| DEPARTMENTALISM | • departmentalism n. Excessive adherence to departmental methods, rules or structure. • DEPARTMENTALISM n. too strict division of work among departments with little intercommunication. |
| DERMATOMYOSITIS | • dermatomyositis n. A disease of connective tissue, related to polymyositis, characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin. • DERMATOMYOSITIS n. a disease characterized by inflammation of the skin and muscles, and wasting of the muscles. |
| DISEMPOWERMENTS | • disempowerments n. Plural of disempowerment. • DISEMPOWERMENT n. the act of disempowering. |
| DISENCUMBERMENT | • DISENCUMBERMENT n. the act of disencumbering. |
| DISIMPRISONMENT | • disimprisonment n. Release from prison. • DISIMPRISONMENT n. the act of freeing from prison. |
| HERMAPHRODITISM | • hermaphroditism n. The state of having sexual organs of both the male and female sexes. • HERMAPHRODITISM n. the state of being hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, usually in the same flower. |
| MALADMINISTERED | • maladministered v. Simple past tense and past participle of maladminister. • MALADMINISTER v. to administer wrongly. |
| MELODRAMATISING | • melodramatising v. Present participle of melodramatise. • MELODRAMATISE v. to make melodramatic, also MELODRAMATIZE. |
| METOCLOPRAMIDES | • metoclopramides n. Plural of metoclopramide. • METOCLOPRAMIDE n. a drug used as an anti-emetic. |
| MICROMETEOROIDS | • micrometeoroids n. Plural of micrometeoroid. • MICROMETEOROID n. a small meteoroid. |
| PREDETERMINISMS | • predeterminisms n. Plural of predeterminism. • PREDETERMINISM n. determinism. |
| RECOMMENDATIONS | • recommendations n. Plural of recommendation. • RECOMMENDATION n. the act of recommending. |
| SEMIDOCUMENTARY | • semidocumentary n. A drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events. • semidocumentary adj. Of such a drama. • SEMIDOCUMENTARY n. a motion picture that uses many details taken from actual events or situations in presenting a fictional story. |
| THERMOPERIODISM | • thermoperiodism n. The property of being thermoperiodic. • THERMOPERIODISM n. the effect on an organism of rhythmic temperature variations. |
| ULTRAMODERNISMS | • ultramodernisms n. Plural of ultramodernism. • ULTRAMODERNISM n. an artistic movement beyond modernism. |