| ADVENTURISM | • adventurism n. The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. • adventurism n. (Politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. • ADVENTURISM n. improvisation in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles. |
| ANIMADVERTS | • animadverts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert. • ANIMADVERT v. to comment critically on; to censure. |
| AVERTIMENTS | • avertiments n. Plural of avertiment. • AVERTIMENT n. (Milton) advertisement. |
| MAIDSERVANT | • maidservant n. A female servant; a maid. • maid-servant n. Alternative form of maidservant. • MAIDSERVANT n. a female servant. |
| MENSERVANTS | • menservants n. Plural of manservant. • MANSERVANT n. a male servant. |
| MENSURATIVE | • mensurative adj. Relating to mensuration or measurement. • MENSURATIVE adj. relating to mensuration, also MENSURATIONAL. |
| OVERMANTELS | • overmantels n. Plural of overmantel. • OVERMANTEL n. an ornamental structure set on a mantelshelf. |
| OVERMASTING | • overmasting v. Present participle of overmast. • OVERMAST v. to provide with too long masts. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| RAVAGEMENTS | • ravagements n. Plural of ravagement. • RAVAGEMENT n. laying waste. |
| RAVISHMENTS | • ravishments n. Plural of ravishment. • RAVISHMENT n. the act of ravishing. |
| REVEALMENTS | • revealments n. Plural of revealment. • REVEALMENT n. the act of revealing. |
| TRANSMOVING | • transmoving v. Present participle of transmove. • TRANSMOVE v. (Spenser) to transmute, also TRANSMEW. |
| VOLUNTARISM | • voluntarism n. (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. • voluntarism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. • voluntarism n. (Politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals… |