(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
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.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
almoravides
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
deformative
deliveryman
deliveryman
noun
Someone employed to make deliveries.
demandative
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
diluvianism
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
dividualism
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
favellidium
favellidium
noun
A compound favella in seaweeds.
imbreviated
invalidisms
invalidisms
noun
plural of invalidism
madeiravine
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
maladaptive
maladaptive
adj
(evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
(psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
maledictive
manoeuvered
manoeuvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver
manuductive
masdevallia
masdevallia
noun
Any orchid in the genus Masdevallia, whose species (approximately 500 or 600 depending on circumscription) have flowers of extremely diverse appearance.
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
mcadenville
medaryville
medevacking
medevacking
verb
present participle of medevac
mediaevally
mediaevally
adv
Alternative form of medievally
medievalism
medievalism
noun
(uncountable) The study of the Middle Ages.
A custom or belief from the Middle Ages.
The state of being medieval.
medievalist
medievalist
noun
one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages
medievalize
medievalize
verb
(transitive) To make medieval.
medivacking
medivacking
verb
present participle of medivac
metavanadic
misadvising
misadvising
verb
present participle of misadvise
misendeavor
mordicative
mordicative
adj
Biting; corrosive.
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
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
overassumed
overclaimed
overclaimed
adj
claimed to an excessive degree
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overclaim
overcommand
overcrammed
overcrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcram
overgambled
overgambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overgamble
overheadman
overmanaged
overmanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmanage
overmatched
overmatched
adj
Outclassed; unable to compete
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmatch
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmiveined
premedieval
premedieval
adj
Before the Middle Ages.
quadrumvirs
radiomovies
radiomovies
noun
plural of radiomovie
remotivated
remotivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of remotivate
semidwarves
semiovaloid
semiovoidal
semiovoidal
adj
Somewhat or partly ovoidal.
semistarved
semistarved
adj
Half-starved.
unadmissive
unmediaeval
unmediaeval
adj
Dated spelling of unmedieval.
unmediative
unmotivated
unmotivated
adj
For which there is no motive.
Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel.
vagabondism
vagabondism
noun
Vagabondage.
vandemonian
vandemonian
Noun
A person from Van Diemen's Land.
A person from Tasmania.
Adjective
Relating to Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land.
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.
vitaminized
vitaminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vitaminize