| DETECTIVIST | • DETECTIVIST n. a writer of detective fiction. |
| DIVESTITURE | • divestiture n. The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business. • divestiture n. The process of stripping away a person’s confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them… • DIVESTITURE n. the act of divesting, also DIVESTURE. |
| EMOTIVITIES | • emotivities n. Plural of emotivity. • EMOTIVITY n. emotiveness. |
| FESTIVITIES | • festivities n. Plural of festivity. • FESTIVITY n. conviviality, joyfulness. |
| INTENSATIVE | • intensative adj. (Archaic) Adding intensity; intensifying. • INTENSATIVE adj. giving force or emphasis. • INTENSATIVE n. a word giving emphasis, also INTENSITIVE. |
| INTENSITIVE | • intensitive adj. Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive. • INTENSITIVE adj. giving force or emphasis. • INTENSITIVE n. a word giving emphasis, also INTENSATIVE. |
| INVESTIGATE | • investigate v. (Transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. • investigate v. (Transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret. • investigate v. (Intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination. |
| INVESTITIVE | • investitive adj. (Law) Serving to invest. • INVESTITIVE adj. serving to invest. |
| INVESTITURE | • investiture n. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or… • investiture n. (Specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop… • investiture n. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment. |
| INVITEMENTS | • invitements n. Plural of invitement. • INVITEMENT n. an invitation. |
| RECITATIVES | • recitatives n. Plural of recitative. • RECITATIVE n. a style of musical declamation, between singing and ordinary speech, used esp. in the dialogue and narrative parts of an opera or oratorio, also RECITATIVO. |
| RESTITUTIVE | • restitutive adj. Of or pertaining to restitution; tending to restore to a previous state. • RESTITUTIVE adj. relating to restitution. |
| RESTRICTIVE | • restrictive adj. Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds. • restrictive adj. (Of clothing) limiting free and easy bodily movement. • restrictive n. (Grammar) A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase. |
| SELECTIVITY | • selectivity n. The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective. • selectivity n. The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others. • selectivity n. (Chemistry) Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants… |
| VENTOSITIES | • ventosities n. Plural of ventosity. • VENTOSITY n. the state of being ventose; hence, vainglory; pride. |
| VERTICITIES | • verticities n. Plural of verticity. • VERTICITY n. the power of turning. |