(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentist
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
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.
disprovement
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
impoverished
impoverished
adj
Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
Reduced to poverty.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impoverish
improvidences
improvidences
noun
plural of improvidence
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
improvisedly
mediopassive
mediopassive
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.
noun
(grammar) A mediopassive construction; a phrase that uses the mediopassive voice.
misdescriptive
misdescriptive
adj
(law) In United States trademark law, tending to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark.
misdeveloped
misdeveloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misdevelop
misdevelops
misdevelops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdevelop
misimproved
misimproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misimprove
misperceived
misperceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misperceive
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misprovidence
misprovoked
overcompensated
overcompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate
overdistempered
overemphasized
overemphasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize
overimposed
overimposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overimpose
overimpressed
overimpressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overimpress
overpromised
overpromised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpromise
oversimplified
oversimplified
adj
Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed.
verb
past participle of oversimplify
ovispermiduct
plumsteadville
postdevelopmental
postdevelopmental
adj
That follows development
postmediaeval
postmedieval
postmedieval
adj
After the Middle Ages.
preadministrative
preadvertisement
preadvertisement
noun
advertisement in advance
predemonstrative
premedievalism
primulaveroside
providentialism
pseudocompetitive
pseudocompetitively
pseudomedieval
pseudomedieval
adj
Seemingly, but not actually, medieval; resembling the Middle Ages, or something from that era.
pseudomedievally
pseudoprimitive
pseudoprimitivism
pseudovelum
pseudovelum
noun
A velarium that resembles a velum
pseudovum
pseudovum
noun
(zoology) An egg-like germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization.
redevelopments
redevelopments
noun
plural of redevelopment
semideveloped
semideveloped
adj
Half or partly developed.
semipreserved
semiproductive
semiproductive
adj
Somewhat or partly productive.
semiproductively
semiproductively
adv
In a semiproductive manner.
semiproductiveness
semiproductivity
semiproductivity
noun
The quality of being semiproductive.
sempervirid
sempervirid
adj
(obsolete) sempervirent; evergreen
spermoviduct
superdevelopment
superdevelopment
noun
(mathematics) A particular form or development
superimproved
superindividualism
superindividualism
noun
Extreme individualism
unimpoverished
unimpoverished
adj
Not impoverished.
unimprovedness
unimprovised
unimprovised
adj
Not improvised.
vapidism
vapidism
noun
(rare) vapidity
vasoepididymostomy
vasoepididymostomy
noun
(surgery) A kind of surgery by which vasectomies are reversed, involving connection of the severed vas deferens to the epididymis.