| ADSORPTIVE | • adsorptive adj. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption. • adsorptive n. Any substance that adsorbs. • ADSORPTIVE adj. relating to adsorption. |
| DAVENPORTS | • davenports n. Plural of davenport. • Davenports n. Plural of Davenport. • DAVENPORT n. a small ornamental writing desk; a large sofa, also DEVONPORT. |
| DEOPPILATIVES | • deoppilatives n. Plural of deoppilative. • DEOPPILATIVE n. any drug which removes obstructions in the body. |
| DEPRAVATIONS | • depravations n. Plural of depravation. • DEPRAVATION n. the act of depraving. |
| DEPRIVATIONS | • deprivations n. Plural of deprivation. • DEPRIVATION n. the state of being deprived. |
| DIAPOSITIVE | • diapositive n. (Photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images). • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DIAPOSITIVES | • diapositives n. Plural of diapositive. • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISAPPROBATIVE | • disapprobative adj. Disapproving. • DISAPPROBATIVE adj. disapproving. |
| IMPROVISATED | • improvisated v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| OVERCAPITALISED | • overcapitalised adj. Alternative form of overcapitalized. • OVERCAPITALISE v. to put a nominal value on the capital of (a corporation) higher than actual cost or fair market value, also OVERCAPITALIZE. |
| OVERCOMPENSATED | • overcompensated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate. • OVERCOMPENSATE v. to compensate excessively. |
| OVERSPECULATED | • overspeculated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspeculate. • OVERSPECULATE v. to speculate excessively. |
| POSTDEVALUATION | • postdevaluation adj. After a financial devaluation. • POSTDEVALUATION adj. taking place after devaluation. |
| POSTMEDIEVAL | • postmedieval adj. After the Middle Ages. • post-medieval adj. Alternative form of postmedieval. • POSTMEDIEVAL adj. taking place after the mediaeval period. |
| PRIVATDOCENTS | • privatdocents n. Plural of privatdocent. • privat-docents n. Plural of privat-docent. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT. |
| PRIVATDOZENTS | • privatdozents n. Plural of privatdozent. • PRIVATDOZENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOCENT. |
| SUPEROVULATED | • superovulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of superovulate. • superovulated adj. Subject to, or produced by superovulation. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| VIDEOTAPES | • videotapes n. Plural of videotape. • VIDEOTAPE v. to record on videotape. |