| DEIPNOSOPHIST | • deipnosophist n. A master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus’s characters. • DEIPNOSOPHIST n. a person skilled in dinner conversation. |
| DEOPPILATIONS | • deoppilations n. Plural of deoppilation. • DEOPPILATION n. the act of deoppilating, freeing from obstruction. |
| DEPOPULATIONS | • depopulations n. Plural of depopulation. • DEPOPULATION n. the act of depopulating. |
| DIPROPELLANTS | • DIPROPELLANT n. a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer. |
| DISAPPOINTING | • disappointing adj. Causing disappointment. • disappointing v. Present participle of disappoint. • DISAPPOINT v. to fail to meet the expectation or hope of. |
| DISPROPORTION | • disproportion n. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance. • disproportion n. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness. • disproportion v. (Transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch. |
| DOORSTEPPINGS | • doorsteppings n. Plural of doorstepping. • DOORSTEPPING n. going from door to door canvassing. |
| ENDOPEPTIDASE | • endopeptidase n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which… • ENDOPEPTIDASE n. any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds within the long chains of protein molecules. |
| LEPIDOPTERANS | • lepidopterans n. Plural of lepidopteran. • LEPIDOPTERAN n. an insect such as moth or butterfly, also LEPIDOPTERON. |
| LEPIDOPTERONS | • lepidopterons n. Plural of lepidopteron. • LEPIDOPTERON n. any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, typically having two pairs of wings covered with fragile scales, also LEPIDOPTERAN. |
| NEUROPEPTIDES | • neuropeptides n. Plural of neuropeptide. • NEUROPEPTIDE n. a peptide that influences neural activity or functioning. |
| PENTAPLOIDIES | • PENTAPLOIDY n. the state of being pentaploid. |
| PEPTIDOGLYCAN | • peptidoglycan n. (Biochemistry) A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls. • PEPTIDOGLYCAN n. a polymer in the cell walls of procaryotes. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PREDEPOSITING | • predepositing v. Present participle of predeposit. • PREDEPOSIT v. to deposit in advance. |
| PREPRODUCTION | • preproduction n. All the preliminary arrangements that are made before the start of a project, especially before the… • preproduction n. The production of a material or substance before it is needed, in anticipation of future requirements. • pre-production n. (Cinematography) The process of preparing the elements involved in a motion picture, theatrical play… |
| PROPAGANDISTS | • propagandists n. Plural of propagandist. • PROPAGANDIST n. one who engages in propaganda. |
| PROPOSITIONED | • propositioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of proposition. • PROPOSITION v. to make a proposal to. |
| REAPPORTIONED | • reapportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of reapportion. • REAPPORTION v. to apportion (as a house of representatives) anew. |
| ROUNDTRIPPING | • roundtripping v. Present participle of roundtrip. • round-tripping v. Present participle of round-trip. • ROUNDTRIPPING n. a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another. |