| 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. |
| DESILVERISING | • desilverising v. Present participle of desilverise. • DESILVERISE v. to remove the silver from, also DESILVERIZE. |
| DISPRIVILEGES | • disprivileges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprivilege. • DISPRIVILEGE v. to deprive of a privilege. |
| DISTRIBUTIVES | • distributives n. Plural of distributive. • DISTRIBUTIVE n. a distributive word, like each or every, that indicates the several individuals of a number taken separately. |
| DITRANSITIVES | • ditransitives n. Plural of ditransitive. • DITRANSITIVE n. a verb able to take both a direct and an indirect object. |
| DIVERSIONISTS | • diversionists n. Plural of diversionist. • DIVERSIONIST n. one engaged in diversionary activities. |
| INTRANSITIVES | • intransitives n. Plural of intransitive. • INTRANSITIVE n. a type of verb. |
| MILLISIEVERTS | • millisieverts n. Plural of millisievert. • MILLISIEVERT n. one thousandth of a sievert. |
| MISDELIVERIES | • misdeliveries n. Plural of misdelivery. |
| PRIMITIVENESS | • primitiveness n. The quality or state of being primitive. • PRIMITIVENESS n. the state of being primitive. |
| RELATIVITISTS | • relativitists n. Plural of relativitist. • RELATIVITIST n. a person who studies or accepts relativity. |
| RESISTIVITIES | • resistivities n. Plural of resistivity. • RESISTIVITY n. the longitudinal electrical resistance of a uniform rod of unit length and unit cross-sectional area. |
| REVISITATIONS | • revisitations n. Plural of revisitation. • REVISITATION n. the act of revisiting. |
| VERSABILITIES | • VERSABILITY n. (obsolete) aptness to be turned around. |
| VERSATILITIES | • versatilities n. Plural of versatility. • VERSATILITY n. the state of being versatile. |
| VISCOSIMETRIC | • viscosimetric adj. Alternative form of viscometric. • VISCOSIMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by viscosimeter, an instrument for measuring viscosity, also VISCOSIMETRICAL. |
| VISIONARINESS | • visionariness n. The state or condition of being visionary. • VISIONARINESS n. the state of being visionary. |