Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.
Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
stimulative
stimulative
adj
Having a stimulating effect.
noun
(obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive.
suasiveness
suasiveness
noun
(rare) The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
Persuasiveness.
suavenesses
subadditive
subadditive
adj
(of a function) Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum of the images of the summands.
subadvocate
subadvocate
noun
An under or subordinate advocate.
subcavities
subcavities
noun
plural of subcavity
subclavians
subclavians
noun
plural of subclavian
subcreative
subcreative
adj
Relating to subcreation.
subcurative
subcurative
adj
(medicine) Insufficient to effect a cure.
subinterval
subinterval
noun
Any of several smaller intervals into which a larger one is divided
sublevation
sublevation
noun
An insurrection, an uprising.
The act of raising on high; elevation.
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subpavement
subserviate
subserviate
verb
To make subservient
To subordinate
substantive
substantive
adj
(by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
(chemistry) of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
(grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
(law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
(military, of a rank or appointment) actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
Depending on itself; independent.
Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
of the essence or essential element of a thing.
noun
(grammar) Clipping of noun substantive.
Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
verb
(grammar, very rare) to make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun
substrative
subsynovial
subsynovial
adj
Beneath the synovium
subtractive
subtractive
adj
Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
Of or pertaining to subtraction.
subvarietal
subvarietal
adj
Relating to a subvariety.
subvertical
subvertical
adj
Partly or not quite vertical.
subvocalize
subvocalize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To form (words or statements) in thought and express them inwardly without uttering them aloud.
suffocative
suffocative
adj
Tending or able to choke or stifle.
sugarloaves
sugarloaves
noun
plural of sugarloaf
sulfovinate
superactive
superactive
adj
Highly active.
superlative
superlative
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.
Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
noun
(grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
(informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something.
superoctave
superoctave
noun
(music) A coupler in the organ by means of which is sounded an octave higher than the one struck.
(music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal.
(music) The octave above another.
supervalued
supervastly
supervisual
supervisual
adj
Beyond the threshold of vision, thus invisible.
Of or relating to supervision.
Strongly or predominantly visual.
supplicavit
supplicavit
noun
(law, historical) A writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person.
suppurative
suppurative
adj
(medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
noun
A medicine that causes suppuration.
surveillant
surveillant
adj
overseeing; watchful
noun
One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
survivalism
survivalism
noun
A belief, expressed by survivalists, in being prepared to survive disasters and cataclysms including the collapse of civilization.
survivalist
survivalist
noun
A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order.
survivances
survivances
noun
plural of survivance
suspirative
sylvanesque
sylvanesque
adj
Reminiscent of the forest or woods.
togaviruses
togaviruses
noun
plural of togavirus
transfusive
transfusive
adj
able to transfuse
transmutive
transmutive
adj
That transmutes something.
transvalued
transvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of transvalue
transvalues
transvalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transvalue
transversum
transversus
travelogues
travelogues
noun
plural of travelogue
trouvailles
trouvailles
noun
plural of trouvaille
turishcheva
ultrasevere
ultrasevere
adj
Extremely severe; of utmost severity.
unabusively
unabusively
adv
In a way that is not abusive.
unadmissive
unadversely
unadvisable
unadvisable
adj
(archaic) Imprudent.
(archaic) Unwilling to take advice.
Inadvisable.
unadvisably
unadvisably
adv
Alternative form of inadvisably
unadvisedly
unadvisedly
adv
In an unadvised manner.
unarrestive
unaspersive
unassentive
unassertive
unassertive
adj
Not assertive
unassuasive
unbraveness
uncanvassed
uncanvassed
adj
Not canvassed.
uncausative
uncavernous
uncrevassed
uncrevassed
adj
Without crevasses.
undersavior
undervalues
undervalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undervalue
undervassal
undevisable
unevasively
unexpansive
unexpansive
Adjective
Not expansive.
unflavorous
unharvested
unharvested
adj
Not harvested
unheaviness
unheaviness
noun
The quality of being unheavy.
unisolative
universalia
universalis
universally
universally
adv
By everyone or by the vast majority of people.
