| DECLIVITOUS | • declivitous adj. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill. • DECLIVITOUS adj. sloping downhill, also DECLIVOUS. |
| DIFFUSIVELY | • diffusively adv. In a diffusive manner. • diffusively adv. With regard to diffusion. • DIFFUSIVE adv. having the quality of diffusing. |
| DIMINUTIVES | • diminutives n. Plural of diminutive. • DIMINUTIVE n. a diminutive word, affix, or name. |
| DISCOURSIVE | • discoursive adj. Of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning. • discoursive adj. Discursive. • DISCOURSIVE adj. (obsolete) relating to discourse. |
| DISCUSSIVES | • discussives n. Plural of discussive. • DISCUSSIVE n. a medicine able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter. |
| DISILLUSIVE | • disillusive adj. Freeing from illusion. • DISILLUSIVE adj. tending to disillusion. |
| DISJUNCTIVE | • disjunctive adj. Not connected; separated. • disjunctive adj. (Grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject. • disjunctive adj. Tending to disjoin; separating. |
| DISPUTATIVE | • disputative adj. Tending to dispute. • DISPUTATIVE adj. inclined to dispute. |
| DISQUIETIVE | • disquietive adj. Tending to disquiet. • DISQUIETIVE adj. causing disquiet. |
| DISSOLUTIVE | • dissolutive adj. (Now rare) Producing dissolution; dissolvent. • DISSOLUTIVE adj. causing dissolution. |
| DISSUASIVES | • dissuasives n. Plural of dissuasive. • DISSUASIVE n. that which dissuades. |
| DIVESTITURE | • divestiture n. The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business. • divestiture n. The process of stripping away a person’s confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them… • DIVESTITURE n. the act of divesting, also DIVESTURE. |
| SUBDIVIDERS | • subdividers n. Plural of subdivider. • SUBDIVIDER n. one who subdivides. |
| SUBDIVISIVE | • subdivisive adj. Relating to subdivision. • SUBDIVISIVE adj. relating to a subdivision. |
| UNCIVILISED | • uncivilised adj. Alternative spelling of uncivilized. • UNCIVILISED adj. not civilised, also UNCIVILIZED. |
| VICISSITUDE | • vicissitude n. Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation;… • vicissitude n. (Often in the plural) A change, especially in one’s life or fortunes. • VICISSITUDE n. a change of circumstances affecting one's life. |
| VIRTUALISED | • virtualised v. Simple past tense and past participle of virtualise. • VIRTUALISE v. to make virtual, also VIRTUALIZE. |
| ZIDOVUDINES | • zidovudines n. Plural of zidovudine. • ZIDOVUDINE n. the manufacturer's name for the drug AZT. |