| CONTROVERTED | • controverted v. Simple past tense and past participle of controvert. • CONTROVERT v. to oppose; to argue against; to dispute. |
| DESTRUCTIVES | • DESTRUCTIVE n. something destructive. |
| DETRACTIVELY | • detractively adv. In a detractive manner. • DETRACTIVE adv. tending to detract, also DETRACTORY. |
| DETRITIVORES | • detritivores n. Plural of detritivore. |
| DETRITOVORES | • DETRITOVORE n. an organism that feeds on detritus. |
| DISSERTATIVE | • dissertative adj. Of or relating to a dissertation. • DISSERTATIVE adj. relating to dissertation. |
| DIVERTIMENTI | • divertimenti n. Plural of divertimento. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| DIVERTIMENTO | • divertimento n. (Music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| DIVESTITURES | • divestitures n. Plural of divestiture. • DIVESTITURE n. the act of divesting, also DIVESTURE. |
| EXTRAVAGATED | • extravagated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extravagate. • EXTRAVAGATE v. (archaic) to wander; to exceed reasonable limits. |
| EXTRAVASATED | • extravasated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extravasate. • extravasated adj. Produced by extravasation. • EXTRAVASATE v. in pathology, to exude from a vessel into surrounding tissue; in geology, to erupt. |
| INTERDICTIVE | • interdictive adj. Having the power to prohibit. • INTERDICTIVE adj. serving to interdict. |
| OUTTRAVELLED | • outtravelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of outtravel. • OUTTRAVEL v. to exceed in speed or distance traveled. |
| OVERTHWARTED | • OVERTHWART v. to lie athwart. |
| RECULTIVATED | • recultivated v. Simple past tense and past participle of recultivate. • RECULTIVATE v. to cultivate again. |
| RETRODICTIVE | • retrodictive adj. Of or pertaining to retrodiction. • RETRODICTIVE adj. relating to retrodiction. |