| BASIDIOSPORES | • basidiospores n. Plural of basidiospore. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| DECOMMISSIONS | • decommissions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission. • DECOMMISSION v. to remove (as a ship or nuclear power plant) from service. |
| DESOXYRIBOSES | • desoxyriboses n. Plural of desoxyribose. • DESOXYRIBOSE n. a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of DNA, also DEOXYRIBOSE. |
| DIOECIOUSNESS | • dioeciousness n. (Biology) The state or quality of being dioecious. • DIOECIOUS n. having male and female sexual organs in different individuals, also DIECIOUS, DIOICOUS. |
| DISCOMPOSURES | • discomposures n. Plural of discomposure. • DISCOMPOSURE n. lack of composure. |
| DISPOSSESSION | • dispossession n. The act of dispossessing someone of something. • dispossession n. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism. • DISPOSSESSION n. the act of dispossessing. |
| DISPOSSESSORS | • dispossessors n. Plural of dispossessor. • DISPOSSESSOR n. one who dispossesses. |
| DISPOSSESSORY | • DISPOSSESSORY adj. serving to dispossess. |
| ENDOSYMBIOSES | • endosymbioses n. Plural of endosymbiosis. • ENDOSYMBIOSIS n. symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other. |
| ENDOSYMBIOSIS | • endosymbiosis n. (Ecology) The condition of living within the body or cells of another organism; an instance of an organism so living. • ENDOSYMBIOSIS n. symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other. |
| INODOROUSNESS | • inodorousness n. (Archaic) The lack of odor. • INODOROUS n. emitting no odor. |
| MELODIOUSNESS | • melodiousness n. The property of being melodious. • MELODIOUS n. having melody. |
| SERODIAGNOSES | • serodiagnoses n. Plural of serodiagnosis. • SERODIAGNOSIS n. diagnosis using blood serum reactions. |
| SERODIAGNOSIS | • serodiagnosis n. (Medicine) A diagnosis based on a reaction of a patient’s blood serum. • SERODIAGNOSIS n. diagnosis using blood serum reactions. |
| SPINSTERHOODS | • spinsterhoods n. Plural of spinsterhood. • SPINSTERHOOD n. the state of being a spinster, also SPINSTERDOM, SPINSTERSHIP. |
| SPONDYLOSISES | • SPONDYLOSIS n. disintegration of one or more vertebrae. |