| ADVENTITIOUS | • adventitious adj. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. • adventitious adj. Accidental, additional, appearing casually. • adventitious adj. (Genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired. |
| DEACTIVATING | • deactivating v. Present participle of deactivate. • DEACTIVATE v. to make inactive or ineffective. |
| DEACTIVATION | • deactivation n. The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm. • DEACTIVATION n. the process of deactivating. |
| DEMOTIVATING | • demotivating v. Present participle of demotivate. • DEMOTIVATE v. to remove motivation from. |
| DEMOTIVATION | • demotivation n. A feeling or state of being demotivated. • DEMOTIVATION n. the act of demotivating. |
| DEVIATIONIST | • deviationist n. One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism. • DEVIATIONIST n. one who deviates from a strictly orthodox doctrine. |
| DEVOTIONISTS | • devotionists n. Plural of devotionist. • DEVOTIONIST n. one who practises devotion. |
| DISTINCTIVES | • distinctives n. Plural of distinctive. • DISTINCTIVE n. something distinctive. |
| 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. |
| DIVERTIMENTI | • divertimenti n. Plural of divertimento. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| DIVERTIMENTO | • divertimento n. (Music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century. • DIVERTIMENTO n. (Italian) a genre of 18th century chamber music having several short movements. |
| INTERDICTIVE | • interdictive adj. Having the power to prohibit. • INTERDICTIVE adj. serving to interdict. |
| INTRODUCTIVE | • introductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction. • INTRODUCTIVE adj. serving to introduce, also INTRODUCTORY. |
| INVESTIGATED | • investigated v. Simple past tense and past participle of investigate. • INVESTIGATE v. to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry. |
| VENDITATIONS | • venditations n. Plural of venditation. • VENDITATION n. offering for sale. |