| AMBIVALENT | • ambivalent adj. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations. • ambivalent adj. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite. • AMBIVALENT adj. having conflicting emotional attitudes towards the same object. |
| AMPLIATIVE | • ampliative adj. That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information. • AMPLIATIVE adj. amplifying (now chiefly in ampliative induction). |
| AVALEMENTS | • AVALEMENT n. a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow. |
| CALMATIVES | • calmatives n. Plural of calmative. • CALMATIVE n. a drug having a calming effect. |
| CALVARIUMS | • calvariums n. Plural of calvarium. • CALVARIUM n. (Latin) the dome of the skull. |
| CAVALRYMAN | • cavalryman n. A soldier in the cavalry. • CAVALRYMAN n. a cavalry soldier. |
| CAVALRYMEN | • cavalrymen n. Plural of cavalryman. • CAVALRYMAN n. a cavalry soldier. |
| GALVANISMS | • galvanisms n. Plural of galvanism. • GALVANISM n. the production of an electric current by chemical means, as in a battery. |
| MALVACEOUS | • malvaceous adj. Of or pertaining to plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. • MALVACEOUS adj. pertaining to the mallow family of plants. |
| MARGRAVIAL | • margravial adj. Of or relating to a margrave. • MARGRAVIAL adj. relating to a margrave. |
| MEATLOAVES | • meatloaves n. Plural of meatloaf. • MEATLOAF n. a baked loaf of ground meat. |
| MEDIAEVALS | • mediaevals n. Plural of mediaeval. • MEDIAEVAL n. a person who lived in the Middle Ages. |
| VANDALISMS | • vandalisms n. Plural of vandalism. • VANDALISM n. wanton damage. |
| VERAPAMILS | • verapamils n. Plural of verapamil. • VERAPAMIL n. a calcium channel blocker. |