| BILDUNGSROMANS | • bildungsromans n. Plural of bildungsroman. • Bildungsromans n. Plural of Bildungsroman. • BILDUNGSROMAN n. (German) a psychological novel dealing with the early moral development of the protagonist. |
| BRASSFOUNDINGS | • BRASSFOUNDING n. the craft of casting objects in brass. |
| 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. |
| DISILLUSIONING | • disillusioning v. Present participle of disillusion. • DISILLUSION v. to free from illusion. |
| 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. |
| INDIGENOUSNESS | • indigenousness n. The quality or state of being indigenous. • INDIGENOUS n. occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. |
| ROUNDTRIPPINGS | • ROUNDTRIPPING n. a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another. |
| SEMICONDUCTING | • semiconducting adj. That has the characteristics of a semiconductor. • SEMICONDUCTING adj. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor. |
| SOUNDPROOFINGS | • soundproofings n. Plural of soundproofing. • SOUNDPROOFING n. insulation to obstruct the passage of sound. |
| SUBINTRODUCING | • SUBINTRODUCE v. to bring in surreptitiously or subtly. |
| 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. |