| DISPERSIVE | • dispersive adj. That becomes dispersed. • dispersive adj. That causes dispersion. • DISPERSIVE adj. tending to disperse. |
| ADVISERSHIP | • advisership n. The status or office of an adviser. • ADVISERSHIP n. the office of adviser. |
| DISIMPROVES | • disimproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| DISPROVIDES | • disprovides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprovide. • DISPROVIDE v. (archaic) to fail to provide. |
| ADVISERSHIPS | • adviserships n. Plural of advisership. • ADVISERSHIP n. the office of adviser. |
| DISPERSIVELY | • dispersively adv. In a dispersive way. • dispersively adv. With regard to dispersion. • DISPERSIVE adv. tending to disperse. |
| AVOIRDUPOISES | • avoirdupoises n. Plural of avoirdupois. • AVOIRDUPOIS n. (French) a system of weights in which the pound (lb.) has 16 ounces. |
| 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. |
| DISPRIVILEGES | • disprivileges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| NONDISPERSIVE | • nondispersive adj. Not dispersive. • NONDISPERSIVE adj. not dispersive. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DISPERSIVENESS | • dispersiveness n. The quality of being dispersive. • DISPERSIVE n. tending to disperse. |
| DISRUPTIVENESS | • disruptiveness n. Quality or state of being disruptive. • DISRUPTIVE n. causing disruption. |
| PREDISCOVERIES | • prediscoveries n. Plural of prediscovery. • PREDISCOVERY n. a preliminary discovery. |
| SUPERCIVILISED | • supercivilised adj. Alternative form of supercivilized. • SUPERCIVILISED adj. extremely civilised, also SUPERCIVILIZED. |
| DESCRIPTIVENESS | • descriptiveness n. The characteristic of being descriptive. • DESCRIPTIVE n. serving to describe. |
| OVERSPECIALISED | • overspecialised v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspecialise. • OVERSPECIALISE v. to specialise to excess, also OVERSPECIALIZE. |
| POSTDIVESTITURE | • postdivestiture adj. After divestiture. • POSTDIVESTITURE adj. taking place after divestiture. |
| VESPERTILIONIDS | • vespertilionids n. Plural of vespertilionid. • VESPERTILIONID n. a member of the Vespertilionidae. |