| DIMINISHED | • diminished v. Simple past tense and past participle of diminish. • diminished adj. Lessened, reduced. • diminished adj. Made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable. |
| DISINHUMED | • disinhumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of disinhume. • DISINHUME v. to disinter. |
| MISDIGHTED | • MISDIGHT v. (Spenser) to mismanage or treat badly. |
| CHILDMINDERS | • childminders n. Plural of childminder. • CHILDMINDER n. one who looks after other people's children for money. |
| DEHUMIDIFIES | • dehumidifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify. • DEHUMIDIFY v. to remove moisture from (as air). |
| DICHOTOMISED | • dichotomised v. Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise. • DICHOTOMISE v. to render dichotomous, also DICHOTOMIZE. |
| THALIDOMIDES | • thalidomides n. Plural of thalidomide. • THALIDOMIDE n. a nonbarbiturate sedative drug, withdrawn in 1961 because found to cause malformation in the fetus if taken during pregnancy. |
| UNDIMINISHED | • undiminished adj. Not diminished. • UNDIMINISHED adj. not diminished. |
| DEHUMIDIFIERS | • dehumidifiers n. Plural of dehumidifier. • DEHUMIDIFIER n. an apparatus for reducing humidity. |
| DIETHYLAMIDES | • diethylamides n. Plural of diethylamide. • DIETHYLAMIDE n. as in lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD. |
| DISHARMONISED | • disharmonised v. Simple past tense and past participle of disharmonise. • DISHARMONISE v. to put out of harmony, also DISHARMONIZE. |
| DISHARMONIZED | • disharmonized v. Simple past tense and past participle of disharmonize. • DISHARMONIZE v. to put out of harmony, also DISHARMONISE. |
| MIDDLEWEIGHTS | • middleweights n. Plural of middleweight. • MIDDLEWEIGHT n. a weight division in boxing. |
| MITHRIDATISED | • mithridatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of mithridatise. • MITHRIDATISE v. to acquire immunity to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it, also MITHRIDATIZE. |
| SCRIMSHANDIED | • SCRIMSHANDY v. to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines, also SCRIMSHANDER, SCRIMSHAW. |
| DISEMBELLISHED | • disembellished v. Simple past tense and past participle of disembellish. • DISEMBELLISH v. to deprive of embellishment. |
| AMPHIDIPLOIDIES | • AMPHIDIPLOIDY n. the state of being amphidiploid. |
| AZIDOTHYMIDINES | • azidothymidines n. Plural of azidothymidine. • AZIDOTHYMIDINE n. a derivative of thymidine. |
| DIMENHYDRINATES | • dimenhydrinates n. Plural of dimenhydrinate. • DIMENHYDRINATE n. a crystalline antihistamine used esp. to prevent nausea, as in motion sickness. |