(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
bremerhaven
carminative
carminative
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
carnivorism
carnivorism
noun
The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
deliveryman
deliveryman
noun
Someone employed to make deliveries.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
engravement
engravement
noun
Any engraved work.
Engraving.
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
germinative
germinative
adj
Having the ability to germinate
Of or pertaining to germination
graminivore
graminivore
noun
An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
gravaminous
gravemaking
hermanville
infirmative
infirmative
adj
(obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.
informative
informative
adj
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
(obsolete) Formative; having power to form.
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
inverminate
madeiravine
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
maneuverers
maneuverers
noun
plural of maneuverer
maneuvering
maneuvering
noun
(US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers
verb
(US) present participle of maneuver
maneuvrable
maneuvrable
adj
Alternative form of maneuverable
manoeuvered
manoeuvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
mantorville
mantorville
Proper noun
a small city in Minnesota, USA
marcheshvan
marcheshvan
Proper noun
Cheshvan
margravines
margravines
noun
plural of margravine
marienville
marionville
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
menservants
menservants
noun
plural of manservant
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
merovingian
merovingian
Noun
One of a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.
Adjective
Of or relating to this dynasty.
mesoventral
mesoventral
adj
mesial and ventral
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
misaventeur
misaverring
misendeavor
monovariant
monovariant
noun
(mathematics) A variable whose value changes in one direction only (gets either larger or smaller)
moravianism
moravianism
Proper noun
The religious system of the Moravians.
morganville
normalville
normatively
normatively
adv
In a normative manner or context.
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
overambling
overblaming
overblaming
verb
present participle of overblame
overcommand
overgarment
overgarment
noun
A garment normally worn over other garments.
overheadman
overmagnify
overmagnify
verb
To magnify too much.
overmanaged
overmanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmanage
overmanages
overmanages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmanage
overmanning
overmanning
verb
present participle of overman
overmantels
overmantels
noun
plural of overmantel
overmarking
overmarking
verb
present participle of overmark
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
overwomanly
overwomanly
adj
Excessively womanly.
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
prepavement
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
ransomville
ravagements
ravagements
noun
plural of ravagement
ravishments
ravishments
noun
plural of ravishment
revanchisms
revanchisms
noun
plural of revanchism
revealments
revealments
noun
plural of revealment
slavemonger
slavemonger
noun
A person who deals in slaves.
terminative
terminative
adj
(linguistics) of, or relating to the terminative case
of, or relating to the termination of something
noun
a word in the terminative case
the terminative case
transmutive
transmutive
adj
That transmutes something.
transversum
unformative
unformative
adj
Not formative.
unmarveling
unmarveling
adj
Not marveling.
unmarvelous
unmarvelous
adj
Not marvelous.
unmigrative
unnormative
unravelment
unravelment
noun
The act of unravelling.
The state of being unravelled.
unremovable
unremovable
adj
Unable to be removed.
unremovably
unremovably
adv
Such that it cannot be removed.
vacciniform
vacciniform
adj
(medicine) Resembling vaccinia, or cowpox.
vaginometer
vaginometer
noun
(medicine) An instrument for measuring the vagina.
vanguardism
vanguardism
noun
(politics) The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself at the centre of a revolutionary movement and steer it in a direction consistent with its ideology.
varnashrama
varnishment
varnishment
noun
(archaic) The act or process of embellishing something in order to make it more attractive.
ventralmost
ventralmost
adj
Most ventral.
ventrimesal
ventrimesal
adj
Alternative form of ventromesal
ventromesal
ventromesal
adj
ventral and mesal
verbomaniac
verbomaniac
noun
A lover of words; a logophile.
verminating
verminating
verb
present participle of verminate
vermination
vermination
noun
(archaic) A griping of the bowels.
(archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin.
versemaking
versemaking
noun
The composition of verses; poetry-writing.
vestmentary
vestrymanly
vicarianism
vicarianism
noun
The biogeographical theory that vicariance is responsible for the differences between species.
violinmaker
violinmaker
noun
Alternative form of violin maker
voluntarism
voluntarism
noun
(US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
(philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.
(politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
vomeronasal
vomeronasal
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or situated near the vomer bone between the nose and the mouth