| DEPRECATIVELY | • deprecatively adv. In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates. • DEPRECATIVE adv. serving to deprecate. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| IMPROVIDENTLY | • improvidently adv. In an improvident manner. • IMPROVIDENT adv. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| NONDISRUPTIVE | • nondisruptive adj. Not disruptive. • non-disruptive adj. Alternative form of nondisruptive. • NONDISRUPTIVE adj. not disruptive. |
| NONPRODUCTIVE | • nonproductive adj. Not productive. • non-productive adj. Alternative form of nonproductive. • NONPRODUCTIVE adj. not productive. |
| OVEREXPLOITED | • overexploited v. Simple past tense and past participle of overexploit. • OVEREXPLOIT v. to exploit to excess. |
| OVERPREDICTED | • overpredicted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpredict. |
| PREDICATIVELY | • predicatively adv. As a predicate; giving information about the subject of a sentence. • PREDICATIVE adv. indicating the predicate. |
| PREJUDICATIVE | • prejudicative adj. Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. • PREJUDICATIVE adj. prejudging. |
| PREMEDITATIVE | • premeditative adj. Involving premeditation. • PREMEDITATIVE adj. given to or characterized by premeditation. |
| 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. |
| REDUPLICATIVE | • reduplicative adj. Formed by redoubling; reduplicate, double. • reduplicative n. (Grammar) A word obtained by the process of reduplication. • REDUPLICATIVE adj. relating to reduplication. |
| REPRODUCTIVES | • reproductives n. Plural of reproductive. • REPRODUCTIVE n. an actual or potential parent. |