| 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. |
| DESILVERISING | • desilverising v. Present participle of desilverise. • DESILVERISE v. to remove the silver from, also DESILVERIZE. |
| DESILVERIZING | • desilverizing v. Present participle of desilverize. • DESILVERIZE v. to remove the silver from, also DESILVERISE. |
| DIRECTIVITIES | • directivities n. Plural of directivity. • DIRECTIVITY n. the property of being directional. |
| DISENVIRONING | • disenvironing v. Present participle of disenviron. • DISENVIRON v. to deprive of environment. |
| DISINVIGORATE | • disinvigorate v. (Transitive) To enervate; to weaken. • DISINVIGORATE v. to weaken. |
| DISPRIVILEGED | • disprivileged v. Simple past tense and past participle of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| DISPRIVILEGES | • disprivileges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| 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. |
| DIVERSIFIABLE | • diversifiable adj. Capable of being diversified or varied. • DIVERSIFIABLE adj. capable of being diversified. |
| DIVERSIONISTS | • diversionists n. Plural of diversionist. • DIVERSIONIST n. one engaged in diversionary activities. |
| DRIVABILITIES | • DRIVABILITY n. the ability to be driven, also DRIVEABILITY. |
| MISDELIVERIES | • misdeliveries n. Plural of misdelivery. |
| MISDELIVERING | • misdelivering v. Present participle of misdeliver. |
| OVERCIVILISED | • OVERCIVILISED adj. excessively civilised, also OVERCIVILIZED. |
| UNDIVERSIFIED | • undiversified adj. Not diversified. • UNDIVERSIFIED adj. not diversified. |