(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.
amphivorous
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
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.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bourneville
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
carludovica
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
caulivorous
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
circumvolve
circumvolve
verb
(intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
(transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
coruscative
corvillosum
couniversal
counterlove
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countervene
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
countervote
countervote
noun
A vote that goes against another.
verb
To balance or overcome by voting.
To vote against.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
covarrubias
crinivorous
crouseville
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
culverhouse
culverhouse
noun
a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate
curryfavour
decurvation
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
discoursive
discoursive
adj
discursive
of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
echoviruses
echoviruses
noun
plural of echovirus
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
erucivorous
excurvation
extraovular
extraovular
adj
Outside the egg
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
flavorfully
flavorfully
adv
In a flavorful manner.
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
florivorous
florivorous
adj
That eats flowers
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
forevouched
forevouched
adj
Avowed or affirmed in advance.
frivolously
frivolously
adv
In a frivolous manner
frugivorous
frugivorous
adj
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
gravaminous
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
hircocervus
hircocervus
noun
(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
hypervolume
hypervolume
noun
(geometry) A volume in more than three dimensions.
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
interdevour
interdevour
verb
(rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.
intervolute
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
inventurous
inveracious
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
irrevoluble
irrevoluble
adj
That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.
juvenocracy
juvenolatry
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
laevogyrous
laevogyrous
adj
Alternative form of levogyrous
larvicolous
larvicolous
Adjective
That lives parasitically within the body of a larva
larvigerous
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
larvivorous
larvivorous
adj
(chiefly of fish) That feed on the larvae of insects
levulosuria
lignivorous
lignivorous
adj
That feeds on wood.
loreauville
loupcervier
manoeuvered
manoeuvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
marvelously
marvelously
adv
Alternative form of marvellously
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
mellivorous
mellivorous
adj
honey-eating
merdivorous
merdivorous
adj
Dung-eating, coprophagous.
microvillus
microvillus
noun
Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.
microvolume
microvolume
noun
(often attributive) A microscopic volume.
moreauville
multiovular
multivorous
multivorous
adj
(biology, demographics) Liking or consuming more than one kind of product.
mycoviruses
mycoviruses
noun
plural of mycovirus
myxoviruses
myxoviruses
noun
plural of myxovirus
nervousness
nervousness
noun
The state or quality of being nervous.
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nonfeverous
nongrievous
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonsurvivor
nonsurvivor
noun
One who does not survive.
nonvalorous
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nonvascular
nonvascular
adj
not vascular
nonvirtuous
nonvirtuous
adj
Not virtuous.
nonvirulent
nonvirulent
adj
Not virulent.
nonvitreous
nonvitreous
adj
Not vitreous.
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
obstructive
obstructive
adj
Causing obstructions.
noun
One who obstructs something.
obtrusively
obtrusively
adv
In an obtrusive manner.
oliviferous
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
oncoviruses
oncoviruses
noun
plural of oncovirus
ornithvrous
oryzivorous
oryzivorous
adj
Having a diet rich in rice.
outdelivers
outdelivers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdeliver
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outsavoring
outstriving
outtraveled
ovariotubal
overabounds
overabounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overabound