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
burgraviate
burgraviate
noun
The territory of a burgrave.
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
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
circumviate
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
couniversal
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.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
covarrubias
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
curryfavour
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.
curviserial
curviserial
adj
(botany) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
decurvation
decurvature
devulgarize
devulgarize
verb
(transitive) To free from what is vulgar or common.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
diverticula
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
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.
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.
flavorfully
flavorfully
adv
In a flavorful manner.
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
gardevisure
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
granulative
gravaminous
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
handgravure
harveysburg
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
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
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.
inveracious
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
invulnerate
invulnerate
adj
(obsolete) invulnerable
juvenocracy
juvenolatry
katharevusa
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
laevogyrous
laevogyrous
adj
Alternative form of levogyrous
larvicolous
larvicolous
Adjective
That lives parasitically within the body of a larva
larvigerous
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
larvivorous
larvivorous
adj
(chiefly of fish) That feed on the larvae of insects
laurelville
levulosuria
loreauville
lubricative
lubricative
adj
Assisting, or relating to, lubrication.
lucratively
lucratively
adv
In a lucrative manner, profitably.
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
marvelously
marvelously
adv
Alternative form of marvellously
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
misaventeur
moreauville
multiovular
murrayville
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonvalorous
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nonvascular
nonvascular
adj
not vascular
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outsavoring
outtraveled
ovariotubal
overabounds
overabounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overabound