| ADVENTITIOUSLY | • adventitiously adv. In an adventitious manner; sporadically. • ADVENTITIOUS adv. coming from another source; arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location. |
| DEVALORISATION | • DEVALORISATION n. the process of devalorising, also DEVALORIZATION. |
| DEVITALISATION | • devitalisation n. Alternative form of devitalization. • DEVITALISATION n. the process of devitalising, also DEVITALIZATION. |
| DEVOLUTIONISTS | • devolutionists n. Plural of devolutionist. • DEVOLUTIONIST n. a believer in a policy of devolution. |
| DEVOTIONALISTS | • devotionalists n. Plural of devotionalist. • DEVOTIONALIST n. one who practises devotion. |
| DISEMVOWELLING | • disemvowelling v. Present participle of disemvowel. • DISEMVOWEL v. to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc.) in order to abbreviate it. |
| DIVERTICULOSES | • diverticuloses n. Plural of diverticulosis. • DIVERTICULOSIS n. an intestinal disorder characterized by the presence of many diverticula. |
| DIVERTICULOSIS | • diverticulosis n. (Pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon. • DIVERTICULOSIS n. an intestinal disorder characterized by the presence of many diverticula. |
| INDISCOVERABLE | • indiscoverable adj. Unable to be discovered, undiscoverable, not discoverable. • INDISCOVERABLE adj. not discoverable. |
| OVERCLASSIFIED | • overclassified v. Simple past tense and past participle of overclassify. • OVERCLASSIFY v. to classify to excess. |
| OVERFERTILISED | • OVERFERTILISE v. to fertilise excessively, also OVERFERTILIZE. |
| OVERIDEALISING | • OVERIDEALISE v. to idealise to excess, also OVERIDEALIZE. |
| OVERSIMPLIFIED | • oversimplified adj. Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed. • oversimplified v. Past participle of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
| PROVERBIALISED | • proverbialised v. Simple past tense and past participle of proverbialise. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
| PROVINCIALISED | • provincialised v. Simple past tense and past participle of provincialise. • PROVINCIALISE v. to make provincial, also PROVINCIALIZE. |
| REVOLUTIONISED | • revolutionised v. Simple past tense and past participle of revolutionise. • REVOLUTIONISE v. to effect a revolution in, also REVOLUTIONIZE. |
| VALEDICTORIANS | • valedictorians n. Plural of valedictorian. • VALEDICTORIAN n. one who bids farewell, e.g. in the US on leaving school. |
| VENTRILOQUISED | • ventriloquised v. Simple past tense and past participle of ventriloquise. • VENTRILOQUISE v. to project the voice, also VENTRILOQUIZE. |
| VESPERTILIONID | • vespertilionid n. Any of very many bats of the family Vespertilionidae. • VESPERTILIONID adj. belonging to the Vespertilionidae family of insect-eating bats. • VESPERTILIONID n. a member of the Vespertilionidae. |