CAPTIVITIES | • captivities n. Plural of captivity. • CAPTIVITY n. the state of being captive. |
DIAPOSITIVE | • diapositive n. (Photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images). • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
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. |
IMPULSIVITY | • impulsivity n. The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought. • IMPULSIVITY n. the state of being impulsive. |
INSCRIPTIVE | • inscriptive adj. Bearing an inscription. • inscriptive adj. Of the character or nature of an inscription. • INSCRIPTIVE adj. relating to or constituting an inscription. |
INSPIRATIVE | • inspirative adj. Tending to inspire. • INSPIRATIVE adj. giving inspiration. |
OVIPARITIES | • OVIPARITY n. the production of offspring via eggs. |
OVIPOSITING | • ovipositing v. Present participle of oviposit. • OVIPOSIT v. to lay or deposit eggs, esp. of insects. |
OVIPOSITION | • oviposition n. The process of laying eggs. • OVIPOSITION n. the act of ovipositing. |
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. |
PREVISITING | • previsiting v. Present participle of previsit. • PREVISIT v. to visit beforehand. |
PRIMITIVISM | • primitivism n. The state or quality of being primitive. • primitivism n. The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated… • primitivism n. Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms. |
PRIMITIVIST | • primitivist adj. Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms. • primitivist n. A proponent of primitivism. • PRIMITIVIST n. one who practises primitivism, the doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best. |
PRIVATISING | • privatising v. Present participle of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |