| CORNFIELD | • cornfield n. A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop. • CORNFIELD n. a field in which corn is growing. |
| DEFLATION | • deflation n. An act or instance of deflating. • deflation n. (Economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services… • deflation n. (Economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction. |
| DEFLEXION | • deflexion n. UK spelling of deflection. • DEFLEXION n. an act of bending or turning away, also DEFLECTION. |
| DEFLUXION | • defluxion n. (Obsolete) A flowing down; a running down. • defluxion n. (Medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh. • DEFLUXION n. (obsolete) a discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh. |
| DEFOLIANT | • defoliant n. An agent used to defoliate plants. • DEFOLIANT n. a chemical used to cause defoliation. |
| DEFOULING | • defouling v. Present participle of defoul. • DEFOUL v. (obsolete) to befoul, defile. |
| DIOLEFINS | • diolefins n. Plural of diolefin. • DIOLEFIN n. a compound containing two double bonds between hydrogen atoms, aka diene. |
| DOWNFIELD | • downfield adj. (Sports) Toward the defending team’s end of the playing field. • downfield adj. (Chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal. • downfield adv. Towards the lower part of a field. |
| ENFOLDING | • enfolding v. Present participle of enfold. • enfolding n. A folding around something. • ENFOLD v. to envelop. |
| FLORIDEAN | • floridean adj. Relating to, or characteristic of, red algae of the subclass Florideae. • floridean n. Any of these algae. • FLORIDEAN n. any of a large subclass of red seaweeds. |
| INFOLDERS | • infolders n. Plural of infolder. • INFOLDER n. one that infolds. |
| INTERFOLD | • interfold v. (Transitive, intransitive) To fold one into another; fold together. • INTERFOLD v. to fold together or within each other. |
| LINENFOLD | • linenfold n. A form of decorative carving in wood panelling that imitates folded linen. • LINENFOLD n. a representation of linen laid in vertical folds, of Flemish origin in the 15th century and used by Tudor woodcarvers, mainly for decorating panelling, doors, and chests. |
| PINFOLDED | • pinfolded v. Simple past tense and past participle of pinfold. • PINFOLD v. to impound, also PENFOLD. |
| REFOLDING | • refolding v. Present participle of refold. • refolding n. A second or subsequent folding. • REFOLD v. to fold again. |
| SNOWFIELD | • snowfield n. A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier. • SNOWFIELD n. an area of snow. |