(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
circumviate
commulative
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
culminative
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
emulatively
emulatively
adv
So as to emulate.
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
humiliative
humiliative
adj
(grammar) Serving to lower one's own or another's status.
noun
(grammar) A construct that serves to lower one's own or another's status.
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
manuductive
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
metavauxite
metavauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
misaventeur
misevaluate
misevaluate
verb
To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly.
multiovular
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.
multivalued
multivalued
adj
(mathematics) Of a function, associating one or more values of its range with each value of its domain.
multivalved
multivalved
adj
Having more than one valve.
mundivagant
mundivagant
adj
(formal) Wandering across the world.
muscovadite
nonmutative
nonmutative
adj
Not mutative.
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
overemulate
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
putnamville
sivatherium
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
stimulative
stimulative
adj
Having a stimulating effect.
noun
(obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive.
subpavement
transmutive
transmutive
adj
That transmutes something.
transversum
triumvirate
triumvirate
noun
An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.
tumefactive
tumefactive
adj
That results in tumefaction
ultravacuum
ultravacuum
noun
A near-perfect vacuum; i.e. an almost or fully complete absence of matter, especially a gas at very low pressure.
unamatively
uncalmative
uncombative
uncombative
Adjective
Not combative.
unemanative
unemulative
unformative
unformative
adj
Not formative.
unimitative
unimitative
adj
Not imitative, not imitating or modelled after something else.
unmediative
unmigrative
unmotivated
unmotivated
adj
For which there is no motive.
Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel.
unmovablety
unnormative
unravelment
unravelment
noun
The act of unravelling.
The state of being unravelled.
uvulatomies
uvulatomies
noun
plural of uvulatomy
valvulotome
valvulotome
noun
A medical device used to destroy the venous valves, especially in the GSV, to allow for arterial flow.
valvulotomy
valvulotomy
noun
A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart
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.
vermiculate
vermiculate
adj
Like a worm; resembling a worm.
Vermiculated.
verb
To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.
villiaumite
villiaumite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare toxic halide mineral composed of sodium fluoride.
vitellarium
vitellarium
noun
A type of gland, in flatworms and similar organisms, that secretes yolk.
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.