| BADDELEYITE | • baddeleyite n. (Mineralogy) A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms. • BADDELEYITE n. zirconium dioxide, occurring as colourless, yellow, brown, or black monoclinic crystals. |
| DECEPTIVELY | • deceptively adv. In a deceptive manner; misleadingly. • deceptively adv. Actually but not apparently. • deceptively adv. Apparently but not actually. |
| DEFECTIVELY | • defectively adv. In a defective manner. • DEFECTIVE adv. deficient. |
| DEMYELINATE | • demyelinate v. (Pathology) To remove the myelin sheath from a nerve. • DEMYELINATE v. to destroy the myelin (of nerve fibres). |
| DIETHYLENES | • diethylenes n. Plural of diethylene. • DIETHYLENE n. as in diethylene glycol, a colourless soluble liquid. |
| EFFECTIVELY | • effectively adv. In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect. • effectively adv. Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes. • EFFECTIVE adv. that works. |
| ETHEREALITY | • ethereality n. The quality of being ethereal. • ETHEREALITY n. the quality of being ethereal. |
| EXECUTIVELY | • executively adv. In the way of executing or performing. • EXECUTIVE adv. concerned with performance, administration or management. |
| EXPEDIENTLY | • expediently adv. In an expedient manner. • EXPEDIENT adv. suitable or appropriate. |
| EXPLETIVELY | • expletively adv. In an expletive way. • EXPLETIVE adv. filling out. |
| EXTENSIVELY | • extensively adv. In an extensive manner, widely. • extensively adv. To a great extent. • EXTENSIVE adv. large, widespread, also EXTENSE. |
| MESITYLENES | • mesitylenes n. Plural of mesitylene. • MESITYLENE n. a colourless liquid that occurs in crude petroleum; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. |
| RECEPTIVELY | • receptively adv. In a receptive manner. • RECEPTIVE adv. ready to receive. |
| RETENTIVELY | • retentively adv. In a retentive manner. • RETENTIVE adv. tending to retain. |
| SECRETIVELY | • secretively adv. In a secretive manner. • SECRETIVE adv. inclined to or fond of secrecy. |
| SELECTIVELY | • selectively adv. In a selective manner, only affecting or applying to some selected cases. • SELECTIVE adv. liking to choose. |