| BIODIVERSITY | • biodiversity n. (Ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region. • BIODIVERSITY n. the number of species present in a given ecosystem. |
| DEVIATIONISM | • deviationism n. Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism. • DEVIATIONISM n. the deviation of a doctrine from the strictly orthodox. |
| DEVIATIONIST | • deviationist n. One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism. • DEVIATIONIST n. one who deviates from a strictly orthodox doctrine. |
| DIAPOSITIVES | • diapositives n. Plural of diapositive. • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISPOSITIVES | • dispositives n. Plural of dispositive. • DISPOSITIVE n. a thing that disposes. |
| DISSOCIATIVE | • dissociative adj. Removing or separating from some association. • dissociative adj. Causing dissociation. • dissociative adj. (Psychology) related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders. |
| DIVARICATION | • divarication n. A divergence of opinion. • divarication n. The point at which branching occurs. • divarication n. (Botany) The growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace. |
| DIVERSIONIST | • diversionist n. One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities. • diversionist n. A person who deviates politically. • DIVERSIONIST n. one engaged in diversionary activities. |
| DIVINATORIAL | • divinatorial adj. Relating to divination. • DIVINATORIAL adj. relating to divination, conjectural. |
| DIVINISATION | • divinisation n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of divinization. • DIVINISATION n. the process of divinising, also DIVINIZATION. |
| DIVINIZATION | • divinization n. The act or process of making divine. • DIVINIZATION n. the process of divinizing, also DIVINISATION. |
| DIVISIONISTS | • divisionists n. Plural of divisionist. • DIVISIONIST n. a practitioner of divisionism. |
| INDIVIDUATOR | • individuator n. One who, or that which, individuates. • INDIVIDUATOR n. one who individuates. |
| INVALIDATION | • invalidation n. The act of invalidating, or the state of being invalidated. • INVALIDATION n. the act of invalidating. |
| MODIFICATIVE | • modificative n. (Grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause. • modificative adj. Modificatory; tending to modify. • MODIFICATIVE adj. tending to modify, also MODIFICATORY. |
| VINDICATIONS | • vindications n. Plural of vindication. • VINDICATION n. an act of vindicating. |