DEGLUTINATE | • deglutinate v. (Transitive) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue. • DEGLUTINATE v. to unglue or unstick. |
DEGLUTITION | • deglutition n. (Physiology) The act or process of swallowing. • DEGLUTITION n. the power or act of swallowing. |
DEGLUTITIVE | • deglutitive adj. (Medicine) Relating to the action or process of swallowing. • DEGLUTITIVE adj. relating to deglutition, also DEGLUTITORY. |
DEGLUTITORY | • deglutitory adj. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. • DEGLUTITORY adj. relating to deglutition, also DEGLUTITIVE. |
DELECTATING | • delectating v. Present participle of delectate. • DELECTATE v. to delight. |
DITTOLOGIES | • dittologies n. Plural of dittology. • DITTOLOGY n. a twofold reading or interpretation. |
GASTRULATED | • gastrulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of gastrulate. • GASTRULATE v. to form a gastrula. |
GELATINATED | • gelatinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinate. • GELATINATE v. to convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly. |
GLUTTONISED | • gluttonised v. Simple past tense and past participle of gluttonise. • GLUTTONISE v. to eat to excess, also GLUTTONIZE. |
GLUTTONIZED | • gluttonized v. Simple past tense and past participle of gluttonize. • GLUTTONIZE v. to eat to excess, also GLUTTONISE. |
GUTTERBLOOD | • gutterblood n. (Derogatory, archaic) A person of low pedigree; one of the common rabble. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
INTAGLIATED | • intagliated adj. Engraved in the form of an intaglio. • INTAGLIATED adj. incised, engraved. |
LEGITIMATED | • legitimated v. Simple past tense and past participle of legitimate. • LEGITIMATE v. to make legitimate. |
SPOTLIGHTED | • spotlighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of spotlight. • SPOTLIGHT v. to highlight. |
STARLIGHTED | • starlighted adj. Illuminated by starlight. • STARLIGHTED adj. lighted by the stars, also STARLIT. |
TROGLODYTES | • troglodytes n. Plural of troglodyte. • Troglodytes prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Troglodytidae – a number of songbirds, including the Eurasian wren. • Troglodytes prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a former genus, now synonymized with Pan. |