A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
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.
amphivorous
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
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.
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.
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
curviserial
curviserial
adj
(botany) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
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.
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
gardevisure
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
gravaminous
harveysburg
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
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
levulosuria
maneuverers
maneuverers
noun
plural of maneuverer
marvelously
marvelously
adv
Alternative form of marvellously
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
misaventeur
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonvalorous
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nonvascular
nonvascular
adj
not vascular
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.
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
prevascular
prevascular
adj
(anatomy) In front of the chest, between the lungs
(pathology) Prior to vascularization
primevarous
provascular
provascular
adj
(biology) Relating to the procambium
pseudovelar
pursuivants
pursuivants
noun
plural of pursuivant
purveyances
purveyances
noun
plural of purveyance
quacksalver
quacksalver
noun
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrumvirs
reevaluates
reevaluates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reevaluate
rejuvenates
rejuvenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rejuvenate
resultative
resultative
adj
(grammar) Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb.
revisualize
revisualize
verb
(transitive) To visualize again or anew.
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rotaviruses
rotaviruses
noun
plural of rotavirus
russiaville
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.
semiquavers
semiquavers
noun
plural of semiquaver
sivatherium
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
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
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subserviate
subserviate
verb
To make subservient
To subordinate
substrative
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.
sugarloaves
sugarloaves
noun
plural of sugarloaf
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.
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
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.
unadversely
unarrestive
unaspersive
unassertive
unassertive
adj
Not assertive
unbraveness
uncavernous
uncrevassed
uncrevassed
adj
Without crevasses.
undersavior
undervalues
undervalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undervalue