| CARMINATIVES | • carminatives n. Plural of carminative. • CARMINATIVE n. a drug able to relieve flatulence. |
| CENTUMVIRATE | • centumvirate n. A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule… • CENTUMVIRATE n. a body of a hundred men. |
| COMPARATIVES | • comparatives n. Plural of comparative. • COMPARATIVE n. one that compares with another esp. on equal footing. |
| CONFIRMATIVE | • confirmative adj. That serves to confirm. • CONFIRMATIVE adj. tending to confirm. |
| CONSERVATISM | • conservatism n. A political philosophy that advocates traditional values. • conservatism n. A risk-averse attitude or approach. • CONSERVATISM n. the principles and policies of a Conservative party. |
| DECEMVIRATES | • decemvirates n. Plural of decemvirate. • DECEMVIRATE n. the office of decemvir. |
| KURCHATOVIUM | • kurchatovium n. (Physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium. • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
| MICROGRAVITY | • microgravity n. (Physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained… • MICROGRAVITY n. a condition in space in which only minuscule forces are experienced. |
| OVERDRAMATIC | • overdramatic adj. Dramatic to excess. • OVERDRAMATIC adj. excessively dramatic. |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| OVERMATCHING | • overmatching v. Present participle of overmatch. • OVERMATCH v. to be more than a match for. |
| OVERMEDICATE | • overmedicate v. To medicate excessively. • OVERMEDICATE v. to medicate to excess. |
| VARICOTOMIES | • varicotomies n. Plural of varicotomy. • VARICOTOMY n. an incision into a varicose vein. |
| VERMICULATED | • vermiculated v. Simple past tense and past participle of vermiculate. • vermiculated adj. Decorated with lines like worm tracks. • VERMICULATE v. to decorate in a manner reminiscent of a mass of curly worms. |
| VERMICULATES | • vermiculates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vermiculate. • VERMICULATE v. to decorate in a manner reminiscent of a mass of curly worms. |
| VOLUMETRICAL | • volumetrical adj. Alternative form of volumetric. • VOLUMETRICAL adj. of or pertaining to volumetry, the measurement of volume, also VOLUMETRIC. |