| DIMINUTIVELY | • diminutively adv. In a diminutive manner. • DIMINUTIVE adv. small. |
| DIVERTICULUM | • diverticulum n. (Anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder. • DIVERTICULUM n. a blind passage or tunnel. |
| EVOLUTIONISM | • evolutionism n. (Countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms. • evolutionism n. (Uncountable) The belief in the universal presence of evolution. • evolutionism n. (Uncountable) The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism). |
| ILLUMINATIVE | • illuminative adj. Of, capable of, or causing illumination. • ILLUMINATIVE adj. of, relating to, or producing illumination. |
| IMPUTATIVELY | • imputatively adv. In an imputative fashion or manner. • IMPUTATIVE adv. transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
| MANIPULATIVE | • manipulative adj. Using manipulation purposefully. • manipulative adj. Tending to manipulate. • manipulative adj. (Derogatory) Reaching one’s goals at the expense of other people by using them. |
| MULTISERVICE | • multiservice adj. Pertaining to or offering more than one type of service. • MULTISERVICE adj. involving or serving more than one of the armed services. |
| MULTIVARIATE | • multivariate adj. Having or involving multiple variables. • multivariate n. (Mathematics) A vector, each of whose elements is a variate. • MULTIVARIATE adj. having or involving a number of independent mathematical or statistical variables. |
| MULTIVERSITY | • multiversity n. A kind of modern, large-scale university, open to all, proposed by Clark Kerr in the 1960s. • MULTIVERSITY n. a major university. |
| MULTIVOLTINE | • multivoltine adj. (Biology) Having several broods or generations in a year. • multivoltine n. (Biology) A multivoltine organism. • MULTIVOLTINE adj. having several broods in one season. |
| PLUVIOMETRIC | • pluviometric adj. Related to pluviometry. • PLUVIOMETRIC adj. relating to pluviometry, the measurement of rainfall, also PLUVIOMETRICAL. |
| RUMINATIVELY | • ruminatively adv. In a ruminative way. • RUMINATIVE adv. tending to ruminate. |
| SIMULATIVELY | • simulatively adv. In a simulative manner. • SIMULATIVE adv. relating to simulation. |
| STIMULATIVES | • stimulatives n. Plural of stimulative. • STIMULATIVE n. a stimulative substance. |
| VERMICULITES | • vermiculites n. Plural of vermiculite. • VERMICULITE n. an altered form of mica that expands greatly at high-temperature, forming a water-absorbent substance used in seed-planting. |
| VERTICILLIUM | • verticillium n. Any of many fungi, of the genus Verticillium, that cause wilt in plants. • VERTICILLIUM n. a fungus some species of which cause plant disease. |