| APOTHEGMATISED | • apothegmatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of apothegmatise. • APOTHEGMATISE v. to speak in apothegms, also APOTHEGMATIZE. |
| BLOODGUILTIEST | • BLOODGUILTY adj. guilty of shedding blood. |
| DECONSTRUCTING | • deconstructing v. Present participle of deconstruct. • DECONSTRUCT v. to examine (as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction. |
| DEGLUTINATIONS | • deglutinations n. Plural of deglutination. • DEGLUTINATION n. the removal of gluten. |
| DEREGISTRATION | • deregistration n. Removal of registration, especially… • DEREGISTRATION n. the act of deregistering. |
| DERMATOLOGISTS | • dermatologists n. Plural of dermatologist. • DERMATOLOGIST n. one who studies dermatology. |
| DEUTERAGONISTS | • deuteragonists n. Plural of deuteragonist. • DEUTERAGONIST n. the actor taking the part of second importance in a classical Greek drama. |
| DEUTEROGAMISTS | • deuterogamists n. Plural of deuterogamist. • DEUTEROGAMIST n. someone who remarries after a spouse's death, also DIGAMIST. |
| DIABETOLOGISTS | • diabetologists n. Plural of diabetologist. • DIABETOLOGIST n. a doctor specializing in the study and treatment of diabetes and the care of diabetics. |
| DIALECTOLOGIST | • dialectologist n. (Linguistics) A person who studies regional differences in speech sounds. • DIALECTOLOGIST n. a specialist in dialectology. |
| DISINTEGRATION | • disintegration n. A process by which anything disintegrates. • disintegration n. The condition of anything which has disintegrated. • disintegration n. (Geology) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. |
| DISINTEGRATORS | • disintegrators n. Plural of disintegrator. • DISINTEGRATOR n. something that causes disintegration. |
| DISORIENTATING | • disorientating v. Present participle of disorientate. • DISORIENTATE v. to cause to lose a sense of direction. |
| DYSTELEOLOGIST | • dysteleologist n. One who subscribes to the philosophy of dysteleology. • DYSTELEOLOGIST n. a specialist in dysteleology, the study of functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. |
| METHODOLOGISTS | • methodologists n. Plural of methodologist. • METHODOLOGIST n. a student of methodology. |
| PHLOGISTICATED | • phlogisticated adj. (Obsolete, chemistry) Containing phlogiston. • phlogisticated v. Simple past tense and past participle of phlogisticate. • PHLOGISTICATE v. to combine with phlogiston. |
| PROGNOSTICATED | • prognosticated v. Simple past tense and past participle of prognosticate. • PROGNOSTICATE v. to foretell from signs or symptoms. |
| PTERIDOLOGISTS | • pteridologists n. Plural of pteridologist. • PTERIDOLOGIST n. one who studies pteridology. |
| SHORTSIGHTEDLY | • shortsightedly adv. With short sight; myopically. • shortsightedly adv. In a manner that fails to consider the big picture or future effects of an action or decision. • short-sightedly adv. In a short-sighted manner. |
| TENDOVAGINITIS | • tendovaginitis n. (Pathology, dated) Synonym of tenosynovitis. • TENDOVAGINITIS n. inflammation or thickening of the fibrous wall of the sheath surrounding a tendon, esp. in the hand, also TENOVAGINITIS. |