| ADVENTITIOUS | • adventitious adj. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. • adventitious adj. Accidental, additional, appearing casually. • adventitious adj. (Genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired. |
| CONDUCTIVITY | • conductivity n. The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound. • conductivity n. (Physics) The reciprocal of resistivity. • CONDUCTIVITY n. the power of conducting or transmitting. |
| CONTROVERTED | • controverted v. Simple past tense and past participle of controvert. • CONTROVERT v. to oppose; to argue against; to dispute. |
| DEACTIVATION | • deactivation n. The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm. • DEACTIVATION n. the process of deactivating. |
| DEMOTIVATING | • demotivating v. Present participle of demotivate. • DEMOTIVATE v. to remove motivation from. |
| DEMOTIVATION | • demotivation n. A feeling or state of being demotivated. • DEMOTIVATION n. the act of demotivating. |
| DENOTATIVELY | • denotatively adv. In a way that denotes. • DENOTATIVE adv. having power to denote. |
| DEVASTATIONS | • devastations n. Plural of devastation. • DEVASTATION n. ruin, destruction. |
| DEVIATIONIST | • deviationist n. One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism. • DEVIATIONIST n. one who deviates from a strictly orthodox doctrine. |
| DEVOTIONISTS | • devotionists n. Plural of devotionist. • DEVOTIONIST n. one who practises devotion. |
| DIVERTIMENTO | • divertimento n. (Music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| INTRODUCTIVE | • introductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction. • INTRODUCTIVE adj. serving to introduce, also INTRODUCTORY. |
| NONACTIVATED | • nonactivated adj. Not activated. • NONACTIVATED adj. not activated. |
| PRIVATDOCENT | • privatdocent n. Alternative form of privatdozent. • privat-docent n. (In some German universities) A lecturer who may teach without supervision by a professor. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT. |
| PRIVATDOZENT | • privatdozent n. In some European countries, an academic who holds all formal qualifications (doctorate and habilitation)… • PRIVATDOZENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOCENT. |
| VENDITATIONS | • venditations n. Plural of venditation. • VENDITATION n. offering for sale. |