| AVOIRDUPOISES | • avoirdupoises n. Plural of avoirdupois. • AVOIRDUPOIS n. (French) a system of weights in which the pound (lb.) has 16 ounces. |
| DECOMPRESSIVE | • decompressive adj. That decompresses. • DECOMPRESS adj. to release from pressure or compression. |
| DESCRIPTIVISM | • descriptivism n. (Linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms… • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DESCRIPTIVIST | • descriptivist adj. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism. • descriptivist n. (Linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes… • DESCRIPTIVIST adj. relating to descriptivism, a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DISPRIVILEGES | • disprivileges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| EAVESDROPPERS | • eavesdroppers n. Plural of eavesdropper. • EAVESDROPPER n. one who eavesdrops. |
| NONDISPERSIVE | • nondispersive adj. Not dispersive. • NONDISPERSIVE adj. not dispersive. |
| OVERIMPRESSED | • overimpressed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overimpress. • OVERIMPRESS v. to impress excessively. |
| OVERLORDSHIPS | • overlordships n. Plural of overlordship. • OVERLORDSHIP n. the position of overlord. |
| OVERPERSUADES | • overpersuades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpersuade. • OVERPERSUADE v. to persuade to act contrary to one's conviction or preference. |
| OVERPRESSURED | • overpressured v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpressure. • overpressured adj. Subject to excessive pressure. |
| OVERPROCESSED | • overprocessed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprocess. • OVERPROCESS v. to process excessively. |
| OVERSPENDINGS | • overspendings n. Plural of overspending. • OVERSPENDING n. excessive spending. |
| PERFERVIDNESS | • perfervidness n. The quality of being perfervid. • PERFERVIDNESS n. the state of being perfervid, also PERFERVIDITY. |
| PERVERTEDNESS | • pervertedness n. The state of being perverted; perversion. • PERVERTEDNESS n. the state of being perverted. |
| PSEUDOVECTORS | • pseudovectors n. Plural of pseudovector. • PSEUDOVECTOR n. a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. |