DECOMPOSITION | • decomposition n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. • decomposition n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. • decomposition n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. |
DESCRIPTIVISM | • descriptivism n. (Linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms… • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
DIAGEOTROPISM | • diageotropism n. (Botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to… • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
DIOPTOMETRIES | • DIOPTOMETRY n. the measurement of ocular refraction. |
DISPIRITMENTS | • dispiritments n. Plural of dispiritment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
DISSEPIMENTAL | • dissepimental adj. Relating to a dissepiment. • DISSEPIMENTAL adj. relating to a dissepiment, a partition in an ovary. |
EPIDEMICITIES | • epidemicities n. Plural of epidemicity. • EPIDEMICITY n. the state of being epidemic. |
IDEMPOTENCIES | • IDEMPOTENCY n. the state of being idempotent. |
LYMPHADENITIS | • lymphadenitis n. (Biology, medicine) Inflammation or swelling of lymph nodes; it is often a nonspecific sign of infection… • LYMPHADENITIS n. inflammation of the lymph nodes. |
MEDIATORSHIPS | • mediatorships n. Plural of mediatorship. • MEDIATORSHIP n. the office of mediator. |
MISPOSITIONED | • mispositioned adj. Wrongly positioned. • MISPOSITION v. to position wrongly. |
PALLIDOTOMIES | • pallidotomies n. Plural of pallidotomy. |
PEDESTRIANISM | • pedestrianism n. Going on foot; walking. • pedestrianism n. A form of competitive walking of the nineteenth century, often professional and funded by wagering… • pedestrianism n. Something that is pedestrian, or banal; a commonplace. |
PNEUMONITIDES | • pneumonitides n. Plural of pneumonitis. • PNEUMONITIS n. inflammation of the lungs. |
PRUDENTIALISM | • prudentialism n. The policy or practice of being prudential. • PRUDENTIALISM n. a system based on prudence alone. |
PTERIDOMANIAS | • PTERIDOMANIA n. a passion for ferns. |