(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumeniser
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
amianthuses
amianthuses
noun
plural of amianthus
amorousness
amorousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorous.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphipneust
amphogenous
amusingness
amusingness
noun
The state or quality of being amusing.
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
animalcules
animalcules
noun
plural of animalcule
anisomerous
anisomerous
adj
(botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal.
antesternum
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antimensium
apneumonous
apneumonous
adj
(zoology) Without lungs.
aquamaniles
aquamaniles
noun
plural of aquamanile
aquamarines
aquamarines
noun
plural of aquamarine
assaugement
assuagement
assuagement
noun
An assuaging medicine or application.
The action of assuaging; appeasement.
The condition of being assuaged.
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
atramentous
atramentous
adj
atramental
attunements
attunements
noun
plural of attunement
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
bemusements
bemusements
noun
plural of bemusement
bituminised
bituminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bituminise
bituminizes
bituminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bituminize
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
bumpinesses
bumpinesses
noun
plural of bumpiness
burnishment
burnishment
noun
burnishing
burthensome
burthensome
adj
Obsolete spelling of burdensome
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
businessman
businessman
noun
A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
businessmen
businessmen
noun
plural of businessman
buxomnesses
calumniates
calumniates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate
catechumens
catechumens
noun
plural of catechumen
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
centropomus
ceremonious
ceremonious
adj
Characterized by ceremony or rigid formality
Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
communalise
communalise
verb
Alternative form of communalize
communiques
communiques
noun
Misspelling of communiqués.
communities
communities
noun
plural of community
compendious
compendious
adj
briefly describing a body of knowledge
containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
compendiums
compounders
compounders
noun
plural of compounder
consumables
consumables
noun
plural of consumable
consumeless
consumeless
adj
(archaic) indestructible; not able to be consumed or used up.
consumerism
consumerism
noun
A materialistic attachment to possessions.
A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc
An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.
consumerist
consumerist
adj
Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.
noun
A proponent of consumerism.
consummated
consummated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consummate
consummates
consummates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consummate
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
contumacies
contumacies
noun
plural of contumacy
contumelies
contumelies
noun
plural of contumely
coterminous
coterminous
adj
(by extension) Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.
(geography) Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
(law) Said of linked or related property leases that expire together.
Meeting end to end or at the ends.
couplements
couplements
noun
plural of couplement
crumbliness
crumbliness
noun
The state of being crumbly
cubomedusan
cubomedusan
adj
Of or pertaining to the cubomedusa
culmigenous
cumberbunds
cumberbunds
noun
Misspelling of cummerbunds.
cummerbunds
cummerbunds
noun
plural of cummerbund.
curmudgeons
curmudgeons
noun
plural of curmudgeon
dehumanised
dehumanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehumanise
dehumanizes
dehumanizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize
delphiniums
delphiniums
noun
plural of delphinium
denouements
denouements
noun
plural of denouement
denudements
denudements
noun
plural of denudement
depursement
desmogenous
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
detumescent
detumescent
adj
Exhibiting detumescence.
diadoumenos
digoneutism
digoneutism
noun
The quality of being digoneutic.
diminuendos
diminuendos
noun
plural of diminuendo
diminutives
diminutives
noun
plural of diminutive
dipneumones
discussment
disemburden
disemburden
verb
to disburden
disencumber
disencumber
verb
(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
dishumanize
disruptment
disseminule
disseminule
noun
A seed fruit that has been modified for migration.
distemonous
documenters
documenters
noun
plural of documenter
doomfulness
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
dumpinesses
dumpishness
dumpishness
noun
Quality of being dumpish.
duodedenums
ecumenicism
ecumenicism
noun
ecumenicalism; ecumenism
ecumenicist
ecumenicist
noun
a person who advocates Christian ecumenicity
ecumenistic
einsteinium
einsteinium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.
embrasuring
emulousness
emulousness
noun
The quality of being emulous.
emulsifying
emulsifying
adj
That emulsifies
verb
present participle of emulsify
emulsionize
emulsionize
verb
(transitive) To make into an emulsion; to emulsify.
emunctories
emunctories
noun
plural of emunctory
enchymatous
encomimiums
encrustment
encrustment
noun
That which is formed as a crust; encrustation.
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
endosternum
endosternum
noun
Synonym of entoplastron
endostracum
engulfments
engulfments
noun
plural of engulfment
ensisternum
enthusiasms
enthusiasms
noun
plural of enthusiasm
entosternum
entosternum
noun
(anatomy) The entoplastron.
entrustment
entrustment
noun
the act of entrusting
enumerators
enumerators
noun
plural of enumerator
epagomenous
epicentrums
epidendrums
epidendrums
noun
plural of epidendrum
epineuriums
equationism
espousement
espousement
noun
The act of espousing; espousal.
esthiomenus
eudaemonics
eudaemonics
noun
That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
eudaemonism
eudaemonism
noun
A philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality.
eudaemonist
eudaemonist
noun
A supporter of eudaemonism.
eudaimonism
eudaimonism
noun
Alternative spelling of eudaemonism
eudaimonist
eunomianism
euphemising
euphemising
verb
present participle of euphemise
eurasianism
eurasianism
Noun
A Russian political movement focused on the geopolitical concept of Eurasia.
europeanism
europeanism
Noun
A word or phrase only used in Europe, or having a special meaning there.
Proper noun
The norms and values common to the people of Europe.
A position that supports European political and economic integration.
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flusterment
flusterment
noun
The condition of being flustered.
freemanspur
freudianism
freudianism
Noun
Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.
fulfilments
fulfilments
noun
plural of fulfilment
fulsomeness
fulsomeness
noun
The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
funambuloes
furbishment
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.