| 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. |
| DIAPOSITIVES | • diapositives n. Plural of diapositive. • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISPENSATIVE | • dispensative adj. Granting dispensation. • DISPENSATIVE adj. granting dispensation. |
| 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. |
| POSTDILUVIANS | • postdiluvians n. Plural of postdiluvian. • POSTDILUVIAN n. someone or something occurring in such a period. |
| VELOCIPEDISTS | • velocipedists n. Plural of velocipedist. • VELOCIPEDIST n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDEAN, VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIAN. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DISPENSATIVELY | • dispensatively adv. By dispensation. • DISPENSATIVE adv. granting dispensation. |
| DISRUPTIVENESS | • disruptiveness n. Quality or state of being disruptive. • DISRUPTIVE n. causing disruption. |
| DESCRIPTIVENESS | • descriptiveness n. The characteristic of being descriptive. • DESCRIPTIVE n. serving to describe. |
| DISPUTATIVENESS | • disputativeness n. The quality of being disputative. • DISPUTATIVE n. inclined to dispute. |
| POSTDIVESTITURE | • postdivestiture adj. After divestiture. • POSTDIVESTITURE adj. taking place after divestiture. |
| VESPERTILIONIDS | • vespertilionids n. Plural of vespertilionid. • VESPERTILIONID n. a member of the Vespertilionidae. |