| CARMINATIVE | • carminative adj. Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract. • carminative n. (Medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract. • CARMINATIVE adj. able to relieve flatulence. |
| CAVALIERISM | • cavalierism n. The practice or principles of cavaliers. • CAVALIERISM n. the state of being a cavalier. |
| COMPARATIVE | • comparative adj. Of or relating to comparison. • comparative adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. • comparative adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. |
| CRIMINATIVE | • criminative adj. (Archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. • CRIMINATIVE adj. involving crimination, also CRIMINATORY. |
| DECEMVIRATE | • decemvirate n. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly… • DECEMVIRATE n. the office of decemvir. |
| GRAVIMETRIC | • gravimetric adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight. • gravimetric adj. (Geology) Of or pertaining to measurement of the local gravitational field. • GRAVIMETRIC adj. of or relating to measurement by weight, also GRAVIMETRICAL. |
| MAVERICKING | • mavericking v. Present participle of maverick. • MAVERICK v. to seize without legal claim. |
| MICROVILLAR | • microvillar adj. Of or pertaining to a microvillus. • MICROVILLAR adj. of or like a microvillus, a microscopic projection from the surface of a cell wall, also MICROVILLOUS. |
| MICROWAVING | • microwaving v. Present participle of microwave. • MICROWAVE v. to cook by microwave. |
| MISCREATIVE | • miscreative adj. Tending to create badly or wrongly. • MISCREATIVE adj. that creates imperfectly or improperly. |
| OVARIECTOMY | • ovariectomy n. (Surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. • OVARIECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the ovaries. |
| OVERCLAIMED | • overclaimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overclaim. • overclaimed adj. Claimed to an excessive degree. • OVERCLAIM v. to claim excessively. |
| OVERCRAMMED | • overcrammed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcram. • OVERCRAM v. to stuff to excess. |
| OVERMATCHED | • overmatched adj. Outclassed; unable to compete. • overmatched v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmatch. • OVERMATCH v. to be more than a match for. |
| OVERMATCHES | • overmatches n. Plural of overmatch. • overmatches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmatch. • OVERMATCH v. to be more than a match for. |
| REVANCHISMS | • revanchisms n. Plural of revanchism. • REVANCHISM n. policy of aggressively seeking recovery of lost territory. |
| ULTRAVACUUM | • ultravacuum n. A near-perfect vacuum; i.e. an almost or fully complete absence of matter, especially a gas at very low pressure. • ULTRAVACUUM n. an extreme vacuum. |
| VASCULIFORM | • vasculiform adj. Vascular in form; shaped like a vessel. • VASCULIFORM adj. shaped like a small vase or flowerpot. |
| VERMICULATE | • vermiculate v. To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms. • vermiculate adj. Like a worm; resembling a worm. • vermiculate adj. Vermiculated. |
| VOLTAMETRIC | • voltametric adj. Alternative form of voltammetric. • VOLTAMETRIC adj. relating to a voltameter, an instrument for measuring electrical current indirectly. |