ALDOPENTOSES | • aldopentoses n. Plural of aldopentose. • ALDOPENTOSE n. a type of sugar. |
DEPLORATIONS | • deplorations n. Plural of deploration. • DEPLORATION n. the act of deploring. |
DEPLUMATIONS | • DEPLUMATION n. the removal of feathers. |
DEPOSITIONAL | • depositional adj. Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition. • DEPOSITIONAL adj. relating to deposition. |
DESPOILMENTS | • despoilments n. Plural of despoilment. • DESPOILMENT n. the act of despoiling. |
DESPOLIATION | • despoliation n. A stripping or plundering; spoliation. • DESPOLIATION n. the act of despoiling. |
DESPONDENTLY | • despondently adv. In a despondent manner. • DESPONDENT adv. feeling or showing extreme discouragement. |
DEVELOPMENTS | • developments n. Plural of development. • developments n. A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing. • DEVELOPMENT n. the act of developing. |
DUPLICATIONS | • duplications n. Plural of duplication. • DUPLICATION n. the act of duplicating. |
NEEDLEPOINTS | • needlepoints n. Plural of needlepoint. • NEEDLEPOINT v. to do a kind of embroidery. |
PALINDROMIST | • palindromist n. One who composes palindromes. • PALINDROMIST n. one who composes palindromes. |
POLLUTEDNESS | • pollutedness n. The state of being polluted. • POLLUTEDNESS n. the state of being polluted. |
POLYSYNDETON | • polysyndeton n. (Rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
POSTDEADLINE | • postdeadline adj. After a deadline. • POSTDEADLINE adj. following a deadline. |
POSTDILUVIAN | • postdiluvian adj. Postdiluvial. • postdiluvian n. One who lived after the Biblical Flood. • POSTDILUVIAN adj. pertaining to the period after the Biblical flood or any great flood. |
POSTPRANDIAL | • postprandial adj. After a meal, especially after dinner. • post-prandial adj. Alternative form of postprandial. • POSTPRANDIAL adj. taking place after dinner. |
SPONDYLITICS | • spondylitics n. Plural of spondylitic. • SPONDYLITIC n. a person affected with spondylitis. |
STUPENDOUSLY | • stupendously adv. In a stupendous manner. • STUPENDOUS adv. causing astonishment or wonder, also STUPENDIOUS. |