitches up its leg or legs. |
| TRENDSETTING | • trendsetting adj. Taking a leading role in setting trends, particularly in business or the arts. • TRENDSETTING n. the setting of a trend. |
| TROGLODYTISM | • troglodytism n. The practice of living in caves or cavelike environments. • troglodytism n. (Derogatory) The state or quality of being considered coarse, ignorant, uncultured, or unprogressive. • TROGLODYTISM n. the practice of living in caves. |
| UNDERSETTING | • undersetting n. Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. • UNDERSET v. to prop or support. |
| UNDERSTATING | • understating v. Present participle of understate. • UNDERSTATE v. to represent as less than is the case. |