| ADVERSITIES | • adversities n. Plural of adversity. • ADVERSITY n. a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune. |
| DERIVATISES | • derivatises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derivatise. • DERIVATISE v. to make derivative, also DERIVATIZE. |
| DEVITALISES | • devitalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalise. • DEVITALISE v. to deprive of vitality, also DEVITALIZE. |
| DISCRETIVES | • DISCRETIVE n. a disjunctive conjunction or preposition. |
| DISINVESTED | • disinvested v. Simple past tense and past participle of disinvest. • DISINVEST v. to reduce or eliminate capital investment. |
| 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. |
| DISSOLUTIVE | • dissolutive adj. (Now rare) Producing dissolution; dissolvent. • DISSOLUTIVE adj. causing dissolution. |
| DIVERSITIES | • diversities n. Plural of diversity. • DIVERSITY n. variety. |
| 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. |
| RECIDIVISTS | • recidivists n. Plural of recidivist. • RECIDIVIST n. a habitual criminal (one who relapses). |
| 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. |