DEMERITORIOUS | • demeritorious adj. Causing demerit. • DEMERITORIOUS adj. not meritorious. |
DEUTEROSTOMES | • deuterostomes n. Plural of deuterostome. • DEUTEROSTOME n. any of a major division of the animal kingdom that includes the bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
DISCOLOURMENT | • discolourment n. Alternative spelling of discolorment. • DISCOLOURMENT n. the act of discolouring, also DISCOLORMENT. |
DISCOMPOSURES | • discomposures n. Plural of discomposure. • DISCOMPOSURE n. lack of composure. |
EMBOURGEOISED | • embourgeoised v. Simple past tense and past participle of embourgeoise. • EMBOURGEOISE v. to cause to become bourgeois or middle-class. |
HYDROMEDUSOID | • HYDROMEDUSOID n. a hydromedusa, also HYDROMEDUSA, HYDROMEDUSAN. |
MISPRONOUNCED | • mispronounced v. Simple past tense and past participle of mispronounce. • mispronounced adj. Pronounced incorrectly. • MISPRONOUNCE v. to pronounce incorrectly. |
MISUNDERSTOOD | • misunderstood v. Simple past tense and past participle of misunderstand. • misunderstood adj. Not comprehended correctly. • misunderstood adj. Unfairly disliked as a result of prejudice, slander, or hasty assumptions. |
MONOSATURATED | • monosaturated adj. (Organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid. • MONOSATURATED adj. of or relating to fats that are liquid at room temperature, mostly deriving from nuts, avocados etc. |
MOUTHBROODERS | • mouthbrooders n. Plural of mouthbrooder. • MOUTHBROODER n. a cichlid fish that carries its young in its mouth for protection, also MOUTHBREEDER. |
OMBUDSPERSONS | • ombudspersons n. Plural of ombudsperson. |
OUTDOORSWOMEN | • outdoorswomen n. Plural of outdoorswoman. |
OVERDOCUMENTS | • overdocuments v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdocument. • OVERDOCUMENT v. to document to excess. |
PSEUDOMORPHIC | • pseudomorphic adj. Of or pertaining to a pseudomorph or to pseudomorphism. • PSEUDOMORPHIC adj. of or like a pseudomorph, also PSEUDOMORPHOUS. |
SCLERODERMOUS | • sclerodermous adj. Relating to scleroderma. • SCLERODERMOUS adj. hard-skinned; having bony armour. |
SCOLOPENDRIUM | • Scolopendrium prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Aspleniaceae – certain ferns, such as Asplenium scolopendrium… • SCOLOPENDRIUM n. any fern with undivided leaves of the genus Scolopendrium, including hart's tongue. |
SEMICONDUCTOR | • semiconductor n. (Physics) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator. • SEMICONDUCTOR n. an element or compound having a resistivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. |
XERODERMATOUS | • xerodermatous adj. Exhibiting or relating to xeroderma. • XERODERMATOUS adj. suffering from xeroderma, morbid dryness of skin. |