plural of determinable

(law) A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. "so long as", "until", "while") which causes ownership of a property to revert to the grantor upon the occurrence of that condition.

plural of fee simple determinable

plural of deteriorationist

A belief that things tend to grow progressively worse.

A proponent of deteriorationism; one who believes that things tend to grow worse.

The hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine the majority of psychological and behavioural traits.

In a manner that makes worse.

The active property of a detergent

The active property of a detergent