| CONDOLEMENTS | • condolements n. Plural of condolement. • CONDOLEMENT n. (Shakespeare) the act of condoling. |
| DECLINATIONS | • declinations n. Plural of declination. • DECLINATION n. the angular distance north or south from the celestial equator measured along a great circle passing through the celestial poles. |
| DELINEATIONS | • delineations n. Plural of delineation. • DELINEATION n. the act of delineating. |
| DESALINATION | • desalination n. The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water. • DESALINATION n. the act of desalinating. |
| DESPONDENTLY | • despondently adv. In a despondent manner. • DESPONDENT adv. feeling or showing extreme discouragement. |
| ENDOSKELETON | • endoskeleton n. (Anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage. • ENDOSKELETON n. an internal skeleton or supporting framework in an animal. |
| GOALTENDINGS | • GOALTENDING n. the act of minding the goal. |
| HELDENTENORS | • heldentenors n. Plural of heldentenor. • HELDENTENOR n. (German) a tenor with striking dramatic quality suitable for heroic roles. |
| NATIONALISED | • nationalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise. • NATIONALISE v. to put an industry under state control, also NATIONALIZE. |
| NEEDLEPOINTS | • needlepoints n. Plural of needlepoint. • NEEDLEPOINT v. to do a kind of embroidery. |
| NONDELEGATES | • nondelegates n. Plural of nondelegate. • NONDELEGATE n. one who is not a delegate. |
| NONSTEROIDAL | • nonsteroidal adj. (Biochemistry) That does not consist of or contain steroids. • nonsteroidal n. Any drug not containing steroids. • non-steroidal adj. Alternative form of nonsteroidal. |
| POLYSYNDETON | • polysyndeton n. (Rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
| RALLENTANDOS | • RALLENTANDO n. (Italian) a musical direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force. |