(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
almoravides
alveoliform
alveoliform
adj
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversive
ameliorativ
amphivorous
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
archvampire
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
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
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
carminative
carminative
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
carnivorism
carnivorism
noun
The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
cavalierism
cavalierism
noun
The practice or principles of cavaliers.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
circumviate
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
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.
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
efformative
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
farmerville
farmerville
Proper noun
a town in Louisiana, USA, which is the parish seat of
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
formicative
formicivora
gaviiformes
germinative
germinative
adj
Having the ability to germinate
Of or pertaining to germination
graminivore
graminivore
noun
An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
gravaminous
gravemaking
gravimeters
gravimeters
noun
plural of gravimeter
gravimetric
gravimetric
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight.
(geology) Of or pertaining to measurement of the local gravitational field.
hamersville
harvesttime
harvesttime
noun
Alternative spelling of harvest time
hermanville
imbreviated
imbricative
imbricative
adj
(botany) imbricate
impartivity
imperatival
imperatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
impetrative
impetrative
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
infirmative
infirmative
adj
(obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.
informative
informative
adj
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
(obsolete) Formative; having power to form.
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
inverminate
irremovable
irremovable
adj
Not removable; immovable; inflexible.
irremovably
irremovably
adv
So as not to be removable.
madeiravine
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
malbehavior
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
mantorville
mantorville
Proper noun
a small city in Minnesota, USA
margraviate
margraviate
noun
Alternative form of margravate
margravines
margravines
noun
plural of margravine
marienville
marionville
markleville
marthaville
matherville
matterative
matterative
adj
(obsolete) Having the nature of or containing matter or pus
mayersville
medaryville
meliorative
meliorative
adj
That meliorates; curative, salutary.
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
merovingian
merovingian
Noun
One of a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.
Adjective
Of or relating to this dynasty.
micrograver
microvillar
microvillar
adj
Of or pertaining to a microvillus
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
misaventeur
misaverring
misbehavers
misbehavers
noun
plural of misbehaver
misbehavior
misbehavior
noun
(American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.
miscreative
miscreative
adj
Tending to create badly or wrongly.
misendeavor
monovariant
monovariant
noun
(mathematics) A variable whose value changes in one direction only (gets either larger or smaller)
moravianism
moravianism
Proper noun
The religious system of the Moravians.
mordicative
mordicative
adj
Biting; corrosive.
moreauville
morganville
moviemakers
moviemakers
noun
plural of moviemaker
multiovular
murrayville
normalville
normatively
normatively
adv
In a normative manner or context.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
ovariectomy
ovariectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
ovariostomy
overambling
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overblaming
overblaming
verb
present participle of overblame
overclaimed
overclaimed
adj
claimed to an excessive degree
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overclaim
overimitate
overimitate
verb
(transitive) To imitate excessively.
overmagnify
overmagnify
verb
To magnify too much.
overmanning
overmanning
verb
present participle of overman
overmarking
overmarking
verb
present participle of overmark
overrealism
overrealism
noun
Excessive realism.
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
ovispermary
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
premedieval
premedieval
adj
Before the Middle Ages.
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
primevalism
primevarous
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
quadrumvirs
radiomovies
radiomovies
noun
plural of radiomovie
ransomville
ravishments
ravishments
noun
plural of ravishment
reformative
reformative
adj
That serves to reform or correct
relativisms
relativisms
noun
plural of relativism
remotivated
remotivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of remotivate
remotivates
remotivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remotivate
revanchisms
revanchisms
noun
plural of revanchism
revivalisms
revivalisms
noun
plural of revivalism
semidwarves
semiprivacy
semiprivacy
noun
Partial privacy.
semiprivate
semiprivate
adj
More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
semiquavers
semiquavers
noun
plural of semiquaver
semistarved
semistarved
adj
Half-starved.
septemviral
septemviral
adj
Of or belonging to the septemviri or the septemvirate.
sivatherium
survivalism
survivalism
noun
A belief, expressed by survivalists, in being prepared to survive disasters and cataclysms including the collapse of civilization.
temperative
temperative
adj
Having the power to temper something.
terminative
terminative
adj
(linguistics) of, or relating to the terminative case
of, or relating to the termination of something
noun
a word in the terminative case
the terminative case
transmutive
transmutive
adj
That transmutes something.
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.
unformative
unformative
adj
Not formative.
unmarveling
unmarveling
adj
Not marveling.
unmigrative
unnormative
vacciniform
vacciniform
adj
(medicine) Resembling vaccinia, or cowpox.
vaginometer
vaginometer
noun
(medicine) An instrument for measuring the vagina.
vagotropism
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.
vaporimeter
vaporimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor.