ACQUISITIVE | • acquisitive adj. (Obsolete) Acquired. • acquisitive adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring. • acquisitive adj. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information. |
DILUVIALISM | • diluvialism n. The explaining of geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • DILUVIALISM n. a belief in Noah's flood. |
DILUVIALIST | • diluvialist n. (Historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • Diluvialist n. Alternative letter-case form of diluvialist. • DILUVIALIST n. one who believes in Noah's flood. |
DIMINUTIVAL | • diminutival adj. Indicating diminution; diminutive. • DIMINUTIVAL adj. relating to or like a diminutive. |
HUMILIATIVE | • humiliative adj. (Grammar) Serving to lower one’s own or another’s status. • humiliative n. (Grammar) A construct that serves to lower one’s own or another’s status. • HUMILIATIVE adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATORY. |
ILLUVIATING | • illuviating v. Present participle of illuviate. • ILLUVIATE v. to deposit illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
ILLUVIATION | • illuviation n. (Geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum. • ILLUVIATION n. the accumulation of illuvium. |
INDIVIDUALS | • individuals n. Plural of individual. • INDIVIDUAL n. a single human being as contrasted with a social group or institution. |
INDIVIDUATE | • individuate v. (Transitive) To make, or cause to appear, individual. • individuate adj. Undivided. • INDIVIDUATE v. to give individuality to. |
INSINUATIVE | • insinuative adj. Tending to insinuate; insinuating. • INSINUATIVE adj. serving to insinuate. |
VISUALISING | • visualising v. Present participle of visualise. • VISUALISE v. to call up a clear visual image, also VISUALIZE. |
VISUALITIES | • visualities n. Plural of visuality. • VISUALITY n. (Carlyle) the state of being visible to the mind. |
VISUALIZING | • visualizing v. Present participle of visualize. • VISUALIZE v. to call up a clear visual image, also VISUALISE. |