| AVOIRDUPOIS | • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary… • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. • avoirdupois n. (Chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| DEPRIVATION | • deprivation n. (Countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. • deprivation n. (Uncountable) The state of being deprived. • deprivation n. (Countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. |
| DIAPOSITIVE | • diapositive n. (Photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images). • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISIMPROVED | • disimproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| DISIMPROVES | • disimproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| DISPOSITIVE | • dispositive adj. Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter). • dispositive adj. (Obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination. • dispositive adj. (Euro-English or non-native speakers’ English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties… |
| DISPROOVING | • disprooving v. Present participle of disproove. • DISPROOVE v. (Spenser) to disapprove of. |
| DISPROVIDED | • disprovided v. Simple past tense and past participle of disprovide. • DISPROVIDE v. (archaic) to fail to provide. |
| DISPROVIDES | • disprovides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprovide. • DISPROVIDE v. (archaic) to fail to provide. |
| IMPROVIDENT | • improvident adj. Failing to provide for the future; reckless. • improvident adj. Incautious; prone to rashness. • IMPROVIDENT adj. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| MISIMPROVED | • misimproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| PREVISIONED | • previsioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of prevision. • PREVISION v. to foresee. |
| PROVISIONED | • provisioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of provision. • provisioned adj. Possessing goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use. • PROVISION v. to provide. |
| UNPROVIDING | • unproviding adj. Failing to provide; not giving. • UNPROVIDE v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of necessary provision. |
| VAIVODESHIP | • vaivodeship n. Alternative spelling of voivodeship. • VAIVODESHIP n. the office of vaivode. |
| VIDEOPHILES | • videophiles n. Plural of videophile. • VIDEOPHILE n. a lover of videos. |
| VIDEOPHONIC | • videophonic adj. Videotelephonic. • VIDEOPHONIC adj. related to a videophone. |
| VIDEOTAPING | • videotaping v. Present participle of videotape. • videotaping n. A recording onto videotape. • VIDEOTAPE v. to record on videotape. |
| VOIVODESHIP | • voivodeship n. (Countable, uncountable) The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official… • voivodeship n. (Countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county. • voivodeship n. (Countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state. |