(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.
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
amphivorous
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
avellaneous
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.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
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.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
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
covarrubias
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
eluviations
eluviations
noun
plural of eluviation
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocates
equivocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
gravaminous
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
jugoslavian
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
levulosuria
marvelously
marvelously
adv
Alternative form of marvellously
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
muscovadite
noctivagous
noctivagous
adj
Wandering at night; nightwandering, noctivagant.
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonvalorous
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nonvascular
nonvascular
adj
not vascular
nonvisually
nonvisually
adv
In a nonvisual way.
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
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.
outachieves
outachieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outachieve
outsavoring
overabounds
overabounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overabound
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overabusive
overanxious
overanxious
adj
Excessively anxious or nervous.
overarousal
overarousal
noun
excessive arousal
overaroused
overaroused
adj
Excessively aroused
overarouses
overassumed
overassured
overassured
adj
Excessively assured.
overbashful
overbashful
adj
Excessively bashful.
overcaustic
overexhaust
overjealous
overjealous
adj
Excessively jealous.
Misspelling of overzealous.
overmeasure
overmeasure
noun
Excessive measure; surplus.
verb
To measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.
oversaucing
oversaucing
verb
present participle of oversauce
overslaughs
overslaughs
noun
plural of overslaugh
overusually
overzealous
overzealous
adj
Too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent.
ovicapsular
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
papovavirus
papovavirus
noun
(archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals.
pervouralsk
photovisual
photovisual
adj
(astronomy) Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
(optics) Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.
primevarous
provascular
provascular
adj
(biology) Relating to the procambium
pseudovelar
pubovesical
pubovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rotaviruses
rotaviruses
noun
plural of rotavirus
saviourhood
saviourhood
noun
The status of being a saviour.
saviourship
saviourship
noun
The dignity or office of a saviour.
savouriness
savouriness
noun
Alternative form of savoriness
savouringly
savouringly
adv
With savour; enjoying the taste of something.
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
subadvocate
subadvocate
noun
An under or subordinate advocate.
sublevation
sublevation
noun
An insurrection, an uprising.
The act of raising on high; elevation.
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subsynovial
subsynovial
adj
Beneath the synovium
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
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.
togaviruses
togaviruses
noun
plural of togavirus
travelogues
travelogues
noun
plural of travelogue
trouvailles
trouvailles
noun
plural of trouvaille
uncavernous
undersavior
unflavorous
unisolative
unmarvelous
unmarvelous
adj
Not marvelous.
unobservant
unobservant
adj
Not observant.
unrivalrous
unrivalrous
adj
Not rivalrous.
unsavoredly
unsavourily
unsavourily
adv
In an unsavoury manner.
unvacuously
unvasculous
unveracious
unveracious
adj
Fake, imitation.
Not veracious; untruthful; false.
unvexatious
unvexatious
adj
Not vexatious.
unvicarious
unvisionary
unvisionary
adj
Not visionary.
unvivacious
unvivacious
adj
Not vivacious.
unvocalised
unvocalised
adj
Alternative spelling of unvocalized
unvoracious
unvoracious
adj
Not voracious.
uvulatomies
uvulatomies
noun
plural of uvulatomy
vaccigenous
vacuousness
vacuousness
noun
the quality of being vacuous
vagariously
vagariously
adv
In a vagarious manner.
valviferous
valviferous
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the valviferans.
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.
vasculiform
vasculiform
adj
vascular in form; shaped like a vessel
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
veraciously
veraciously
adv
In a veracious manner; honestly; truthfully.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vernaculous
vernaculous
adj
(obsolete) vernacular
(obsolete, Latinism) scoffing; scurrilous
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.
villanously
vinoacetous
vivaciously
vivaciously
adv
In a vivacious manner.
voluntaries
voluntaries
noun
plural of voluntary
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.