BIODEGRADABLE | • biodegradable adj. Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms. • biodegradable n. Any material that can be decomposed by biological activity. • BIODEGRADABLE n. a product capable of being broken down esp into innocuous products by the action of living things (as microorganisms). |
DEGRADINGNESS | • degradingness n. The state or quality of being degrading. • DEGRADINGNESS n. the state of being degrading. |
DEGRINGOLADED | • DEGRINGOLADE v. (French) to make a rapid descent. |
DEGRINGOLADES | • degringolades n. Plural of degringolade. • dégringolades n. Plural of dégringolade. • DEGRINGOLADE v. (French) to make a rapid descent. |
DISAGGREGATED | • disaggregated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disaggregate. • DISAGGREGATE v. to separate into component parts. |
DISEMBRANGLED | • disembrangled v. Simple past tense and past participle of disembrangle. • DISEMBRANGLE v. (obsolete) to free from dispute. |
DISINTEGRATED | • disintegrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of disintegrate. • disintegrated adj. That has undergone disintegration. • DISINTEGRATE v. to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles. |
DRAGGLETAILED | • draggletailed adj. Alternative spelling of draggle-tailed. • draggle-tailed adj. (Of a person or other animal, or of clothing) Slatternly, untidy, unkempt. • DRAGGLETAILED adj. (archaic) (esp. of a woman) bedraggled; besmirched. |
GINGERBREADED | • gingerbreaded adj. (Architecture) Ornamented in the gingerbread style. • GINGERBREADED adj. flavoured with gingerbread. |
GRIDDLEBREADS | • GRIDDLEBREAD n. bread made on a griddle. |
OVERDEMANDING | • overdemanding adj. Excessively demanding. • OVERDEMANDING adj. excessively demanding. |
OVERDIAGNOSED | • overdiagnosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed more often than it truly occurs. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed as a clinical case despite truly being a subclinical, asymptomatic case. |
PREDESIGNATED | • predesignated v. Simple past tense and past participle of predesignate. • PREDESIGNATE v. to specify beforehand. |
REDINTEGRATED | • redintegrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of redintegrate. • REDINTEGRATE v. to make whole again; to restore. |
STRAIGHTEDGED | • STRAIGHTEDGED adj. having a straight edge. |
UNDERDIAGNOSE | • underdiagnose v. (Medicine) To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs. |
UNDERDRAINAGE | • underdrainage n. Insufficient drainage. • UNDERDRAINAGE n. insufficient drainage. |