| COMPASSIONATED | • compassionated v. Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate. • COMPASSIONATE v. to show compassion. |
| DECOMPENSATION | • decompensation n. (Medicine) The inability of a diseased or weakened organic system or organ to compensate for its deficiency… • decompensation n. (Psychology) The deterioration of cognitive or emotional functionality in a person who is distressed… • DECOMPENSATION n. the failure of an organ to cope with increasing demands made on it owing to disease. |
| DECOMPOSITIONS | • decompositions n. Plural of decomposition. • DECOMPOSITION n. the breakdown of dead organic material by detritivores or saprophytes. |
| DEPRESSOMOTORS | • depressomotors n. Plural of depressomotor. • DEPRESSOMOTOR n. a drug with the effect of retarding motor activity. |
| DIAGEOTROPISMS | • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
| DIPLOSTEMONOUS | • diplostemonous adj. (Botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals. • diplostemonous adj. (Botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals. • DIPLOSTEMONOUS adj. having two whorls of stamens, the outer alternating with the petals, the inner with the outer. |
| EPIDEMIOLOGIST | • epidemiologist n. (Epidemiology) A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology. • EPIDEMIOLOGIST n. one who studies diseases. |
| MALAPPORTIONED | • malapportioned adj. (Politics) Of an electoral district, characterized by a disproportionate distribution of representatives… • MALAPPORTIONED adj. characterized by an inequitable or unsuitable apportioning of representatives to a legislative body. |
| METOCLOPRAMIDE | • metoclopramide n. (Pharmacology) A procainamide derivative that is a dopamine D2-receptor antagonist, given (usually as… • METOCLOPRAMIDE n. a drug used as an anti-emetic. |
| MODERATORSHIPS | • moderatorships n. Plural of moderatorship. • MODERATORSHIP n. the office of moderator. |
| NONCOMPLICATED | • noncomplicated adj. Not complicated. • NONCOMPLICATED adj. not complicated. |
| NONDEVELOPMENT | • nondevelopment n. Lack of development, or failure to develop. • NONDEVELOPMENT n. something that is not development. |
| PHOTOPERIODISM | • photoperiodism n. (Biology) The growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length… • PHOTOPERIODISM n. a plant or animal's response or capacity to respond to photoperiod. |
| POSTMODERNISMS | • postmodernisms n. Plural of postmodernism. • POSTMODERNISM n. a movement succeeding modernism. |
| POSTMODERNISTS | • postmodernists n. Plural of postmodernist. • POSTMODERNIST n. a follower of postmodernism. |
| PREADMONITIONS | • preadmonitions n. Plural of preadmonition. • PREADMONITION n. the act of preadmonishing, forewarning. |
| PREDOMINATIONS | • predominations n. Plural of predomination. • PREDOMINATION n. the act of predominating. |
| THERMOPERIODIC | • thermoperiodic adj. Relating to a thermoperiod. • THERMOPERIODIC adj. relating to thermoperiodism, the effect on an organism of rhythmic temperature variations. |