| BILDUNGSROMANS | • bildungsromans n. Plural of bildungsroman. • Bildungsromans n. Plural of Bildungsroman. • BILDUNGSROMAN n. (German) a psychological novel dealing with the early moral development of the protagonist. |
| DECHLORINATING | • dechlorinating v. Present participle of dechlorinate. • dechlorinating adj. That leads to dechlorination. • DECHLORINATE v. to remove chlorine from. |
| DEGRANULATIONS | • degranulations n. Plural of degranulation. • DEGRANULATION n. the process of losing granules. |
| DEGRINGOLADING | • DEGRINGOLADE v. (French) to make a rapid descent. |
| DEGRINGOLERING | • DEGRINGOLER v. to descend rapidly or steeply; to decline, fail. |
| DOWNREGULATION | • downregulation n. (Biology) The suppression of a response to a stimulus. • downregulation n. (Genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors… • down-regulation n. Alternative spelling of downregulation. |
| ENDOCRINOLOGIC | • endocrinologic adj. Of or pertaining to endocrinology. • ENDOCRINOLOGIC adj. involving or relating to the endocrine glands or secretions or to endocrinology. |
| GRANDILOQUENCE | • grandiloquence n. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing. • GRANDILOQUENCE n. lofty or pompous eloquence, bombast. |
| GROUNDLESSNESS | • groundlessness n. The state or condition of being groundless. • GROUNDLESS n. having no ground or foundation. |
| OVERINDULGENCE | • overindulgence n. An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is… • OVERINDULGENCE n. excessive indulgence. |
| OVERLENGTHENED | • overlengthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of overlengthen. • OVERLENGTHEN v. to lengthen excessively. |
| PROSTAGLANDINS | • prostaglandins n. Plural of prostaglandin. • PROSTAGLANDIN n. any of a group of chemical substances secreted by various parts of the body into the bloodstream and found to have a wide range of effects on the body processes, e.g. on muscle contraction. |
| SCANDALMONGERS | • scandalmongers n. Plural of scandalmonger. • SCANDALMONGER n. one who spreads scandal. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |