| ADVERSARIAL | • adversarial adj. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed. • adversarial adj. (Law) In which issues are tried through the presentation of evidence and argument by adverse parties… • ADVERSARIAL adj. combative, antagonistic. |
| ADVERSARIES | • adversaries n. Plural of adversary. • ADVERSARY n. an opponent. |
| ADVERSATIVE | • adversative adj. (Linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference. • adversative adj. (Linguistics) Expressing adverse effect. • adversative n. (Rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative. |
| ADVISORATES | • ADVISORATE n. the body of advisors appointed by an education authority. |
| ANIMADVERTS | • animadverts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert. • ANIMADVERT v. to comment critically on; to censure. |
| CADAVERINES | • cadaverines n. Plural of cadaverine. • CADAVERINE n. a deadly ptomaine. |
| DEVANAGARIS | • DEVANAGARI n. (Sanskrit) the character in which Sanskrit is usually printed, also NAGARI. |
| DISAPPROVAL | • disapproval n. The act of disapproving; condemnation. • DISAPPROVAL n. censure, disapprobation. |
| DIVARICATES | • divaricates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divaricate. • DIVARICATE v. to fork, diverge. |
| MAIDSERVANT | • maidservant n. A female servant; a maid. • maid-servant n. Alternative form of maidservant. • MAIDSERVANT n. a female servant. |
| OUVIRANDRAS | • OUVIRANDRA n. (Malagasy) a water-plant of Madagascar, aka lattice-leaf. |
| REVALIDATES | • revalidates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revalidate. • REVALIDATE v. to validate again. |
| SAVEGARDING | • SAVEGARD v. (Spenser) to safeguard. |
| 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. |
| VANGUARDIST | • vanguardist n. A proponent of vanguardism. • VANGUARDIST n. a practitioner of vanguardism. |
| VASODILATOR | • vasodilator n. (Pharmacology) A drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure. • VASODILATOR n. a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation. |