| ANTISPASMODIC | • antispasmodic adj. (Pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug. • antispasmodic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms. • ANTISPASMODIC n. an agent capable of preventing or relieving spasms or convulsions. |
| BIOPESTICIDES | • biopesticides n. Plural of biopesticide. • BIOPESTICIDE n. a biological pesticide. |
| CREDITORSHIPS | • creditorships n. Plural of creditorship. • CREDITORSHIP n. the state of being a creditor. |
| CUSTODIANSHIP | • custodianship n. The office, or the duty of a custodian. • CUSTODIANSHIP n. the office of custodian. |
| DECAPITALISES | • decapitalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitalise. • DECAPITALISE v. to remove capital from, also DECAPITALIZE. |
| DEPOLITICISES | • depoliticises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticise. • DEPOLITICISE v. to remove the political nature or awareness from, also DEPOLITICIZE. |
| 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. |
| DESCRIPTIVIST | • descriptivist adj. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism. • descriptivist n. (Linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes… • DESCRIPTIVIST adj. relating to descriptivism, a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DICTATORSHIPS | • dictatorships n. Plural of dictatorship. • DICTATORSHIP n. the office of dictator. |
| DIRECTORSHIPS | • directorships n. Plural of directorship. • DIRECTORSHIP n. the office of director. |
| DISCEPTATIONS | • disceptations n. Plural of disceptation. • DISCEPTATION n. (archaic) the act of discepting. |
| DISCEPTATIOUS | • DISCEPTATIOUS adj. (obsolete) relating to being discepted. |
| DISCIPLINANTS | • disciplinants n. Plural of disciplinant. • DISCIPLINANT n. a person who subjects themselves to a discipline, esp. one of an order of Spanish flagellants. |
| DISRESPECTING | • disrespecting v. Present participle of disrespect. • DISRESPECT v. to have disrespect for. |
| PARASITICIDES | • parasiticides n. Plural of parasiticide. • PARASITICIDE n. the killing of parasites. |
| SOPHISTICATED | • sophisticated adj. Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise. • sophisticated adj. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person;… • sophisticated adj. Complicated, especially of complex technology. |
| UNPLASTICISED | • unplasticised adj. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of unplasticized. • UNPLASTICISED adj. not plasticised, also UNPLASTICIZED. |
| VELOCIPEDISTS | • velocipedists n. Plural of velocipedist. • VELOCIPEDIST n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDEAN, VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIAN. |