(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
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.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
deformative
demandative
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
imbreviated
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
maladaptive
maladaptive
adj
(evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
(psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
maledictive
manuductive
medievalist
medievalist
noun
one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages
metavanadic
mordicative
mordicative
adj
Biting; corrosive.
multivalued
multivalued
adj
(mathematics) Of a function, associating one or more values of its range with each value of its domain.
multivalved
multivalved
adj
Having more than one valve.
mundivagant
mundivagant
adj
(formal) Wandering across the world.
muscovadite
overmatched
overmatched
adj
Outclassed; unable to compete
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmatch
remotivated
remotivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of remotivate
semistarved
semistarved
adj
Half-starved.
unmediative
unmotivated
unmotivated
adj
For which there is no motive.
Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel.
vitaminized
vitaminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vitaminize