| AVISANDUMS | • avisandums n. Plural of avisandum. • AVISANDUM n. (Scots) a private consideration of a case by a judge, also AVIZANDUM. |
| DISCURSIVE | • discursive adj. (Of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling. • discursive adj. (Philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition. • DISCURSIVE adj. moving from topic to topic without order. |
| DISCUSSIVE | • discussive n. (Medicine, dated) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humours; a discutient. • discussive adj. (Medicine, dated) Able or tending to discuss, or disperse, tumors or coagulated matter. • discussive adj. (Dated) Doubt-dispelling; decisive. |
| DISFAVOURS | • disfavours n. Plural of disfavour. • disfavours v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfavour. • DISFAVOUR v. to disesteem, also DISFAVOR. |
| DISPURVEYS | • dispurveys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispurvey. • DISPURVEY v. (archaic) to deprive of provisions. |
| DISSUASIVE | • dissuasive adj. Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory. • dissuasive n. That which dissuades; a disincentive. • DISSUASIVE adj. tending to dissuade. |
| DISVOUCHES | • disvouches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disvouch. • DISVOUCH v. (Shakespeare) to disavow. |
| DIVESTURES | • divestures n. Plural of divesture. • DIVESTURE n. the act of divesting, also DIVESTITURE. |
| DIVULSIONS | • divulsions n. Plural of divulsion. • DIVULSION n. the act of pulling or rendering apart or away. |
| OVERISSUED | • overissued v. Simple past tense and past participle of overissue. • OVERISSUE v. to issue in excess (e.g. banknotes or bills of exchange). |
| SERVITUDES | • servitudes n. Plural of servitude. • SERVITUDE n. the state of being a slave, subjection. |
| STAVUDINES | • STAVUDINE n. a drug used to treat HIV. |
| SUBDIVIDES | • subdivides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subdivide. • SUBDIVIDE v. to divide into smaller divisions. |
| SUPERVISED | • supervised v. Past participle of supervise. • supervised adj. Done under supervision; watched. • SUPERVISE v. to oversee, superintend. |
| VASTITUDES | • vastitudes n. Plural of vastitude. • VASTITUDE n. vastness, also VASTITY, VASTNESS. |
| VEDUTISTAS | • vedutistas n. Plural of vedutista. • VEDUTISTA n. (Italian) a painter of vedute, panoramic views of towns. |
| VISUALISED | • visualised v. Simple past tense and past participle of visualise. • VISUALISE v. to call up a clear visual image, also VISUALIZE. |
| VOUSSOIRED | • voussoired adj. Having a voussoir. • VOUSSOIR v. to construct with a voussoir. |