| ADDICTIVENESS | • addictiveness n. The characteristic of being addictive. • ADDICTIVENESS n. the quality of being addictive. |
| ADVERBIALISES | • adverbialises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adverbialise. • ADVERBIALISE v. to give the character of an adverb to, also ADVERBIALIZE. |
| AVOIRDUPOISES | • avoirdupoises n. Plural of avoirdupois. • AVOIRDUPOIS n. (French) a system of weights in which the pound (lb.) has 16 ounces. |
| DESIDERATIVES | • desideratives n. Plural of desiderative. • DESIDERATIVE n. something desirable. |
| DEVIATIONISMS | • deviationisms n. Plural of deviationism. • DEVIATIONISM n. the deviation of a doctrine from the strictly orthodox. |
| DEVIATIONISTS | • deviationists n. Plural of deviationist. • DEVIATIONIST n. one who deviates from a strictly orthodox doctrine. |
| DISGAVELLINGS | • DISGAVELLING n. the act of releasing from gavelkind, an old system of land tenure in Kent. |
| DISSEMINATIVE | • disseminative adj. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated. • DISSEMINATIVE adj. serving to disseminate. |
| DISSEVERATION | • disseveration n. The act of dissevering; disseverance. • DISSEVERATION n. the act of dissevering, also DISSEVERANCE, DISSEVERMENT. |
| DISSIMILATIVE | • dissimilative adj. Pertaining to, modifying by, showing dissimilation. • DISSIMILATIVE adj. serving to dissimilate, make dissimilar, also DISSIMILATORY. |
| DISSIMULATIVE | • dissimulative adj. Of or pertaining to dissimulation. • DISSIMULATIVE adj. related to dissimulation. |
| DITRANSITIVES | • ditransitives n. Plural of ditransitive. • DITRANSITIVE n. a verb able to take both a direct and an indirect object. |
| INDISSOLVABLE | • indissolvable adj. Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated. • INDISSOLVABLE adj. (archaic) indissoluble. |
| INVALIDNESSES | • INVALIDNESS n. the state of being invalid. |
| MEDIAEVALISMS | • mediaevalisms n. Plural of mediaevalism. • MEDIAEVALISM n. the spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to medieval ideals, also MEDIEVALISM. |
| MEDIAEVALISTS | • mediaevalists n. Plural of mediaevalist. • mediævalists n. Plural of mediævalist. • MEDIAEVALIST n. a supporter of mediaevalism, also MEDIEVALIST. |
| OVERDIAGNOSIS | • overdiagnosis n. (Medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient. • OVERDIAGNOSIS n. excessive diagnosis. |
| OVERIDEALISES | • OVERIDEALISE v. to idealise to excess, also OVERIDEALIZE. |
| UNIVERSALISED | • universalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of universalise. • UNIVERSALISE v. to make universal, also UNIVERSALIZE. |
| VAUDEVILLISTS | • vaudevillists n. Plural of vaudevillist. • VAUDEVILLIST n. a performer or writer of vaudeville. |