| 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. |
| DIAGEOTROPISM | • diageotropism n. (Botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to… • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
| DIOPTOMETRIES | • DIOPTOMETRY n. the measurement of ocular refraction. |
| DISEMPOWERING | • disempowering v. Present participle of disempower. • DISEMPOWER v. to deprive of power; to divest of strength. |
| DISIMPRISONED | • disimprisoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of disimprison. • DISIMPRISON v. to free from prison or restraint. |
| DISPIRITMENTS | • dispiritments n. Plural of dispiritment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
| EPIDERMOLYSIS | • epidermolysis n. (Pathology) A connective tissue disease. • EPIDERMOLYSIS n. a state of detachment or loosening of the epidermis. |
| HEMISPHEROIDS | • hemispheroids n. Plural of hemispheroid. • HEMISPHEROID n. the half of a spheroid. |
| IMPROVIDENCES | • improvidences n. Plural of improvidence. • IMPROVIDENCE n. the state of being improvident. |
| MEDIATORSHIPS | • mediatorships n. Plural of mediatorship. • MEDIATORSHIP n. the office of mediator. |
| MISPERSUADING | • mispersuading v. Present participle of mispersuade. • MISPERSUADE v. to persuade wrongly. |
| MISWORSHIPPED | • misworshipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of misworship. • MISWORSHIP v. to worship in a false way. |
| PEDESTRIANISM | • pedestrianism n. Going on foot; walking. • pedestrianism n. A form of competitive walking of the nineteenth century, often professional and funded by wagering… • pedestrianism n. Something that is pedestrian, or banal; a commonplace. |
| PREADMISSIONS | • preadmissions adj. Before an admissions process. • PREADMISSION n. the act of preadmitting. |
| PRUDENTIALISM | • prudentialism n. The policy or practice of being prudential. • PRUDENTIALISM n. a system based on prudence alone. |
| PTERIDOMANIAS | • PTERIDOMANIA n. a passion for ferns. |
| PYRIDOXAMINES | • pyridoxamines n. Plural of pyridoxamine. • PYRIDOXAMINE n. a crystalline amine of the vitamin B6 group. |