(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
aktivismus
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
amityville
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
attemptive
attemptive
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
avertiment
avertiment
noun
(obsolete) advertisement (public notice).
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
comitative
comitative
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
noun
The comitative case, or a word in this case.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
convertism
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
cumulative
cumulative
adj
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That tends to accumulate.
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
demivotary
devilments
devilments
noun
plural of devilment
devoteeism
devoteeism
noun
The role or state of a devotee.
diminutive
diminutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
noun
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
diumvirate
divestment
divestment
noun
(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
dominative
dominative
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
electivism
emigrative
emissivity
emissivity
noun
(physics) The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a specific wavelength.
enviroment
estimative
estimative
adj
Of or pertaining to an estimate or to estimation.
evincement
evincement
noun
manifestation
famulative
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
fermentive
fugitivism
geminative
geminative
adj
Relating to, or producing gemination.
gravimeter
gravimeter
noun
(physics) A hydrometer.
(physics) An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
gravimetry
gravimetry
noun
The measurement of gravity (the strength of the gravitational field).
The measurement of specific gravity; hydrometry.
imbreviate
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
impeditive
impeditive
adj
(archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding.
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
impositive
impunitive
impunitive
adj
Relating to impunity
imputative
imputative
adj
Of, related, or pertaining to imputation.
intravitam
intravitam
adv
(biology) During the life of an organism.
investment
investment
noun
(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
(obsolete) A vestment.
A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.
The act of investing, or state of being invested.
invitement
invitement
noun
(obsolete) invitation; allurement; temptation
lavishment
lavishment
noun
The act of lavishing.
levisticum
leviticism
limitative
limitative
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a grammatical case that specifies a deadline, a time by which something must take place.
Restrictive, limited.
locomotive
locomotive
adj
Of or relating to locomotion.
Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself.
noun
(archaic) Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.
(economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
(rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
(rare) A traction engine.
(slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
luminative
macaviator
macerative
macerative
adj
Causing or relating to maceration.
manumotive
manumotive
adj
(archaic) Which can be moved by hand.
maturative
maturative
adj
(obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.
medicative
medicative
adj
Medicinal; acting like a medicine.
meditative
meditative
adj
Of or pertaining to meditation.
Thoughtful; pensive.
memorative
memorative
adj
(obsolete) commemorative
menshevist
midventral
midventral
adj
In the middle of a ventral region
millivolts
millivolts
noun
plural of millivolt
miltonvale
misdevoted
misdevoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misdevote
misventure
misventure
noun
(archaic) misadventure
mitigative
mitigative
adj
Serving to mitigate.
moatsville
modulative
modulative
adj
Causing or relating to modulation.
monteverdi
montevideo
montevideo
Proper noun
The capital of Uruguay.
A city in Minnesota, USA
motivating
motivating
adj
Effectively providing an incentive.
verb
present participle of motivate
motivation
motivation
noun
(advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
An incentive or reason for doing something.
Something which motivates.
The action of motivating.
Willingness of action especially in behavior.
motivative
motivative
adj
(grammar) In, marked by or pertaining to the motivative case.
motivating; serving to motivate
noun
(grammar) The motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning "because of".
motiveless
motiveless
adj
Without a motive.
motiveness
motiveness
noun
(archaic) Ability to move; mobility.
motivities
motivities
noun
plural of motivity
movability
movability
noun
The ability to move (oneself).
The condition of being movable; ability or capacity to be moved.
mulctative
multilevel
multilevel
adj
Having several levels or floors.
multivalve
multivalve
adj
(anatomy, zoology, medicine) Having multiple biological valves.
(internal combustion engines) Having multiple intake valves and multiple exhaust valves per cylinder (typically two of each instead of one of each).
noun
(zoology) A multivalve mollusc.
multiverse
multiverse
noun
(fiction) The different canons, continuities or timelines of a fictional property, considered as a whole.
(philosophy) The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.
multivious
multivious
adj
Having many paths or roads.
multivocal
multivocal
adj
Having many different interpretations, meanings, or values.
muscovites
muscovites
noun
plural of muscovite
muscovitic
muscovitic
adj
(mineralogy) Of or relating to muscovite.
mutilative
mutilative
adj
Causing or relating to mutilation.
negativism
negativism
noun
A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude.
A stubborn tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked.
nervimotor
nominative
nominative
adj
(grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
Giving a name; naming; designating.
Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
noun
A noun in the nominative case.
The nominative case.
nonemotive
nonemotive
adj
Not emotive
numerative
numerative
adj
Of or pertaining to numeration.
octavarium
omniactive
omniactive
adj
Active in every way and everywhere.
omnivagant
omnivagant
adj
Wandering anywhere and everywhere.
omnivalent
omnivalent
adj
Almighty; being all-powerful; omnipotent.
omnivident
omnivident
adj
all-seeing
omnivolent
omnivolent
adj
That wishes for everything
omnivorant
omnivorant
adj
eating or consuming everything
ottavarima
ottavarima
noun
Alternative form of ottava rima
ovariotomy
ovariotomy
noun
(surgery) A surgical removal of an ovary.
overcommit
overcommit
noun
(computing) Allocation of more resources than are actually available.
verb
To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable
overimport
overimport
verb
(transitive) To import too much of.
overmighty
overmighty
adj
Excessively mighty
overminute
overminute
adj
Excessively minute.
overtiming
overtiming
verb
present participle of overtime
overtrimme
pedomotive
pedomotive
adj
Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
pelvimeter
pelvimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the pelvis.
pelvimetry
pelvimetry
noun
The assessment of the female pelvis in relation to the birth of a baby.
pelviotomy
pelviotomy
Noun
symphysiotomy
permeative
permeative
adj
Tending to permeate.
permixtive
positivism
positivism
noun
(law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
preemptive
preemptive
adj
(bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.
Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
Of or relating to preemption.
primitives
primitives
noun
plural of primitive
provitamin
provitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
ravinement
ravinement
noun
(geology) An irregular junction which marks a break in sedimentation.
(geology) The formation of ravines.
ravishment
ravishment
noun
(dated or BDSM) rape
ecstasy
seizure by force
redemptive
redemptive
adj
Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming.
relativism
relativism
noun
(countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.
(uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.
remotivate
remotivate
verb
To motivate again.
removalist
removalist
noun
(chiefly Australia) A person or company who specialises in domestic removals, that is, the transportation of household contents when moving house.
(chiefly US, historical) One who advocates the removal of native populations from their land.
One who removes (by profession).
resumptive
resumptive
adj
That is in the nature of resumption.
noun
(archaic) A restorative medicine.
(grammar) A resumptive pronoun.
revilement
revilement
noun
The act of reviling.
revivement
revivement
noun
(obsolete) revival
rheumative
rotativism
ruminative
ruminative
adj
Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
semblative
semblative
adj
(obsolete) Resembling.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical case that denotes the similarity of one entity to another.
semiactive
semiactive
adj
Alternative form of semi-active
seminative
seminative
adj
Somewhat or partly native.
semivector
semivirtue
septemviri
septemviri
noun
plural of septemvir
septemvirs
serventism
similative
similative
adj
Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical case expressing similarity.