| DESERTIFYING | • desertifying v. Present participle of desertify. • DESERTIFY v. to make into a desert. | 
| DESSERTSPOON | • dessertspoon n. A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately… • dessertspoon n. More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon. • dessertspoon n. (Rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert. | 
| DISSERTATING | • dissertating v. Present participle of dissertate. • DISSERTATE v. to discourse. | 
| DISSERTATION | • dissertation n. A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete… • dissertation n. A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon. • DISSERTATION n. an extended usually written treatment of a subject. | 
| DISSERTATIVE | • dissertative adj. Of or relating to a dissertation. • DISSERTATIVE adj. relating to dissertation. | 
| DISSERTATORS | • dissertators n. Plural of dissertator. • DISSERTATOR n. one who writes a dissertation. | 
| INTERSERTING | • interserting v. Present participle of intersert. • INTERSERT v. (obsolete) to put in between other things; to insert. | 
| NONASSERTIVE | • nonassertive adj. Not assertive. • NONASSERTIVE adj. not assertive. | 
| OVERASSERTED | • overasserted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overassert. • OVERASSERT v. to assert to excess. | 
| PREINSERTING | • preinserting v. Present participle of preinsert. • PREINSERT v. to insert beforehand. | 
| REASSERTIONS | • reassertions n. Plural of reassertion. • REASSERTION n. the act of asserting again. | 
| REINSERTIONS | • reinsertions n. Plural of reinsertion. • REINSERTION n. the act of reinserting. | 
| SERTULARIANS | • sertularians n. Plural of sertularian. • SERTULARIAN n. a colonial hydroid with polyps arranged in pairs. |