| COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
| 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. |
| DEGRANULATIONS | • degranulations n. Plural of degranulation. • DEGRANULATION n. the process of losing granules. |
| DISCOUNSELLING | • discounselling v. Present participle of discounsel. • DISCOUNSEL v. (Spenser) to dissuade. |
| DISENSHROUDING | • disenshrouding v. Present participle of disenshroud. • DISENSHROUD v. to divest of a shroud. |
| DISINGENUOUSLY | • disingenuously adv. In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively. • disingenuously adv. In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily. • disingenuously adv. In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive. |
| GROUNDLESSNESS | • groundlessness n. The state or condition of being groundless. • GROUNDLESS n. having no ground or foundation. |
| INDIGENOUSNESS | • indigenousness n. The quality or state of being indigenous. • INDIGENOUS n. occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. |
| PSEUDOPREGNANT | • pseudopregnant adj. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing pseudopregnancy. • PSEUDOPREGNANT adj. relating to pseudopregnancy. |
| SEMICONDUCTING | • semiconducting adj. That has the characteristics of a semiconductor. • SEMICONDUCTING adj. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor. |
| SUPERABOUNDING | • superabounding v. Present participle of superabound. • superabounding n. Superabundance. • SUPERABOUND v. to be superabundant. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |
| UNDERDIAGNOSED | • underdiagnosed adj. (Of a disease or symptom) diagnosed less frequently than its occurrence. |
| UNDERDIAGNOSES | • underdiagnoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underdiagnose. |
| UNDERDIAGNOSIS | • underdiagnosis n. (Medicine) The failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of patients. |
| UNDERGROUNDERS | • undergrounders n. Plural of undergrounder. • under-grounders n. Plural of under-grounder, an alternative spelling of undergrounder. • UNDERGROUNDER n. a member of the underground. |
| UNGROUNDEDNESS | • ungroundedness n. Quality of being ungrounded. • UNGROUNDEDNESS n. the state of being ungrounded. |