(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
developist
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentist
deviascope
devilship
devilship
noun
The character or person of a devil or Satan.
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
diapositives
diapositives
noun
plural of diapositive
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disapprovable
disapprovable
adj
Able or suitable to be disapproved.
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapprovals
disapprovals
noun
plural of disapproval
disapprove
disapprove
verb
(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
(transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapprovers
disapprovers
noun
plural of disapprover
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
disapproving
disapproving
verb
present participle of disapprove
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
discerptive
discerptive
adj
Tending to separate or disunite parts.
disciplinative
disciplinative
adj
disciplinary
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
disimprovement
disimprovement
noun
(informal, rare, influenced by the German noun Verschlimmbesserung) attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
dispansive
dispensative
dispensative
adj
Granting dispensation.
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
dispensive
dispersive
dispersive
adj
That becomes dispersed
That causes dispersion
dispersively
dispersively
adv
In a dispersive way.
With regard to dispersion.
dispersiveness
dispersiveness
noun
The quality of being dispersive.
displuviate
disportive
dispositive
dispositive
adj
(Euro-English or non-native speakers' English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum.
(obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination.
Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter).
noun
Alternative form of dispositif
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
disprivacied
disprivacied
adj
(poetic, rare) Deprived of privacy.
disprivilege
disprivilege
noun
The state of lacking privileges, or being underprivileged.
verb
To deprive of a privilege or privileges.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
disproval
disproval
noun
The act of disproving; disproof.
disprove
disprove
verb
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
disproved
disproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disprove
disprovement
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
disprover
disprover
noun
One who disproves.
disproves
disproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprove
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
dispunitive
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
disputativeness
disputativeness
noun
The quality of being disputative.
disrespective
disrespective
adj
(obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
disruptiveness
disruptiveness
noun
Quality or state of being disruptive.
dissipative
dissipative
adj
That dissipates, or causes dissipation
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
disvelop
disvelop
verb
Obsolete form of develop.
diversipedate
diversisporous
divinityship
divinityship
noun
The skill or knowledge of divinity.
The status of being divine.
drivership
eavesdrip
eavesdrip
noun
Synonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”)
Synonym of eavesdrop (“the space around a house on which such water drips”)
eavesdropping
eavesdropping
noun
(telecommunications) The interception of electronic communication.
(zoology) The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
verb
present participle of eavesdrop
electrodispersive
electrodispersive
adj
Relating to electrodispersion.
electropercussive
electropositive
electropositive
adj
(chemistry) tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond
having a positive electric charge
noun
(dated, chemistry, physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
elisavetpol
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
eruptiveness
eruptiveness
Noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
eruptives
eruptives
noun
plural of eruptive
espressivo
espressivo
adv
(music) To be played in an expressive manner.
evangelistship
evangelistship
noun
The role or status of an evangelist.
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
evapotranspiration
evapotranspiration
noun
The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.
eversporting
evilspeaker
evilspeaking
exasperative
exasperative
adj
(archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance
exceptiveness
executiveship
executiveship
noun
The state or business of an executive.
expansive
expansive
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
Able to be expanded.
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Talkative and sociable.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansiveness
expansiveness
noun
The state of being expansive.
expansivenesses
expansivenesses
noun
plural of expansiveness
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expensive
expensive
adj
(computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Having a high price or cost.
expensively
expensively
adv
In an expensive manner.
expensiveness
expensiveness
noun
The state of being expensive; the entailing of great expense.
expletiveness
expletiveness
noun
The quality of being expletive.
expletives
expletives
noun
plural of expletive
explorativeness
explorativeness
noun
The condition of being explorative
explosive
explosive
adj
(figurative) Shocking; startling.
(slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
Having the character of an explosion.
With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
noun
(linguistics, dated) A plosive.
Any explosive substance.
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
explosiveness
explosiveness
noun
The state of being explosive.
explosives
explosives
noun
plural of explosive
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
expositively
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expressive
expressive
adj
Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
noun
(linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.
(linguistics, more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.
expressively
expressively
adv
In an expressive manner.
expressiveness
expressiveness
noun
The quality or degree of being expressive.
expressivenesses
expressivenesses
noun
plural of expressiveness
expressivism
expressivism
noun
(philosophy, ethics) The doctrine that moral statements such as "this is wrong" express a moral evaluation rather than a statement of fact
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
expulsive
expulsive
adj
Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
extrospective
extrospective
adj
Involving extrospection.
fivepins
fivepins
noun
The game of fivepin bowling.
plural of fivepin
foreprovision
galvanoplastic
galvanoplastic
adj
Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty.
galvanoplastical
galvanoplastical
adj
galvanoplastic
galvanoplastically
galvanoplastically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
galvanoplastics
galvanoplastics
noun
Synonym of galvanoplasty
galvanopsychic
galvanopsychic
adj
(historical) Of or relating to a psychoanalysis technique using a galvanometer to measure the patient's responses to certain words.
galvanoscopic
galvanoscopic
adj
Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope.
galvanotropism
galvanotropism
noun
(biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field
geopositive
geopositive
adj
Having a positive geotropic response.
governorship
governorship
noun
The office, or the term of a governor.
governorships
governorships
noun
plural of governorship
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
graveship
gravipause
gravisphere
gravispheric
grieveship
harpersville
harpursville
havenership
havenership
noun
The role or status of havener.
herpesvirus
herpesvirus
noun
Any of the family Herpesviridae, double-stranded DNA viruses, many of which are responsible for diseases such as chickenpox, herpes simplex, and shingles, and others affecting animals.