| 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. |
| DEHYDROGENATES | • dehydrogenates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate. • DEHYDROGENATE v. to remove the hydrogen from. |
| DISAUTHORISING | • disauthorising v. Present participle of disauthorise. • DISAUTHORISE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORIZE. |
| DISAUTHORIZING | • disauthorizing v. Present participle of disauthorize. • DISAUTHORIZE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORISE. |
| DRAUGHTSPERSON | • draughtsperson n. Alternative spelling of draftsperson. • DRAUGHTSPERSON n. a gender-neutral term for draughtsman or draughtswoman. |
| DROUGHTINESSES | • DROUGHTINESS n. the state of being droughty. |
| GONADOTROPHINS | • gonadotrophins n. Plural of gonadotrophin. • GONADOTROPHIN n. a substance that stimulates the gonads. |
| HEADSTRONGNESS | • headstrongness n. The property of being headstrong, stubbornness. • HEADSTRONGNESS n. the state of being headstrong. |
| HYDROGENATIONS | • hydrogenations n. Plural of hydrogenation. • HYDROGENATION n. the act of hydrogenating. |
| HYDROMAGNETICS | • hydromagnetics n. Magnetohydrodynamics. • HYDROMAGNETICS n. a branch of mathematical physics dealing with interactions between an electricity-conducting fluid (such as an ionized gas) and a magnetic field. |
| MATCHBOARDINGS | • MATCHBOARDING n. matchboards collectively. |
| ODONTOGRAPHIES | • odontographies n. Plural of odontography. • ODONTOGRAPHY n. a description or history of teeth. |
| ORTHODIAGONALS | • orthodiagonals n. Plural of orthodiagonal. • ORTHODIAGONAL n. in a monoclinic crystal, that lateral axis which is perpendicular to the vertical axis. |
| ORTHOGONALISED | • orthogonalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of orthogonalise. • ORTHOGONALISE v. to make orthogonal, also ORTHOGONALIZE. |
| ORTHOHYDROGENS | • orthohydrogens n. Plural of orthohydrogen. • ORTHOHYDROGEN n. the form of molecular hydrogen, constituting about 75 per cent of the total at normal temperatures, in which the nuclei of the atoms spin in the same direction. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |