(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
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.
cristivomer
detectivism
devotements
devotements
noun
plural of devotement
diminutives
diminutives
noun
plural of diminutive
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
divestments
divestments
noun
plural of divestment
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
earthmovers
earthmovers
noun
plural of earthmover
emotiveness
emotiveness
Noun
The condition of being emotive
emotivities
emotivities
noun
plural of emotivity
enslavement
enslavement
noun
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage
evanishment
evanishment
noun
(now rare) Vanishing, disappearance.
evolvements
evolvements
noun
plural of evolvement
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
governments
governments
noun
plural of government
gravemaster
gravimeters
gravimeters
noun
plural of gravimeter
harvesttime
harvesttime
noun
Alternative spelling of harvest time
impassivity
impassivity
Noun
The state of being impassive.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
impulsivity
impulsivity
noun
The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
intuitivism
intuitivism
noun
The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.
investments
investments
noun
plural of investment
ivermectins
ivermectins
noun
plural of ivermectin
levantinism
locomotives
locomotives
noun
plural of locomotive
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
manifestive
margravates
margravates
noun
plural of margravate
medievalist
medievalist
noun
one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages
menservants
menservants
noun
plural of manservant
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
mesoventral
mesoventral
adj
mesial and ventral
misaventeur
miscreative
miscreative
adj
Tending to create badly or wrongly.
misdevotion
misdevotion
noun
Mistaken devotion.
misevaluate
misevaluate
verb
To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly.
misnavigate
misnavigate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To navigate incorrectly.
motivations
motivations
noun
plural of motivation
multiserver
multiserver
adj
(computing) Involving or pertaining to more than one server.
multivorous
multivorous
adj
(biology, demographics) Liking or consuming more than one kind of product.
muscovadite
muscovitize
negativisms
negativisms
noun
plural of negativism
neovitalism
neovitalism
noun
Any revival of vitalism, but especially that of Johannes Reinke (1849–1931).
nominatives
nominatives
noun
plural of nominative
novatianism
novatianism
Noun
The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.
objectivism
objectivism
noun
(philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
(sometimes capitalized) The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.
Moral objectivism.
The state of being objective; objectivity.
oliversmith
ovariostomy
overcommits
overcommits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcommit
overmantels
overmantels
noun
plural of overmantel
overmasters
overmasters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmaster
overmatches
overmatches
noun
plural of overmatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmatch
overmodesty
overmodesty
noun
excessive modesty
overmoisten
overmoisten
verb
To add too much liquid when moistening; to make overly moist.
overmystify
oversmitten
positivisms
positivisms
noun
plural of positivism
presumptive
presumptive
adj
Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.
primitivism
primitivism
noun
Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
The state or quality of being primitive.
primitivist
primitivist
adj
Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms
noun
A proponent of primitivism.
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
ravagements
ravagements
noun
plural of ravagement
ravishments
ravishments
noun
plural of ravishment
reductivism
reductivism
noun
(art) A minimalist movement in abstract painting and sculpture from the 1950s onwards.
(music) A minimalist school of music with similar aims.
(philosophy of mind) The view that mental states can be reduced to physical phenomena.
Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials
relativisms
relativisms
noun
plural of relativism
remotivates
remotivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remotivate
revealments
revealments
noun
plural of revealment
reversement
revilements
revilements
noun
plural of revilement
semicheviot
semiconvert
seminovelty
semiprivate
semiprivate
adj
More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
semistarved
semistarved
adj
Half-starved.
semivalvate
septemvious
septemviral
septemviral
adj
Of or belonging to the septemviri or the septemvirate.
servomotors
servomotors
noun
plural of servomotor
silversmith
silversmith
noun
A person who makes articles out of silver usually larger than jewellery.
sivatherium
somnivolent
somnivolent
adj
Having a desire to sleep.
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.
stovemaking
stovemaking
noun
The manufacture of stoves.
subpavement
subsumptive
subsumptive
adj
Relating to, or containing, a subsumption.
subvestment
summitville
sumterville
synovectomy
synovectomy
noun
(surgery) Joint lining removal
thomasville
thomasville
Proper noun
a city in Clarke County, Alabama, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA, and the county seat of Thomas County.
a CDP in Oregon County, Missouri, USA.
a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA.
an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania, USA.
timeservers
timeservers
noun
plural of timeserver
timeserving
timeserving
noun
Alternative form of time-serving
transmutive
transmutive
adj
That transmutes something.
transversum
uvulatomies
uvulatomies
noun
plural of uvulatomy
uvulotomies
uvulotomies
noun
plural of uvulotomy
vagotropism
variometers
variometers
noun
plural of variometer
varnishment
varnishment
noun
(archaic) The act or process of embellishing something in order to make it more attractive.
vasectomies
vasectomies
noun
plural of vasectomy
vasectomise
vasectomise
verb
Alternative form of vasectomize
vasectomize
vasectomize
verb
to perform a vasectomy
vasomotoric
vasomotoric
adj
Synonym of vasomotor
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.
ventralmost
ventralmost
adj
Most ventral.
ventrimesal
ventrimesal
adj
Alternative form of ventromesal
ventrimeson
ventrimeson
noun
(anatomy) The ventral edge of the meson.
ventromesal
ventromesal
adj
ventral and mesal
venturesome
venturesome
adj
Bold; willing to take risks; adventurous.
Potentially hazardous; risky.
verticalism
verticalism
noun
(architecture) The building of tall, vertical buildings, especially exceptionally tall skyscrapers
vestimental
vestimental
adj
Alternative form of vestimentary
vestmentary
vestrymanly
vicecomites
vicecomites
noun
plural of vicecomes
vicomtesses
vicomtesses
noun
plural of vicomtess
plural of vicomtesse
victimhoods
victimhoods
noun
plural of victimhood
victimising
victimising
verb
present participle of victimise
victimizers
victimizers
noun
plural of victimizer
vigilantism
vigilantism
noun
The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
viscerotomy
viscerotomy
noun
postmortem examination of the tissues of a corpse
viscometers
viscometers
noun
plural of viscometer
viscometric
viscometric
adj
Relating to viscometry.
volsteadism
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.