| CARDIOPLEGIAS | • cardioplegias n. Plural of cardioplegia. • CARDIOPLEGIA n. deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out. |
| DISENVELOPING | • disenveloping v. Present participle of disenvelop. • DISENVELOP v. to free from that in which a thing is enveloped. |
| DISGOSPELLING | • DISGOSPELLING adj. (Milton) withholding the gospel. |
| DISPLEASINGLY | • displeasingly adv. In a displeasing manner. • DISPLEASING adv. causing displeasure; disagreeable. |
| DISPLEASURING | • displeasuring v. Present participle of displeasure. • DISPLEASURE v. (archaic) to displease. |
| DISPLENISHING | • displenishing v. Present participle of displenish. • DISPLENISH v. to deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. |
| DISPRIVILEGED | • disprivileged v. Simple past tense and past participle of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| DISPRIVILEGES | • disprivileges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| MISDEVELOPING | • misdeveloping v. Present participle of misdevelop. • MISDEVELOP v. to develop wrongly. |
| OLIGOPEPTIDES | • oligopeptides n. Plural of oligopeptide. • OLIGOPEPTIDE n. a peptide comprising less than ten amino acids. |
| PHILANDERINGS | • philanderings n. Plural of philandering. • PHILANDERING n. engaging in a frivolous love of women. |
| PRODIGALITIES | • prodigalities n. Plural of prodigality. • PRODIGALITY n. the state of being prodigal. |
| PTERIDOLOGIES | • PTERIDOLOGY n. the study of ferns. |
| PTERIDOLOGIST | • pteridologist n. A person who studies ferns and other pteridophytes. • PTERIDOLOGIST n. one who studies pteridology. |
| QUADRIPLEGIAS | • quadriplegias n. Plural of quadriplegia. • QUADRIPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also TETRAPLEGIA. |
| QUADRIPLEGICS | • quadriplegics n. Plural of quadriplegic. • QUADRIPLEGIC n. one suffering from quadriplegia, also QUADRAPLEGIC. |
| SIDESPLITTING | • sidesplitting adj. Exceptionally funny; hilarious. • sidesplitting adj. (Of laughter) Intensely uncontrollable and genuine. • side-splitting adj. Alternative form of sidesplitting. |