| CIRCUMBENDIBUS | • circumbendibus adj. (Often humorous) indirect or roundabout. • circumbendibus n. (Often humorous) A roundabout route or process. • circumbendibus n. (Often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing. |
| DESULPHURISING | • desulphurising v. Present participle of desulphurise. • DESULPHURISE v. to remove the sulphur from a compound, also DESULFURISE, DESULFURIZE, DESULPHURIZE. |
| DESULPHURIZING | • desulphurizing v. Present participle of desulphurize. • DESULPHURIZE v. to remove the sulphur from a compound, also DESULFURISE, DESULFURIZE, DESULPHURISE. |
| DISEQUILIBRIUM | • disequilibrium n. The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces. • DISEQUILIBRIUM n. loss or lack of equilibrium. |
| DISINGENUOUSLY | • disingenuously adv. In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively. • disingenuously adv. In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily. • disingenuously adv. In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive. |
| MULTICUSPIDATE | • multicuspidate adj. Having more than one cusp. • MULTICUSPIDATE adj. having two or more cusps, also MULTICUSPID. |
| QUADRIGEMINOUS | • quadrigeminous adj. Archaic form of quadrigeminal. • QUADRIGEMINOUS adj. having four similar parts, also QUADRIGEMINAL, QUADRIGEMINATE. |
| RIDICULOUSNESS | • ridiculousness n. (Uncountable) The characteristic of being ridiculous. • ridiculousness n. (Countable) The result of being ridiculous. • RIDICULOUSNESS n. the state of being ridiculous. |
| SESQUISULPHIDE | • sesquisulphide n. (Chemistry) Any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms for every two metal atoms. • SESQUISULPHIDE n. a compound with three atoms of sulphur to two of the other element or radical. |
| SUBINFEUDATING | • subinfeudating v. Present participle of subinfeudate. • SUBINFEUDATE v. to grant to another land held by another feudal lord, also SUBFEU, SUBINFEUD. |
| SUBINFEUDATION | • subinfeudation n. (UK, law, obsolete) The practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord… • SUBINFEUDATION n. the sublease of a portion of a feudal estate by a vassal to a tenant who pays fealty to the vassal. |
| SUPERINDUCTION | • superinduction n. The act or the result of superinducing. • SUPERINDUCTION n. the act of superinducing. |
| TRISUBSTITUTED | • trisubstituted adj. (Organic chemistry) substituted with three (identical or different) substituents. • TRISUBSTITUTED adj. having three substituent atoms or groups in the molecule. |
| UNDERUTILISING | • underutilising v. Present participle of underutilise. • UNDERUTILISE v. to utilize less than fully, also UNDERUTILIZE. |
| UNEXTINGUISHED | • unextinguished adj. Not extinguished. • UNEXTINGUISHED adj. not extinguished. |