| DERIVATIONIST | • derivationist n. A proponent of derivationism. • DERIVATIONIST n. one who derives mathematical formulae. |
| 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. |
| DIRECTIVITIES | • directivities n. Plural of directivity. • DIRECTIVITY n. the property of being directional. |
| DISINVIGORATE | • disinvigorate v. (Transitive) To enervate; to weaken. • DISINVIGORATE v. to weaken. |
| DISTRIBUTIVES | • distributives n. Plural of distributive. • DISTRIBUTIVE n. a distributive word, like each or every, that indicates the several individuals of a number taken separately. |
| DITRANSITIVES | • ditransitives n. Plural of ditransitive. • DITRANSITIVE n. a verb able to take both a direct and an indirect object. |
| DIVARICATIONS | • divarications n. Plural of divarication. • DIVARICATION n. the act of divaricating. |
| DIVERSIONISTS | • diversionists n. Plural of diversionist. • DIVERSIONIST n. one engaged in diversionary activities. |
| DIVERTIBILITY | • DIVERTIBILITY n. the state of being divertible. |
| DRIVABILITIES | • DRIVABILITY n. the ability to be driven, also DRIVEABILITY. |
| 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. |
| INDIVIDUATORS | • individuators n. Plural of individuator. • INDIVIDUATOR n. one who individuates. |
| RADIOACTIVITY | • radioactivity n. Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from… • radioactivity n. The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc. • RADIOACTIVITY n. the spontaneous decay of the nucleus of an element. |
| REVINDICATING | • revindicating v. Present participle of revindicate. • REVINDICATE v. to vindicate again. |
| REVINDICATION | • revindication n. An act of revindicating. • REVINDICATION n. the act of revindicating. |
| VINDICATORILY | • vindicatorily adv. (Rare) In a vindicatory manner; in vindication of someone or something. • VINDICATORY adv. serving or tending to vindicate. |