| 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. |
| IMPOVERISHING | • impoverishing v. Present participle of impoverish. • IMPOVERISH v. to make poor, also EMPOVERISH. |
| 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. |
| MILLISIEVERTS | • millisieverts n. Plural of millisievert. • MILLISIEVERT n. one thousandth of a sievert. |
| MISDELIVERIES | • misdeliveries n. Plural of misdelivery. |
| MISDELIVERING | • misdelivering v. Present participle of misdeliver. |
| MISPERCEIVING | • misperceiving v. Present participle of misperceive. • MISPERCEIVE v. to perceive wrongly. |
| PARVANIMITIES | • parvanimities n. Plural of parvanimity. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAE | • primigravidae n. Plural of primigravida. • primigravidæ n. Archaic form of primigravidae (plural of primigravida). • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| PRIMITIVENESS | • primitiveness n. The quality or state of being primitive. • PRIMITIVENESS n. the state of being primitive. |
| PRIMITIVITIES | • primitivities n. Plural of primitivity. • PRIMITIVITY n. the state of being primitive. |
| PRIMOGENITIVE | • primogenitive n. (Obsolete) primogeniture. • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
| RECRIMINATIVE | • recriminative adj. Recriminatory. • RECRIMINATIVE adj. relating to recrimination. |
| REVICTIMIZING | • revictimizing v. Present participle of revictimize. |
| VERISIMILARLY | • verisimilarly adv. In a verisimilar way; suggesting truthfulness. • VERISIMILAR adv. seeming real or true. |
| VERTICILLIUMS | • VERTICILLIUM n. a fungus some species of which cause plant disease. |
| VISCOSIMETRIC | • viscosimetric adj. Alternative form of viscometric. • VISCOSIMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by viscosimeter, an instrument for measuring viscosity, also VISCOSIMETRICAL. |
| VIVISECTORIUM | • vivisectorium n. A place or laboratory where vivisection is performed. • VIVISECTORIUM n. a place for vivisection. |