COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
DECONSECRATING | • deconsecrating v. Present participle of deconsecrate. • DECONSECRATE v. to remove the sacred character of. |
DECONSTRUCTING | • deconstructing v. Present participle of deconstruct. • DECONSTRUCT v. to examine (as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction. |
DEGRANULATIONS | • degranulations n. Plural of degranulation. • DEGRANULATION n. the process of losing granules. |
DEMONETARISING | • DEMONETARISE v. to abandon as a monetary standard, also DEMONETARIZE. |
DERECOGNITIONS | • derecognitions n. Plural of derecognition. • DERECOGNITION n. the withdrawal of recognition. |
DISINTEGRATION | • disintegration n. A process by which anything disintegrates. • disintegration n. The condition of anything which has disintegrated. • disintegration n. (Geology) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. |
DISORIENTATING | • disorientating v. Present participle of disorientate. • DISORIENTATE v. to cause to lose a sense of direction. |
GONADOTROPHINS | • gonadotrophins n. Plural of gonadotrophin. • GONADOTROPHIN n. a substance that stimulates the gonads. |
HEADSTRONGNESS | • headstrongness n. The property of being headstrong, stubbornness. • HEADSTRONGNESS n. the state of being headstrong. |
HYDROGENATIONS | • hydrogenations n. Plural of hydrogenation. • HYDROGENATION n. the act of hydrogenating. |
NONDEGENERATES | • nondegenerates n. Plural of nondegenerate. |
PREDESIGNATION | • predesignation n. The act of predesignating. • PREDESIGNATION n. the act of predesignating. |
PROSTAGLANDINS | • prostaglandins n. Plural of prostaglandin. • PROSTAGLANDIN n. any of a group of chemical substances secreted by various parts of the body into the bloodstream and found to have a wide range of effects on the body processes, e.g. on muscle contraction. |
PSEUDOPREGNANT | • pseudopregnant adj. Of, pertaining to, or undergoing pseudopregnancy. • PSEUDOPREGNANT adj. relating to pseudopregnancy. |
ROUNDTRIPPINGS | • ROUNDTRIPPING n. a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another. |
SUBINTRODUCING | • SUBINTRODUCE v. to bring in surreptitiously or subtly. |
UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |