AMNESTIED | • amnestied v. Simple past tense and past participle of amnesty. • amnestied adj. That has been given amnesty; whose past offences have been forgiven. • AMNESTY v. to pardon during a limited period. |
ANDESITES | • andesites n. Plural of andesite. • ANDESITE n. a volcanic rock found in the Andes, also ANDESYTE. |
BESAINTED | • besainted v. Simple past tense and past participle of besaint. • BESAINT v. to make a saint of. |
BESTAINED | • bestained adj. Stained all over, completely stained or discoloured. • bestained v. Simple past tense and past participle of bestain. • BESTAIN v. to stain all over. |
DATELINES | • datelines n. Plural of dateline. • DATELINE v. to provide a news story with a time and place. |
DEMENTIAS | • dementias n. Plural of dementia. • DEMENTIA n. chronic mental and emotional deterioration caused by organic brain disease. |
DENTALISE | • dentalise v. Alternative form of dentalize. • DENTALISE v. to make (a sound) dental, also DENTALIZE. |
DENTARIES | • dentaries n. Plural of dentary. • DENTARY n. a bone of the lower jaw. |
DESIGNATE | • designate adj. Designated; appointed; chosen. • designate adj. (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role. • designate v. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description. |
DESTAINED | • destained v. Simple past tense and past participle of destain. • destained adj. From which a stain has been removed. • DESTAIN v. to rid of stain. |
DESTINATE | • destinate v. (Possibly nonstandard) To destine, to choose. • destinate v. (Possibly nonstandard) To set a destination for (something), to send (something) to a particular destination. • destinate v. (Possibly nonstandard) To be scheduled to arrive at, as a destination. |
DETAINEES | • detainees n. Plural of detainee. • DETAINEE n. one who is detained. |
DETAINERS | • detainers n. Plural of detainer. • DETAINER n. the unlawful withholding of another's property. |
DIAPENTES | • diapentes n. Plural of diapente. • DIAPENTE n. (Greek) in Greek music, the interval of the fifth. |
PEDANTISE | • pedantise v. Alternative form of pedantize. • PEDANTISE v. to play the pedant, also PEDANTIZE. |
RESINATED | • resinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of resinate. • RESINATE v. to treat with a viscous substance, also RESIN. |
SEMANTIDE | • semantide n. (Biology) A macromolecule common to all cells, used in phylogeny because they change slowly over time. • SEMANTIDE n. a molecule carrying information, e.g. in a gene or messenger RNA. |
SEMINATED | • seminated v. Simple past tense and past participle of seminate. • SEMINATE v. to sow. |
TETANISED | • tetanised v. Simple past tense and past participle of tetanise. • TETANISE v. to affect with convulsions, also TETANIZE. |