A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
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.
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
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.
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
diluvialist
diluvialist
noun
(historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
diluvianism
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
displuviate
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
dividualism
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
dzugashvili
gardevisure
individuals
individuals
noun
plural of individual
muscovadite
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
overabounds
overabounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overabound
overaroused
overaroused
adj
Excessively aroused
overassumed
overassured
overassured
adj
Excessively assured.
pseudovelar
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
quadrumvirs
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
saviourhood
saviourhood
noun
The status of being a saviour.
subadditive
subadditive
adj
(of a function) Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum of the images of the summands.
subadvocate
subadvocate
noun
An under or subordinate advocate.
supervalued
transvalued
transvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of transvalue
unadmissive
unadversely
unadvisable
unadvisable
adj
(archaic) Imprudent.
(archaic) Unwilling to take advice.
Inadvisable.
unadvisably
unadvisably
adv
Alternative form of inadvisably
unadvisedly
unadvisedly
adv
In an unadvised manner.
uncanvassed
uncanvassed
adj
Not canvassed.
uncrevassed
uncrevassed
adj
Without crevasses.
undersavior
undervalues
undervalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undervalue
undervassal
undevisable
unharvested
unharvested
adj
Not harvested
unsalivated
unsalivated
adj
Not exposed to the action of saliva.
unsavoredly
unscavenged
unscavenged
adj
That has not been scavenged
untraversed
untraversed
adj
That has not been traversed; unexplored.
unvalidness
unvarnished
unvarnished
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.
Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment).
unvocalised
unvocalised
adj
Alternative spelling of unvocalized
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.