| APPOSITIVES | • appositives n. Plural of appositive. • APPOSITIVE n. a clause in apposition. |
| 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. |
| IMPASSIVITY | • impassivity n. The state of being impassive. • IMPASSIVITY n. the quality of being impassive. |
| OVIPOSITORS | • ovipositors n. Plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ. • OVIPOSITOR n. the organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. |
| PASSIVATING | • passivating v. Present participle of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVATION | • passivation n. (Chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to… • passivation n. (Chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride)… • passivation n. (Control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one. |
| PASSIVITIES | • passivities n. Plural of passivity. • PASSIVITY n. the state of being passive. |
| POSITIVISMS | • positivisms n. Plural of positivism. • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| POSITIVISTS | • positivists n. Plural of positivist. • POSITIVIST n. a believer in positivism. |
| PRIVATISERS | • privatisers n. Plural of privatiser. • PRIVATISER n. one who transfers to private ownership, denationalises, also PRIVATIZER. |
| SUPPOSITIVE | • suppositive adj. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. • suppositive n. A word denoting or implying supposition. • SUPPOSITIVE adj. suppositional. |
| VARITYPISTS | • varitypists n. Plural of varitypist. • VARITYPIST n. one who uses a Varityper machine, a typewriter with variable type. |