| ARFVEDSONITES | • arfvedsonites n. Plural of arfvedsonite. • ARFVEDSONITE n. (Swedish) an iron-rich sodium amphibole. |
| CONSERVATISED | • conservatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of conservatise. • CONSERVATISE v. to grow conservative, also CONSERVATIZE. |
| 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. |
| DESIDERATIVES | • desideratives n. Plural of desiderative. • DESIDERATIVE n. something desirable. |
| DESTRUCTIVISM | • destructivism n. An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators. • DESTRUCTIVISM n. the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole. |
| DESTRUCTIVIST | • destructivist n. A representative of destructive principles, as in biblical criticism. • destructivist n. An artist involved in destructivism. • DESTRUCTIVIST n. a representative of destructive principles. |
| DISADVENTURES | • disadventures n. Plural of disadventure. • DISADVENTURE n. (Spenser) a mishap, also DISAVENTURE. |
| DISCOVERTURES | • discovertures n. Plural of discoverture. • DISCOVERTURE n. the state of being discovert, not married. |
| DISSEVERATION | • disseveration n. The act of dissevering; disseverance. • DISSEVERATION n. the act of dissevering, also DISSEVERANCE, DISSEVERMENT. |
| DISSEVERMENTS | • disseverments n. Plural of disseverment. • DISSEVERMENT n. the act of dissevering, also DISSEVERANCE, DISSEVERATION. |
| 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. |
| DIVERSIONISTS | • diversionists n. Plural of diversionist. • DIVERSIONIST n. one engaged in diversionary activities. |
| MISADVENTURES | • misadventures n. Plural of misadventure. • MISADVENTURE n. a misfortune, also MISVENTURE. |
| OVERDISCOUNTS | • overdiscounts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdiscount. • OVERDISCOUNT v. to discount excessively. |
| OVERMODESTIES | Sorry, definition not available. |
| REDUCTIVENESS | • reductiveness n. The quality of being reductive, of reducing things to their components. • REDUCTIVENESS n. the state of being reductive. |