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.
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
amphivorous
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arnaudville
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avicularium
avicularium
noun
(biology) A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony
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
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
burgraviate
burgraviate
noun
The territory of a burgrave.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
carludovica
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
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
circumviate
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
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
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.
covarrubias
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
curvilineal
curvilineal
adj
(Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
curvilinear
curvilinear
adj
(geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.
(of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
curviserial
curviserial
adj
(botany) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
decurvation
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
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
excurvation
expurgative
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
gardevisure
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
granulative
gravaminous
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
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
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.
inveracious
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
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
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
laurelville
levulosuria
loreauville
lubricative
lubricative
adj
Assisting, or relating to, lubrication.
lucratively
lucratively
adv
In a lucrative manner, profitably.
maneuvering
maneuvering
noun
(US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers
verb
(US) present participle of maneuver
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
misaventeur
moreauville
multiovular
murrayville
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outsavoring
ovariotubal
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overabusive
overanxious
overanxious
adj
Excessively anxious or nervous.
overarguing
overarguing
verb
present participle of overargue
overcaustic
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overcurtain
overfatigue
overfatigue
noun
Excessive fatigue.
verb
(transitive) To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
oversaucing
oversaucing
verb
present participle of oversauce
overvaluing
overvaluing
noun
An overvaluation.
verb
present participle of overvalue
ovicapsular
ovicellular
ovicellular
adj
(biology) Relating to ovicells
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.
paravauxite
paravauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
parturitive
parturitive
adj
Pertaining to parturition; obstetric.
peruvianize
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
prediluvial
prediluvial
adj
Before a flood or deluge.
prediluvian
prediluvian
adj
Before the Flood; antediluvian.
noun
One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
primevarous
procurative
procurative
adj
Of or relating to procurement; procuring.
pulverating
pulverating
verb
present participle of pulverate
pulveration
pulverizate
pulvinarian
purgatively
purgatively
adv
In a purgative manner; so as to purge.
pursuivants
pursuivants
noun
plural of pursuivant
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
quarryville
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
recultivate
recultivate
verb
To cultivate again; to make productive once again
recurvation
recurvation
noun
A bending or flexure backward.
redargutive
redargutive
adj
That reproves false doctrine.
reeducative
reeducative
adj
Relating to reeducation.
repudiative
requitative
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.
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.
revictualed
revisualize
revisualize
verb
(transitive) To visualize again or anew.
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.