(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
alluviviums
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
amphivorous
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
diluvianism
dividualism
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
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.
gravaminous
humansville
maneuverers
maneuverers
noun
plural of maneuverer
manumissive
manumissive
adj
Of or relating to manumission.
marvelously
marvelously
adv
Alternative form of marvellously
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
misaventeur
misevaluate
misevaluate
verb
To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly.
muscovadite
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
overassumed
overmeasure
overmeasure
noun
Excessive measure; surplus.
verb
To measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
primevarous
quadrumvirs
semiquavers
semiquavers
noun
plural of semiquaver
sivatherium
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
stimulative
stimulative
adj
Having a stimulating effect.
noun
(obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive.
subpavement
survivalism
survivalism
noun
A belief, expressed by survivalists, in being prepared to survive disasters and cataclysms including the collapse of civilization.
transmutive
transmutive
adj
That transmutes something.
transversum
unadmissive
unmarvelous
unmarvelous
adj
Not marvelous.
uvulatomies
uvulatomies
noun
plural of uvulatomy
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.
vasculiform
vasculiform
adj
vascular in form; shaped like a vessel
velamentous
velamentous
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to an abnormal condition during pregnancy in which the umbilical cord inserts into the fetal membranes, then travels within the membranes to the placenta, risking rupture of the exposed vessels.
Veil-like.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
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.