| IMPEDITIVE | • impeditive adj. (Archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding. • IMPEDITIVE adj. causing hindrance; impeding. |
| VAPIDITIES | • vapidities n. Plural of vapidity. • VAPIDITY n. the state of being vapid. |
| DIAPOSITIVE | • diapositive n. (Photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images). • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISPOSITIVE | • dispositive adj. Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter). • dispositive adj. (Obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination. • dispositive adj. (Euro-English or non-native speakers’ English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties… |
| DISSIPATIVE | • dissipative adj. That dissipates, or causes dissipation. • DISSIPATIVE adj. relating to dissipation esp. of heat. |
| ADAPTIVITIES | • adaptivities n. Plural of adaptivity. • ADAPTIVITY n. the quality of being adaptive. |
| DIAPOSITIVES | • diapositives n. Plural of diapositive. • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISPOSITIVES | • dispositives n. Plural of dispositive. • DISPOSITIVE n. a thing that disposes. |
| 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. |
| DISPOSITIVELY | • dispositively adv. (Obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. • DISPOSITIVE adv. relating to or bringing about the settlement of a case. |
| IMPREDICATIVE | • impredicative adj. (Logic, of a proposition) definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part. • IMPREDICATIVE adj. of a definition, given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| PERFERVIDITIES | • PERFERVIDITY n. the state of being perfervid, also PERFERVIDNESS. |
| PRODUCTIVITIES | • productivities n. Plural of productivity. • PRODUCTIVITY n. the state of being productive. |
| 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. |
| VESPERTILIONIDS | • vespertilionids n. Plural of vespertilionid. • VESPERTILIONID n. a member of the Vespertilionidae. |