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.
arnaudville
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.
carludovica
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
decurvation
decurvature
devulgarize
devulgarize
verb
(transitive) To free from what is vulgar or common.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
diverticula
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
gardevisure
handgravure
manoeuvered
manoeuvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outtraveled
overabounds
overabounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overabound
overapplaud
overaroused
overaroused
adj
Excessively aroused
overassumed
overassured
overassured
adj
Excessively assured.
overdraught
overdraught
noun
(chiefly Britain) An overdraft.
overeducate
overeducate
verb
To educate too much.
prediluvial
prediluvial
adj
Before a flood or deluge.
prediluvian
prediluvian
adj
Before the Flood; antediluvian.
noun
One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
pseudovelar
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrumvirs
readventure
redargutive
redargutive
adj
That reproves false doctrine.
reeducative
reeducative
adj
Relating to reeducation.
reevacuated
reevaluated
reevaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reevaluate
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
repudiative
revictualed
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
ruddervator
ruddervator
noun
(aviation) A hinged control surface combining the functions of rudder and elevator.
saviourhood
saviourhood
noun
The status of being a saviour.
supervalued
transvalued
transvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of transvalue
unadversely
uncravatted
uncravatted
adj
Not wearing a cravat.
uncrevassed
uncrevassed
adj
Without crevasses.
underactive
underactive
Adjective
Less than normally active.
undercarved
undercarved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undercarve
underheaven
underivable
underivable
adj
That cannot be derived.
noun
Something that cannot be derived.
undersavior
undervalued
undervalued
adj
Assigned an in appropriately low value.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undervalue
undervaluer
undervaluer
noun
One who undervalues.
undervalues
undervalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undervalue
undervassal
underwaving
unenervated
unenervated
adj
Not enervated; robust; vigorous.
unflavoured
unflavoured
adj
Alternative spelling of unflavored
ungravelled
ungravelled
Adjective
Without a gravel surface.
unharvested
unharvested
adj
Not harvested
unoverdrawn
unpervading
unradiative
unrenovated
unrenovated
adj
Not renovated; not having undergone renovation
unrivaledly
unsavoredly
untravelled
untravelled
adj
Alternative spelling of untraveled
untraversed
untraversed
adj
That has not been traversed; unexplored.
unvaporized
unvaporized
adj
Not vaporized.
unvarnished
unvarnished
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.
Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment).
unvenerated
unvenerated
adj
Not venerated.
unverdantly
unveridical
unveridical
Adjective
Not veridical.
upboulevard
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.
vanguardist
vanguardist
noun
A proponent of vanguardism.
vibraculoid
vibraculoid
adj
Characteristic of a vibraculum
vituperated
vituperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vituperate