| DECEPTIVENESS | • deceptiveness n. The state or quality of being deceptive. • DECEPTIVENESS n. the state of being deceptive. |
| DEOPPILATIVES | • deoppilatives n. Plural of deoppilative. • DEOPPILATIVE n. any drug which removes obstructions in the body. |
| DESCRIPTIVELY | • descriptively adv. In a descriptive manner. • DESCRIPTIVE adv. serving to describe. |
| 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. |
| DISPOSITIVELY | • dispositively adv. (Obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. • DISPOSITIVE adv. relating to or bringing about the settlement of a case. |
| DISPUTATIVELY | • disputatively adv. In a disputative manner. • DISPUTATIVE adv. inclined to dispute. |
| NONDISRUPTIVE | • nondisruptive adj. Not disruptive. • non-disruptive adj. Alternative form of nondisruptive. • NONDISRUPTIVE adj. not disruptive. |
| PERADVENTURES | • peradventures n. Plural of peradventure. • PERADVENTURE n. doubt, uncertainty. |
| PERVERTEDNESS | • pervertedness n. The state of being perverted; perversion. • PERVERTEDNESS n. the state of being perverted. |
| POSTDILUVIANS | • postdiluvians n. Plural of postdiluvian. • POSTDILUVIAN n. someone or something occurring in such a 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. |
| PSEUDOVECTORS | • pseudovectors n. Plural of pseudovector. • PSEUDOVECTOR n. a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. |
| REPRODUCTIVES | • reproductives n. Plural of reproductive. • REPRODUCTIVE n. an actual or potential parent. |
| SUPERELEVATED | • superelevated v. Simple past tense and past participle of superelevate. • SUPERELEVATE v. to raise above a normal level. |
| 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. |
| VELOCIPEDISTS | • velocipedists n. Plural of velocipedist. • VELOCIPEDIST n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDEAN, VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIAN. |