| DECIVILISES | • decivilises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decivilise. • DECIVILISE v. to reduce from civilization to a savage state, also DECIVILIZE. |
| DISILLUSIVE | • disillusive adj. Freeing from illusion. • DISILLUSIVE adj. tending to disillusion. |
| DISPOSITIVE | • dispositive adj. Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter). • dispositive adj. (Obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination. • dispositive adj. (Euro-English or non-native speakers’ English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties… |
| DISSIPATIVE | • dissipative adj. That dissipates, or causes dissipation. • DISSIPATIVE adj. relating to dissipation esp. of heat. |
| DIVERSIFIES | • diversifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diversify. • DIVERSIFY v. to give variety to. |
| DIVERSITIES | • diversities n. Plural of diversity. • DIVERSITY n. variety. |
| DIVISIONISM | • divisionism n. (Art) The use of small areas of color to construct an image. • divisionism n. Support for division of a territory, etc. • DIVISIONISM n. pointillism. |
| DIVISIONIST | • divisionist n. An artist who works in the style of divisionism. • divisionist n. One who supports division (Of a territory, etc.). • DIVISIONIST n. a practitioner of divisionism. |
| INVALIDISMS | • invalidisms n. Plural of invalidism. • INVALIDISM n. the condition of an invalid. |
| MISADVISING | • misadvising v. Present participle of misadvise. • MISADVISE v. to advise wrongly. |
| MISDIVISION | • misdivision n. Incorrect division, e.g. of a word. • misdivision n. (Cytology) Abnormal (i.e. transverse instead of longitudinal) division of a centromere during meiosis… • MISDIVISION n. a wrong division. |
| RECIDIVISMS | • recidivisms n. Plural of recidivism. • RECIDIVISM n. a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior, esp. a relapse into criminal behavior. |
| RECIDIVISTS | • recidivists n. Plural of recidivist. • RECIDIVIST n. a habitual criminal (one who relapses). |
| REDIVISIONS | • redivisions n. Plural of redivision. • REDIVISION n. the act of dividing again. |
| SUBDIVISION | • subdivision n. (Countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided. • subdivision n. (Countable) Such a piece that has been divided. • subdivision n. (Countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots. |
| SUBDIVISIVE | • subdivisive adj. Relating to subdivision. • SUBDIVISIVE adj. relating to a subdivision. |
| VASTIDITIES | • VASTIDITY n. immensity. |
| 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. |
| VISCIDITIES | • viscidities n. Plural of viscidity. • VISCIDITY n. the state of being viscid. |