| 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. |
| DIAPHRAGMITIS | • diaphragmitis n. (Rare) Inflammation of the diaphragm. • DIAPHRAGMITIS n. inflammation of the diaphragm, also DIAPHRAGMATITIS. |
| DISIMPRISONED | • disimprisoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of disimprison. • DISIMPRISON v. to free from prison or restraint. |
| DISPIRITMENTS | • dispiritments n. Plural of dispiritment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
| IDIOMORPHISMS | • IDIOMORPHISM n. the state of being idiomorphic. |
| IMPREDICATIVE | • impredicative adj. (Logic, of a proposition) definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part. • IMPREDICATIVE adj. of a definition, given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined. |
| INTEREPIDEMIC | • interepidemic adj. Between epidemics. • INTEREPIDEMIC adj. between epidemics. |
| ISODIMORPHISM | • isodimorphism n. Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances. • ISODIMORPHISM n. isomorphism between each of the two forms of a dimorphous substance and the corresponding forms of another dimorphous substance. |
| PLATINIRIDIUM | • platiniridium n. (Chemistry, mineralogy) A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded… • PLATINIRIDIUM n. an alloy of platinum and iridium. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAE | • primigravidae n. Plural of primigravida. • primigravidæ n. Archaic form of primigravidae (plural of primigravida). • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAS | • primigravidas n. Plural of primigravida. • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| PRIMORDIALISM | • primordialism n. Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. • PRIMORDIALISM n. belief in first principles or elements. |
| PRIMORDIALITY | • primordiality n. The quality of being primordial. • PRIMORDIALITY n. the state of being primordial. |