| DIFFRACTIONS | • diffractions n. Plural of diffraction. • DIFFRACTION n. a modification which light undergoes esp. in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow openings and in which the rays appear to be deflected. |
| DISCONFIRMED | • disconfirmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm. • DISCONFIRM v. to deny the validity of. |
| DISFAVOURING | • disfavouring v. Present participle of disfavour. • DISFAVOUR v. to disesteem, also DISFAVOR. |
| DISFORESTING | • disforesting v. Present participle of disforest. • DISFOREST v. to clear of forest, also DISAFFOREST. |
| DISINFECTORS | • disinfectors n. Plural of disinfector. • DISINFECTOR n. an agent that disinfects. |
| DISINFORMING | • disinforming v. Present participle of disinform. • DISINFORM v. to inform incorrectly, also MISINFORM. |
| DISPROFITING | • disprofiting v. Present participle of disprofit. • DISPROFIT v. (archaic) to cause to fail to profit. |
| DORSIFLEXING | • dorsiflexing v. Present participle of dorsiflex. • DORSIFLEX v. to bend towards the back or dorsal. |
| DORSIFLEXION | • dorsiflexion n. (Medicine) Flexion in the dorsal direction. • DORSIFLEXION n. a bending backwards; a bending of the back. |
| FARADISATION | • faradisation n. Alternative form of faradization. • FARADISATION n. the act of faradising, also FARADIZATION. |
| FLUORIDISING | • fluoridising v. Present participle of fluoridise. • FLUORIDISE v. to add fluoride to drinking water, also FLUORIDIZE. |
| FOURDRINIERS | • fourdriniers n. Plural of fourdrinier. • FOURDRINIER n. a continuous paper roll machine. |
| FRACTIONISED | • fractionised v. Simple past tense and past participle of fractionise. • FRACTIONISE v. to break up into fractions, also FRACTIONIZE. |
| INFORMATISED | • informatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of informatise. • INFORMATISE v. to convert (something) into data or information, esp. for analysis, processing, or consumption by computers, also INFORMATIZE. |
| OVERFINISHED | • overfinished adj. Of animals reared for meat: obese; undesirably fat. • OVERFINISHED adj. excessively finished. |
| PROFUNDITIES | • profundities n. Plural of profundity. • PROFUNDITY n. intellectual depth. |