(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.
ameliorativ
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
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.
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
avaremotemo
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
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.
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
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
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
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
germinative
germinative
adj
Having the ability to germinate
Of or pertaining to germination
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.
harvesttime
harvesttime
noun
Alternative spelling of harvest time
imbreviated
imbricative
imbricative
adj
(botany) imbricate
impartivity
imperatival
imperatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
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
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
mantorville
mantorville
Proper noun
a small city in Minnesota, USA
margravates
margravates
noun
plural of margravate
margraviate
margraviate
noun
Alternative form of margravate
marthaville
matherville
matterative
matterative
adj
(obsolete) Having the nature of or containing matter or pus
meliorative
meliorative
adj
That meliorates; curative, salutary.
menservants
menservants
noun
plural of manservant
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
mesoventral
mesoventral
adj
mesial and ventral
misaventeur
miscreative
miscreative
adj
Tending to create badly or wrongly.
monovariant
monovariant
noun
(mathematics) A variable whose value changes in one direction only (gets either larger or smaller)
mordicative
mordicative
adj
Biting; corrosive.
multiovular
normatively
normatively
adv
In a normative manner or context.
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
ovariectomy
ovariectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.
ovariostomy
overemulate
overgarment
overgarment
noun
A garment normally worn over other garments.
overimitate
overimitate
verb
(transitive) To imitate excessively.
overmantels
overmantels
noun
plural of overmantel
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
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overtrample
overtrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over.
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
prepavement
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
ravagements
ravagements
noun
plural of ravagement
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
revealments
revealments
noun
plural of revealment
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.
semistarved
semistarved
adj
Half-starved.
septemviral
septemviral
adj
Of or belonging to the septemviri or the septemvirate.
sivatherium
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
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.
transversum
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.
ultravacuum
ultravacuum
noun
A near-perfect vacuum; i.e. an almost or fully complete absence of matter, especially a gas at very low pressure.
unformative
unformative
adj
Not formative.
unmigrative
unnormative
unravelment
unravelment
noun
The act of unravelling.
The state of being unravelled.
vaginometer
vaginometer
noun
(medicine) An instrument for measuring the vagina.
vagotropism
vaporimeter
vaporimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor.
variformity
variformity
noun
The quality of being variform.
variometers
variometers
noun
plural of variometer
varnishment
varnishment
noun
(archaic) The act or process of embellishing something in order to make it more attractive.
vasomotoric
vasomotoric
adj
Synonym of vasomotor
velvetmaker
ventralmost
ventralmost
adj
Most ventral.
ventrimesal
ventrimesal
adj
Alternative form of ventromesal
ventromesal
ventromesal
adj
ventral and mesal
vermiculate
vermiculate
adj
Like a worm; resembling a worm.
Vermiculated.
verb
To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.
verminating
verminating
verb
present participle of verminate
vermination
vermination
noun
(archaic) A griping of the bowels.
(archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin.
verticalism
verticalism
noun
(architecture) The building of tall, vertical buildings, especially exceptionally tall skyscrapers
vestmentary
vestrymanly
vitellarium
vitellarium
noun
A type of gland, in flatworms and similar organisms, that secretes yolk.
voltametric
voltametric
adj
Alternative form of voltammetric
voltammeter
voltammeter
noun
An instrument used to measure both electrical current and voltage.
voluntarism
voluntarism
noun
(US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
(philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.
(politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.