| CONTRADICTIVE | • contradictive adj. (Now rare) Contradictory. • CONTRADICTIVE adj. contradicting or tending to contradict. |
| DEMONSTRATIVE | • demonstrative adj. That serves to demonstrate, show or prove. • demonstrative adj. Given to open displays of emotion. • demonstrative adj. (Grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to. |
| DERIVATIONIST | • derivationist n. A proponent of derivationism. • DERIVATIONIST n. one who derives mathematical formulae. |
| DETERIORATIVE | • deteriorative adj. Causing deterioration. • DETERIORATIVE adj. tending to deteriorate. |
| DIVERTIMENTOS | • divertimentos n. Plural of divertimento. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| OVERCOMMITTED | • overcommitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcommit. • overcommitted adj. Having committed too much of one’s time or resources. • OVERCOMMIT v. to commit excessively. |
| OVERESTIMATED | • overestimated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate. • over-estimated v. Simple past tense and past participle of over-estimate. • OVERESTIMATE v. to estimate too high. |
| OVERMULTITUDE | • overmultitude v. (Obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To outnumber. • OVERMULTITUDE v. (Milton) to outnumber. |
| OVERPROTECTED | • overprotected v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprotect. • OVERPROTECT v. to protect to excess. |
| OVERSATURATED | • oversaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of oversaturate. • OVERSATURATE v. to saturate to excess. |
| OVERSTRETCHED | • overstretched v. Simple past tense and past participle of overstretch. • overstretched adj. Subject to demands that are more than can be reasonably handled. • OVERSTRETCH v. to stretch excessively. |
| OVERTIGHTENED | • overtightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtighten. • OVERTIGHTEN v. to tighten to excess. |
| PRIVATDOCENTS | • privatdocents n. Plural of privatdocent. • privat-docents n. Plural of privat-docent. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT. |
| PRIVATDOZENTS | • privatdozents n. Plural of privatdozent. • PRIVATDOZENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOCENT. |
| RADIOACTIVATE | • radioactivate v. To make something radioactive. • RADIOACTIVATE v. to activate by radio. |