| ADUMBRATIVE | • adumbrative adj. Of or pertaining to adumbration. • ADUMBRATIVE adj. with the character of a sketch or outline. |
| ADVERGAMING | • advergaming n. The creation or playing of advergames. • ADVERGAMING n. a method of interactive marketing in which free downloadable computer games appear on websites (often as pop-ups) to advertise a company or product. |
| AFFIRMATIVE | • affirmative adj. Pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming. • affirmative adj. Pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result. • affirmative adj. Positive. |
| AMRITATTVAS | • AMRITATTVA n. (Sanskrit) immortality. |
| ANIMADVERTS | • animadverts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert. • ANIMADVERT v. to comment critically on; to censure. |
| BARMITSVAHS | • BARMITSVAH n. (Hebrew) in the Jewish religion, a boy attaining the age (usually 13) of religious responsibility, also BARMITZVAH. |
| BARMITZVAHS | • bar␣mitzvahs n. Plural of bar mitzvah. • bar␣mitzvahs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bar mitzvah. • BARMITZVAH n. (Hebrew) in the Jewish religion, a boy attaining the age (usually 13) of religious responsibility, also BARMITSVAH. |
| 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. |
| IMPERATIVAL | • imperatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. • IMPERATIVAL adj. relating to the imperative. |
| MAIDSERVANT | • maidservant n. A female servant; a maid. • maid-servant n. Alternative form of maidservant. • MAIDSERVANT n. a female servant. |
| MARGRAVIATE | • margraviate n. Alternative form of margravate. • MARGRAVIATE n. the jurisdiction or position of a margrave, also MARGRAVATE. |
| MARGRAVINES | • margravines n. Plural of margravine. • MARGRAVINE n. a margrave's wife or woman having power of margrave. |
| MARIVAUDAGE | • marivaudage n. (Literary) A writing style characterized by an affectation of refinement, originating from the writing… • MARIVAUDAGE n. preciosity in literary style or expression. |
| MASKIROVKAS | • MASKIROVKA n. (Russian) use of deception or camouflage as military stratagem. |
| PARVANIMITY | • parvanimity n. (Now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PRIMAEVALLY | • primaevally adv. Alternative form of primevally. • PRIMAEVAL adv. belonging to the earth's beginnings, also PRIMEVAL. |
| VANGUARDISM | • vanguardism n. (Politics) The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself… • VANGUARDISM n. the condition of being or practice of positioning oneself as or within the vanguard of a movement, esp. political. |