| 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. |
| DEPRIVATIONS | • deprivations n. Plural of deprivation. • DEPRIVATION n. the state of being deprived. |
| DETRITIVORES | • detritivores n. Plural of detritivore. |
| DEVALORISING | • devalorising v. Present participle of devalorise. • DEVALORISE v. to devalue, also DEVALORIZE. |
| DISENVIRONED | • disenvironed v. Simple past tense and past participle of disenviron. • DISENVIRON v. to deprive of environment. |
| DIVERSIONARY | • diversionary adj. That serves as a diversion. • DIVERSIONARY adj. tending to draw attention away from the principal concern. |
| 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. |
| IMPOVERISHED | • impoverished adj. Reduced to poverty. • impoverished adj. Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted. • impoverished v. Simple past tense and past participle of impoverish. |
| IMPROVISATED | • improvisated v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| OVERBIDDINGS | • overbiddings n. Plural of overbidding. • OVERBIDDING n. the act of bidding more trumps than a hand justifies. |
| OVERFINISHED | • overfinished adj. Of animals reared for meat: obese; undesirably fat. • OVERFINISHED adj. excessively finished. |
| OVERIDEALISE | • OVERIDEALISE v. to idealise to excess, also OVERIDEALIZE. |
| OVERSTRIDING | • overstriding v. Present participle of overstride. • OVERSTRIDE v. to stride over, across, or beyond. |
| OVERUTILISED | • OVERUTILISE v. to utilise excessively, also OVERUTILIZE. |
| REDISSOLVING | • redissolving v. Present participle of redissolve. • REDISSOLVE v. to dissolve again. |
| REENVISIONED | • reenvisioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of reenvision. |