In a universal manner.
universitas
unmarvelous
unmarvelous
adj
Not marvelous.
unobservant
unobservant
adj
Not observant.
unpassively
unpervasive
unpulsative
unravishing
unravishing
adj
Not ravishing.
unrivalrous
unrivalrous
adj
Not rivalrous.
unsalivated
unsalivated
adj
Not exposed to the action of saliva.
unsavoredly
unsavourily
unsavourily
adv
In an unsavoury manner.
unscavenged
unscavenged
adj
That has not been scavenged
unseverable
unseverable
adj
That cannot be severed.
unshaveable
unshaveable
adj
Rare form of unshavable.
unsiccative
unstaveable
unswervable
unswervable
adj
Not swervable.
untraversed
untraversed
adj
That has not been traversed; unexplored.
unvacuously
unvagueness
unvalidness
unvanishing
unvanishing
adj
That does not vanish.
unvarnished
unvarnished
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.
Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment).
unvasculous
unveracious
unveracious
adj
Fake, imitation.
Not veracious; untruthful; false.
unversatile
unversatile
adj
Not versatile.
unvexatious
unvexatious
adj
Not vexatious.
unvicarious
unvisionary
unvisionary
adj
Not visionary.
unvisitable
unvisitable
adj
(obsolete) Unsuitable for visiting.
Not visitable; that cannot be visited.
unvitalness
unvivacious
unvivacious
adj
Not vivacious.
unvocalised
unvocalised
adj
Alternative spelling of unvocalized
unvoracious
unvoracious
adj
Not voracious.
unvulgarise
unvulgarise
verb
Alternative form of unvulgarize
upheavalist
upheavalist
noun
A proponent of upheavalism.
uvulatomies
uvulatomies
noun
plural of uvulatomy
vaccigenous
vacuousness
vacuousness
noun
the quality of being vacuous
vagariously
vagariously
adv
In a vagarious manner.
vaguenesses
vaguenesses
noun
plural of vagueness
valviferous
valviferous
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the valviferans.
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.
vanguardist
vanguardist
noun
A proponent of vanguardism.
vanquishers
vanquishers
noun
plural of vanquisher
vanquishing
vanquishing
verb
present participle of vanquish
vapourising
vapourising
verb
present participle of vapourise
vapourously
vapourously
adv
Rare spelling of vaporously.
varicellous
varicellous
adj
Having or relating to the disease varicella.
variousness
variousness
noun
The state or property of being various.
vascularity
vascularity
noun
(bodybuilding): The degree to which the veins in a body part are visible.
Vascular condition; vasculature.
vascularize
vascularize
verb
To supply with, or to acquire vessels (that conduct fluid)
vasculature
vasculature
noun
(anatomy) The arrangement of blood vessels in the body, or within an organ.
vasculiform
vasculiform
adj
vascular in form; shaped like a vessel
vaudevilles
vaudevilles
noun
plural of vaudeville
velamentous
velamentous
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to an abnormal condition during pregnancy in which the umbilical cord inserts into the fetal membranes, then travels within the membranes to the placenta, risking rupture of the exposed vessels.
Veil-like.
venatorious
venatorious
adj
(obsolete) Venatorial.
veneraceous
venezuelans
veraciously
veraciously
adv
In a veracious manner; honestly; truthfully.
verbenarius
verbenarius
noun
(Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A fetial with the ceremonial function of carrying sacred vervain.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vernaculars
vernaculars
noun
plural of vernacular
vernaculous
vernaculous
adj
(obsolete) vernacular
(obsolete, Latinism) scoffing; scurrilous
vesicularia
vesicularly
vesicularly
adv
In terms of, or by means of, vesicles.
vesiculatae
vesiculated
vesiculated
adj
Composed of vesicles; vesicular
vesiculates
vesiculates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vesiculate
vestibulary
vestibulary
adj
Of or relating to a vestibule.
vestibulate
vestibulate
adj
vestibular
vesuvianite
vesuvianite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellow, green or brown mineral, a mixed calcium, magnesium and aluminium silicate sometimes used as a gemstone.
vexatiously
vexatiously
adv
In a vexatious manner; so as to give annoyance.
vicariously
vicariously
adv
In a vicarious manner; indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute; by proxy.
victoriatus
victoriatus
noun
A silver coin, stamped with an image of Victory, minted during the Roman Republic, and valued at half a denarius.