| DILACERATING | • dilacerating v. Present participle of dilacerate. • DILACERATE v. to rend or tear asunder. |
| DILACERATION | • dilaceration n. (Dentistry) An angular distortion affecting a tooth. • dilaceration n. The act or process of dilacerating; tearing to pieces. • DILACERATION n. a bend in a tooth resulting from an injury during its growth causing it to grow at an angle. |
| DILAPIDATING | • dilapidating v. Present participle of dilapidate. • DILAPIDATE v. to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin. |
| DILAPIDATION | • dilapidation n. The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined. • dilapidation n. (Law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally. • dilapidation n. (Britain, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally. |
| DILAPIDATORS | • dilapidators n. Plural of dilapidator. • DILAPIDATOR n. an agent that dilapidates. |
| DILATABILITY | • dilatability n. The condition of being dilatable. • DILATABILITY n. the state of being dilatable. |
| DILATATIONAL | • dilatational adj. Involving dilatation (or compression). • DILATATIONAL adj. relating to dilatation. |
| DILATOMETERS | • dilatometers n. Plural of dilatometer. • DILATOMETER n. an instrument for measuring expansion. |
| DILATOMETRIC | • dilatometric adj. Of or pertaining to dilatometry. • dilatometric adj. Measured using a dilatometer. • DILATOMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by dilatometer, an instrument for measuring expansion. |
| DILATORINESS | • dilatoriness n. The state or quality of being dilatory. • DILATORINESS n. the state of being dilatory. |
| VASODILATION | • vasodilation n. Dilation or widening of the blood vessels. • VASODILATION n. the dilatation of blood vessels, also VASODILATATION. |
| VASODILATORS | • vasodilators n. Plural of vasodilator. • VASODILATOR n. a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation. |
| VASODILATORY | • vasodilatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vasodilator. • VASODILATORY adj. relating to a vasodilator, a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation. |