(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
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
archvampire
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
avaremotemo
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.
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
bremerhaven
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.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
durhamville
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
earthmovers
earthmovers
noun
plural of earthmover
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
engravement
engravement
noun
Any engraved work.
Engraving.
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.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
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
gravemaster
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.
kamavachara
madeiravine
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
malbehavior
maneuverers
maneuverers
noun
plural of maneuverer
maneuvering
maneuvering
noun
(US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers
verb
(US) present participle of maneuver
maneuvrable
maneuvrable
adj
Alternative form of maneuverable
manoeuvered
manoeuvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
mantorville
mantorville
Proper noun
a small city in Minnesota, USA
marcheshvan
marcheshvan
Proper noun
Cheshvan
margravates
margravates
noun
plural of margravate
margraviate
margraviate
noun
Alternative form of margravate
margravines
margravines
noun
plural of margravine
marienville
marionville
markleville
marthaville
marvelously
marvelously
adv
Alternative form of marvellously
matherville
matterative
matterative
adj
(obsolete) Having the nature of or containing matter or pus
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
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.
mayersville
medaryville
meliorative
meliorative
adj
That meliorates; curative, salutary.
menservants
menservants
noun
plural of manservant
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.
mesoventral
mesoventral
adj
mesial and ventral
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.
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
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.
overassumed
overblaming
overblaming
verb
present participle of overblame
overclaimed
overclaimed
adj
claimed to an excessive degree
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overclaim
overcomable
overcomable
adj
Alternative form of overcomeable
overcommand
overcrammed
overcrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcram
overemulate
overgambled
overgambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overgamble
overgarment
overgarment
noun
A garment normally worn over other garments.
overheadman
overimitate
overimitate
verb
(transitive) To imitate excessively.
overmagnify
overmagnify
verb
To magnify too much.
overmanaged
overmanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmanage
overmanages
overmanages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmanage
overmanning
overmanning
verb
present participle of overman
overmantels
overmantels
noun
plural of overmantel
overmarking
overmarking
verb
present participle of overmark
overmasters
overmasters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmaster
overmatched
overmatched
adj
Outclassed; unable to compete
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmatch
overmatches
overmatches
noun
plural of overmatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmatch
overmeasure
overmeasure
noun
Excessive measure; surplus.
verb
To measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.
overmorally
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overprogram
overprogram
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To include too much in a program, scheme or schedule.