A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
amphivorous
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arnaudville
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avicularium
avicularium
noun
(biology) A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bourneville
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
bunkerville
burgraviate
burgraviate
noun
The territory of a burgrave.
burkesville
burneyville
butlerville
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
carludovica
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
caulivorous
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
churchreeve
churchville
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumviate
circumvolve
circumvolve
verb
(intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
(transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
coruscative
corvillosum
couniversal
counterlove
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countervene
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
countervote
countervote
noun
A vote that goes against another.
verb
To balance or overcome by voting.
To vote against.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
covarrubias
crinivorous
crouseville
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
culverhouse
culverhouse
noun
a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate
culverineer
culverineer
noun
The operator of a culverin.
curllsville
curryfavour
cursiveness
cursiveness
noun
The state or quality of being cursive.
curtisville
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
curvilineal
curvilineal
adj
(Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
curvilinear
curvilinear
adj
(geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.
(of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
curvinerved
curvinerved
adj
(botany) Having the ribs or veins of the leaves curved.
curviserial
curviserial
adj
(botany) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
decursively
decursively
adv
(botany) In a decursive manner.
decurvation
decurvature
destructive
destructive
adj
(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
Causing breakdown or disassembly.
Causing destruction; damaging.
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
devulgarize
devulgarize
verb
(transitive) To free from what is vulgar or common.
discoursive
discoursive
adj
discursive
of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
diverticula
divestiture
divestiture
noun
The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
echoviruses
echoviruses
noun
plural of echovirus
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
erucivorous
excursively
excursively
adv
In an excursive manner.
excurvation
excurvature
expurgative
extraovular
extraovular
adj
Outside the egg
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
flavorfully
flavorfully
adv
In a flavorful manner.
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
florivorous
florivorous
adj
That eats flowers
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
forevouched
forevouched
adj
Avowed or affirmed in advance.
frivolously
frivolously
adv
In a frivolous manner
frugivorous
frugivorous
adj
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
furtiveness
furtiveness
noun
The quality of being furtive.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
gardevisure
gerundively
gerundively
adv
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
granulative
gravaminous
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
guerneville
handgravure
harveysburg
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
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.
hircocervus
hircocervus
noun
(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
hurleyville
hypervolume
hypervolume
noun
(geometry) A volume in more than three dimensions.
incurvating
incurvating
verb
present participle of incurvate
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
incurvature
incurvature
noun
curvature; curving
innutritive
innutritive
adj
(archaic) Lacking in nutrition.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
insistuvree
instructive
instructive
adj
Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
noun
(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
interdevour
interdevour
verb
(rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.
interfluves
interfluves
noun
plural of interfluve
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
intervenium
intervolute
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.