| DISIMPROVE | • disimprove v. (Transitive, rare) to make worse. • disimprove v. (Intransitive, rare) to deteriorate. • disimprove v. (Informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but… |
| DISPERSIVE | • dispersive adj. That becomes dispersed. • dispersive adj. That causes dispersion. • DISPERSIVE adj. tending to disperse. |
| DISPROVIDE | • disprovide v. (Obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide. • DISPROVIDE v. (archaic) to fail to provide. |
| DISRUPTIVE | • disruptive adj. Causing disruption or unrest. • disruptive adj. (Business) Causing major change, as in a market. • DISRUPTIVE adj. causing disruption. |
| IMPROVISED | • improvised adj. Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed. • improvised v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvise. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| PILEDRIVER | • piledriver n. Alternative spelling of pile driver (mechanical device). • piledriver n. (Professional wrestling) A move in which the wrestler applies a front waist lock, then drives the opponent’s… • piledriver n. (Soccer) a very hard shot. |
| PREDICTIVE | • predictive adj. Useful in predicting. • predictive adj. (Computing) Describing a predictor. • predictive adj. (Medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test. |
| PREINVITED | • PREINVITE v. to invite beforehand. |
| PREVISITED | • previsited v. Past participle of previsit. • PREVISIT v. to visit beforehand. |
| PRIVATISED | • privatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |
| PRIVATIZED | • privatized v. Simple past tense and past participle of privatize. • PRIVATIZE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATISE. |
| PRIVILEGED | • privileged v. Simple past tense and past participle of privilege. • privileged adj. Having special privileges. • privileged adj. (Law) Not subject to legal discovery due to a protected status. |
| VAMPIRISED | • vampirised v. Simple past tense and past participle of vampirise. • VAMPIRISE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRIZE. |
| VAMPIRIZED | • vampirized v. Simple past tense and past participle of vampirize. • VAMPIRIZE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRISE. |
| VILIPENDER | • vilipender n. Someone who vilipends. • VILIPENDER n. one who vilipends, treats with contempt. |