The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
amadavat
amadavat
noun
An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amravati
atavisms
atavisms
noun
plural of atavism
averment
averment
noun
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
comitiva
comitiva
noun
(historical) A band of brigands in Italy or Sicily.
emanativ
lavament
lavement
lavement
noun
A clyster.
A washing or bathing.
lovemate
lovemate
noun
The person with whom one is mated in love; a lover or sweetheart.
maestive
mantevil
mauvette
mauvette
adj
having this color
noun
a purple color similar to mauve
megavolt
megavolt
noun
One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV.
mitsvahs
mitsvahs
noun
plural of mitsvah
mitzvahs
montalvo
moravite
motivate
motivate
verb
(transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
mutative
mutative
adj
Relating to mutation.
nativism
nativism
noun
(chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
(linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
(philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
overmast
overmast
verb
To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.
overtame
overtame
adj
Excessively tame.
pavement
pavement
noun
(architecture) The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.
(chiefly British) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
(now chiefly Canada, US) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
(now chiefly Canada, US) The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
pivotman
pivotman
noun
(figurative) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
(military) A pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
(sports) A player in a central position.
privatum
savement
savement
noun
(obsolete) The act of saving; salvation.
stoveman
tamatave
tapemove
temesvar
vagotomy
vagotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
valetdom
valetdom
noun
The realm or sphere of valets.
valetism
vamplate
vamplate
noun
A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting lance, to stabilize and protect the hand.
varments
varments
noun
plural of varment
varmints
varmints
noun
plural of varmint
vasotomy
vasotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the vas deferens
vatmaker
vatmaker
noun
Someone who makes vats.
verament
veratrum
veratrum
noun
Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum
verbatim
verbatim
adj
(of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
(of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
adv
(obsolete) Orally; verbally.
Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
noun
A word-for-word report of a speech.
viameter
viameter
noun
An odometer.
viaticum
viaticum
noun
(especially Catholicism) The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
(often figurative) Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.
A portable altar.
vitalism
vitalism
noun
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.