| AMUSIVE | • amusive adj. (Obsolete) Illusive, deceitful. • amusive adj. (Now rare) Giving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging. • amusive adj. (Now rare) Amusing, humorous. |
| ATAVISM | • atavism n. The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback. • atavism n. The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence. • atavism n. (Sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence. |
| FAUVISM | • fauvism n. An artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of… • FAUVISM n. (French) a school of art noted for bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors. |
| FAVISMS | • FAVISM n. an acute type of anaemia in which haemolysis is precipitated by contact with broad beans. |
| IMPAVES | • impaves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impave. • IMPAVE v. to set in a pavement. |
| MASSIVE | • massive adj. Very large in size or extent. • massive adj. Very large or bulky and heavy and solid. • massive adj. (Informal) To a very great extent; total, utter. |
| MAULVIS | • maulvis n. Plural of maulvi. • MAULVI n. (Urdu) a teacher of Islamic law, also MOOLVI, MOOLVIE. |
| MAUVAIS | • MAUVAIS adj. (French) bad, wicked, also MAUVAISE. |
| MAUVINS | • MAUVIN n. a mauve dye, also MAUVEIN, MAUVEINE, MAUVINE. |
| MAVISES | • mavises n. Plural of mavis. • MAVIS n. the European throstle or song thrush, also MAVIE. |
| MAYVINS | • mayvins n. Plural of mayvin. • MAYVIN n. (US slang) an expert, a pundit, also MAVEN, MAVIN. |
| MIKVAHS | • mikvahs n. Plural of mikvah. • MIKVAH n. (Hebrew) a place for ritual bathing by Orthodox Jews, also MIKVA, MIKVEH. |
| MISAVER | • MISAVER v. to speak erroneously. |
| MISGAVE | • misgave v. Simple past tense of misgive. • MISGIVE v. to make doubtful or fearful. |
| MITSVAH | • mitsvah n. Alternative form of mitzvah. • MITSVAH n. (Hebrew) a commandment of Jewish law, also MITZVAH. |
| VALIUMS | • Valiums n. Plural of Valium. • VALIUM n. as in valium picnic, a day on the New York Stock Exchange when business is slow. |
| VAMPISH | • vampish adj. Like a vamp (flirtatious woman). • VAMPISH adj. like a vamp, sultry, seductive, also VAMPY. |
| VIDAMES | • vidames n. Plural of vidame. • VIDAME n. in French feudal jurisprudence, the deputy of a bishop in temporal affairs; a minor noble. |
| VIMANAS | • vimanas n. Plural of vimana. • VIMANA n. (Sanskrit) in the Indian subcontinent, the central tower enclosing the shrine in a temple. |
| VOMICAS | • vomicas n. Plural of vomica. • VOMICA n. (Latin) a cavity in the body containing pus. |