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.
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
attenuative
attenuative
adj
(brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
austinville
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bonaventura
bonaventure
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
conjugative
conjugative
adj
Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
conjunctiva
conjunctiva
noun
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
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.
culminative
cultivating
cultivating
verb
present participle of cultivate
cultivation
cultivation
noun
Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
decurvation
devaluating
devaluating
verb
present participle of devaluate
devaluation
devaluation
noun
(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
Depreciation.
The removal or lessening of something's value.
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
divulgating
divulgating
verb
present participle of divulgate
divulgation
divulgation
noun
The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.
The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
eluviations
eluviations
noun
plural of eluviation
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
enunciative
enunciative
adj
Relating to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
equivalents
equivalents
noun
plural of equivalent
equivaliant
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
eventuality
eventuality
noun
(obsolete, phrenology) An individual's propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts. [from 19th c.]
A possible event; something that may happen. [from 19th c.]
eventualize
eventualize
verb
To take place or occur.
eventuating
eventuating
verb
present participle of eventuate
eventuation
eventuation
noun
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.
evolutional
evolutional
adj
Of or pertaining to evolution, or coming about as a result of the principles of evolution.
excurvation
extenuative
extenuative
adj
Tending to extenuate.
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
glutinative
glutinative
adj
Having the quality of cementing.
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
granulative
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
illuviating
illuviating
verb
present participle of illuviate
illuviation
illuviation
noun
(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum
inculcative
inculcative
adj
Serving to inculcate.
inculpative
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
individuate
individuate
adj
undivided
verb
(transitive) To make, or cause to appear, individual.
inoculative
inoculative
adj
Relating to inoculation.
insinuative
insinuative
adj
Tending to insinuate; insinuating
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.
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
juvenolatry
manuductive
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
misaventeur
multivagant
multivagant
adj
(obsolete, rare) wandering much
multivalent
multivalent
adj
(art) Having many kinds of value.
(chemistry) Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent.
(genetics) Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
(grammar) Able to bind to different parts of speech.
(immunology) Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen.
Having many meanings.
noun
(genetics) Any multivalent chromosome.
mundivagant
mundivagant
adj
(formal) Wandering across the world.
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noctivagous
noctivagous
adj
Wandering at night; nightwandering, noctivagant.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
nonmutative
nonmutative
adj
Not mutative.
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
nuncupative
nuncupative
adj
(obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name.
(obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Oral; not written.
outcaviling
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
outrivaling
outsavoring
outvaunting
outvaunting
verb
present participle of outvaunt
outvoyaging
outvoyaging
verb
present participle of outvoyage
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overcurtain
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
pulverating
pulverating
verb
present participle of pulverate
pulveration
pulvinately
pulvinately
adv
In a pulvinate manner.
pulvination
punctuative
punctuative
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
pursuivants
pursuivants
noun
plural of pursuivant
putnamville
readventure
recurvation
recurvation
noun
A bending or flexure backward.
rejuvenated
rejuvenated
adj
(of a stream) Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity.
(of topography, valleys, hills, etc.) Developed with steep slopes inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level.
Made young again.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rejuvenate
rejuvenates
rejuvenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rejuvenate
rejuvenator
rejuvenator
noun
A substance sprayed onto a bituminous surface to renew it.
That which rejuvenates.
revaluating
revaluating
verb
present participle of revaluate
revaluation
revaluation
noun
(UK, pensions) The application of compound growth to the value of a pension benefit, specifically from the date of the member leaving the scheme (for example, moving to a different employer) to the date that the member starts receiving the benefit (typically retirement).
A reassessment of the value or worth of something; a reappraisal or reevaluation.
The process of altering the relative value of a currency or other standard of exchange.
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
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
sulfovinate
surveillant
surveillant
adj
overseeing; watchful
noun
One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
thoreauvian
thoreauvian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer and philosopher, or his writings.
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
tuboovarian
tubovaginal
unabjective
unactivated
unactivated
adj
Not activated; (often, especially) never yet activated.
unadvocated
unadvocated
adj
Not advocated.
unamatively
unarrestive
unassentive
unassertive
unassertive
adj
Not assertive
unattentive
unattentive
adj
Not attentive.
unavertible
unavertible
adj
That cannot be averted.
unavertibly
unavertibly
adv
Such that it cannot be averted; unavoidably; inexorably.
uncalmative
uncaptivate
uncausative
uncombative
uncombative
Adjective
Not combative.
uncravatted
uncravatted
adj
Not wearing a cravat.
uncultivate
uncultivate
verb
(transitive, rare) To undo the cultivation of; to make uncultivated.
underactive
underactive
Adjective
Less than normally active.
undeviating
undeviating
adj
That does not change; steady.
That does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving.