| 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. |
| DERIVATISING | • derivatising v. Present participle of derivatise. • DERIVATISE v. to make derivative, also DERIVATIZE. |
| DISPRIVACIED | • disprivacied adj. (Poetic, rare) Deprived of privacy. • DISPRIVACIED adj. deprived of privacy. |
| DISPRIVILEGE | • disprivilege v. To deprive of a privilege or privileges. • disprivilege n. The state of lacking privileges, or being underprivileged. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| DISSHIVERING | • DISSHIVER v. (Spenser) to shiver or break in pieces. |
| DISTRIBUTIVE | • distributive adj. Relating to distribution. • distributive adj. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each. • distributive adj. (Mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed… |
| DITRANSITIVE | • ditransitive adj. (Linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is ’give’… • ditransitive n. (Linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object. • DITRANSITIVE n. a verb able to take both a direct and an indirect object. |
| DIVERSIFIERS | • diversifiers n. Plural of diversifier. • DIVERSIFIER n. one who diversifies. |
| DIVERSIFYING | • diversifying v. Present participle of diversify. • DIVERSIFY v. to give variety to. |
| 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. |
| JURISDICTIVE | • jurisdictive adj. Jurisdictional. • JURISDICTIVE adj. relating to jurisdiction, also JURISDICTIONAL. |
| RECIDIVISTIC | • recidivistic adj. Being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours. • RECIDIVISTIC adj. relating to recidivism. |
| VERDIGRISING | • verdigrising v. Present participle of verdigris. • VERDIGRIS v. to coat with verdigris. |