| 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. |
| CLINODIAGONALS | • clinodiagonals n. Plural of clinodiagonal. • CLINODIAGONAL n. in a monoclinic crystal, that lateral axis which is not perpendicular to the vertical axis. |
| DEGLUTINATIONS | • deglutinations n. Plural of deglutination. • DEGLUTINATION n. the removal of gluten. |
| DEGRANULATIONS | • degranulations n. Plural of degranulation. • DEGRANULATION n. the process of losing granules. |
| DISCOUNSELLING | • discounselling v. Present participle of discounsel. • DISCOUNSEL v. (Spenser) to dissuade. |
| DISILLUSIONING | • disillusioning v. Present participle of disillusion. • DISILLUSION v. to free from illusion. |
| 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. |
| GENTLEMANHOODS | • GENTLEMANHOOD n. the state of being a gentleman. |
| GROUNDLESSNESS | • groundlessness n. The state or condition of being groundless. • GROUNDLESS n. having no ground or foundation. |
| LONGHEADEDNESS | • longheadedness n. The quality of being longheaded. • LONGHEADED n. having unusual foresight or sagacity. |
| PLODDINGNESSES | • PLODDINGNESS n. the state of being plodding. |
| 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. |
| SINDONOLOGISTS | • sindonologists n. Plural of sindonologist. • SINDONOLOGIST n. an expert on the Turin shroud. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |