| 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. |
| DICTATORSHIPS | • dictatorships n. Plural of dictatorship. • DICTATORSHIP n. the office of dictator. |
| DIOPTOMETRIES | • DIOPTOMETRY n. the measurement of ocular refraction. |
| DISPIRITMENTS | • dispiritments n. Plural of dispiritment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
| DISREPUTATION | • disreputation n. (Archaic) Loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute. • DISREPUTATION n. bad repute. |
| DITTOGRAPHIES | • dittographies n. Plural of dittography. • DITTOGRAPHY n. the unintentional repetition of letters in print. |
| INTREPIDITIES | • intrepidities n. Plural of intrepidity. • INTREPIDITY n. the state of being intrepid. |
| LEPIDOPTERIST | • lepidopterist n. Someone who studies lepidoptery; someone who studies butterflies and moths. • LEPIDOPTERIST n. a specialist in lepidopterology. |
| PAROTIDITISES | • PAROTIDITIS n. inflammation of the parotid gland, as in mumps, also PAROTITIS. |
| PERIODONTISTS | • periodontists n. Plural of periodontist. • PERIODONTIST n. a dentist specialising in periodontics. |
| PERIODONTITIS | • periodontitis n. (Periodontology) A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling… • PERIODONTITIS n. inflammation of the tissues surrounding the teeth. |
| PERIOSTITIDES | • periostitides n. Plural of periostitis. • PERIOSTITIS n. inflammation of the periosteum. |
| PRUDENTIALIST | • prudentialist n. One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. • PRUDENTIALIST n. one who believes in prudentialism. |
| PTERIDOLOGIST | • pteridologist n. A person who studies ferns and other pteridophytes. • PTERIDOLOGIST n. one who studies pteridology. |
| REPRISTINATED | • repristinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of repristinate. • REPRISTINATE v. to revive, restore. |
| SERENDIPITIST | • serendipitist n. A person who benefits from serendipity. • SERENDIPITIST n. a person who believes in serendipity; a person who has this faculty. |
| TETRAPLOIDIES | • tetraploidies n. Plural of tetraploidy. • TETRAPLOIDY n. the state of being tetraploid, having four haploid sets of chromosomes. |
| TRIPUDIATIONS | • tripudiations n. Plural of tripudiation. • TRIPUDIATION n. dancing for joy. |