| BEHAVIORISTIC | • behavioristic adj. Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism. • BEHAVIORISTIC adj. relating to behaviorism, also BEHAVIOURISTIC. |
| 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. |
| DIRECTIVITIES | • directivities n. Plural of directivity. • DIRECTIVITY n. the property of being directional. |
| INSCRIPTIVELY | • inscriptively adv. In an inscriptive manner. • INSCRIPTIVE adv. relating to or constituting an inscription. |
| MISPERCEIVING | • misperceiving v. Present participle of misperceive. • MISPERCEIVE v. to perceive wrongly. |
| OVERCIVILISED | • OVERCIVILISED adj. excessively civilised, also OVERCIVILIZED. |
| PERVICACITIES | • PERVICACITY n. the state of being pervicacious, stubborn, also PERVICACY. |
| PROVINCIALISE | • provincialise v. Alternative spelling of provincialize. • PROVINCIALISE v. to make provincial, also PROVINCIALIZE. |
| RECEPTIVITIES | • receptivities n. Plural of receptivity. • RECEPTIVITY n. the state of being receptive. |
| RELUCTIVITIES | • reluctivities n. Plural of reluctivity. • RELUCTIVITY n. a specific or relative reluctance of a magnetic material. |
| VERIFICATIONS | • verifications n. Plural of verification. • VERIFICATION n. the act of verifying. |
| VERSIFICATION | • versification n. (Poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or… • versification n. (Biblical) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of… • VERSIFICATION n. the making of verses. |
| VERTICALITIES | • verticalities n. Plural of verticality. • VERTICALITY n. the state of being vertical. |
| VERTICILLIUMS | • VERTICILLIUM n. a fungus some species of which cause plant disease. |
| VISCOSIMETRIC | • viscosimetric adj. Alternative form of viscometric. • VISCOSIMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by viscosimeter, an instrument for measuring viscosity, also VISCOSIMETRICAL. |
| VIVISECTORIUM | • vivisectorium n. A place or laboratory where vivisection is performed. • VIVISECTORIUM n. a place for vivisection. |