| ADVENTURISTS | • adventurists n. Plural of adventurist. • ADVENTURIST n. a practitioner of adventurism. |
| DEACTIVATORS | • deactivators n. Plural of deactivator. • DEACTIVATOR n. something that deactivates. |
| 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. |
| DISTRIBUTIVE | • distributive adj. Relating to distribution. • distributive adj. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each. • distributive adj. (Mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed… |
| DISTURBATIVE | • disturbative adj. (Chiefly archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing. • DISTURBATIVE adj. serving to disturb. |
| DITRANSITIVE | • ditransitive adj. (Linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is ’give’… • ditransitive n. (Linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object. • DITRANSITIVE n. a verb able to take both a direct and an indirect object. |
| 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. |
| INTERDICTIVE | • interdictive adj. Having the power to prohibit. • INTERDICTIVE adj. serving to interdict. |
| INTRODUCTIVE | • introductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction. • INTRODUCTIVE adj. serving to introduce, also INTRODUCTORY. |
| PRIVATDOCENT | • privatdocent n. Alternative form of privatdozent. • privat-docent n. (In some German universities) A lecturer who may teach without supervision by a professor. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT. |
| PRIVATDOZENT | • privatdozent n. In some European countries, an academic who holds all formal qualifications (doctorate and habilitation)… • PRIVATDOZENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOCENT. |
| 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. |