| ANIMADVERSION | • animadversion n. (Countable) A criticism, a critical remark. • animadversion n. (Uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive. • ANIMADVERSION n. hostile criticism; a critical or censorious remark. |
| ANIMADVERTING | • animadverting v. Present participle of animadvert. • ANIMADVERT v. to comment critically on; to censure. |
| 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. |
| DESTRUCTIVISM | • destructivism n. An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators. • DESTRUCTIVISM n. the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole. |
| DETERMINATIVE | • determinative n. (Linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts. • determinative n. (Grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent… • determinative adj. (Law) Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law). |
| DIVERTIMENTOS | • divertimentos n. Plural of divertimento. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| DIVERTISEMENT | • divertisement n. (Archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation. • DIVERTISEMENT n. a diversion; a divertimento. |
| IMPREDICATIVE | • impredicative adj. (Logic, of a proposition) definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part. • IMPREDICATIVE adj. of a definition, given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined. |
| IMPROVIDENCES | • improvidences n. Plural of improvidence. • IMPROVIDENCE n. the state of being improvident. |
| IMPROVIDENTLY | • improvidently adv. In an improvident manner. • IMPROVIDENT adv. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| MISDELIVERIES | • misdeliveries n. Plural of misdelivery. |
| MISDELIVERING | • misdelivering v. Present participle of misdeliver. |
| MULTIGRAVIDAE | • multigravidae n. Plural of multigravida. • MULTIGRAVIDA n. a woman pregnant for at least the third time. |
| MULTIGRAVIDAS | • multigravidas n. Plural of multigravida. • MULTIGRAVIDA n. a woman pregnant for at least the third time. |
| OVERAMPLIFIED | • overamplified adj. Excessively amplified. • overamplified v. Past participle of overamplify. • OVERAMPLIFIED adj. excessively amplified. |
| PREMEDITATIVE | • premeditative adj. Involving premeditation. • PREMEDITATIVE adj. given to or characterized by premeditation. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAE | • primigravidae n. Plural of primigravida. • primigravidæ n. Archaic form of primigravidae (plural of primigravida). • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAS | • primigravidas n. Plural of primigravida. • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |