| DETERMINANT | • determinant n. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. • determinant n. (Linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the… • determinant n. (Biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate. |
| DETERMINATE | • determinate adj. Distinct, clearly defined. • determinate adj. Fixed, set, unvarying. • determinate adj. (Biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed. |
| DETERMINIST | • determinist n. An advocate of determinism. • determinist adj. Characteristic of determinism. • DETERMINIST n. a believer in determinism. |
| DETRAINMENT | • detrainment n. The act of detraining. • detrainment n. (Meteorology) The diffusion of air from an organized current into the general atmosphere. • DETRAINMENT n. the act of detraining. |
| DETRIMENTAL | • detrimental adj. Causing damage or harm. • DETRIMENTAL adj. harmful. • DETRIMENTAL n. an undesirable or harmful person or thing. |
| DILATOMETER | • dilatometer n. An instrument used to measure the expansion of solids and liquids when heated, or when subjected to… • DILATOMETER n. an instrument for measuring expansion. |
| DIOPTOMETER | • dioptometer n. An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses. • DIOPTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring ocular refraction. |
| DISEMBITTER | • disembitter v. (Transitive) To free from bitterness, remove bitterness. • DISEMBITTER v. to free from bitterness. |
| INTERMATTED | • intermatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of intermat. • INTERMAT v. to mat fibers together. |
| INTERMITTED | • intermitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of intermit. • INTERMIT v. to stop temporarily. |
| MULTITIERED | • multitiered adj. Having multiple tiers; thus by extension, complex or ornate. • MULTITIERED adj. having more than one tier. |
| PREADMITTED | • preadmitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preadmit. • PREADMIT v. to admit beforehand. |
| PREMEDITATE | • premeditate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in… • PREMEDITATE v. to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand. |
| RECOMMITTED | • recommitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of recommit. • RECOMMIT v. to commit again. |
| REESTIMATED | • reestimated v. Simple past tense and past participle of reestimate. • REESTIMATE v. to estimate again. |
| REMOTIVATED | • remotivated v. Simple past tense and past participle of remotivate. • REMOTIVATE v. to motivate again. |
| RESUBMITTED | • resubmitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of resubmit. • RESUBMIT v. to submit again. |
| STADIOMETER | • stadiometer n. A device, having a vertical scale and a movable headboard, for measuring a person’s height. • stadiometer n. A self-recording theodolite. • STADIOMETER n. an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc., by running a toothed wheel along them. |
| TETRADYMITE | • tetradymite n. (Mineralogy) a grey mineral that is mostly a mixed sulfide of bismuth and tellurium. • TETRADYMITE n. bismuth ore. |