| EXPECTATIVES | • expectatives n. Plural of expectative. • EXPECTATIVE n. an anticipatory grant of a benefice not yet vacant. |
| EXTENUATIVES | • EXTENUATIVE n. a medicine which causes thinness or emaciation. |
| FERMENTATIVE | • fermentative adj. Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation. • FERMENTATIVE adj. causing or consisting of fermentation. |
| INVERTEBRATE | • invertebrate n. An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone. • invertebrate n. (Informal) A spineless person; a coward. • invertebrate adj. Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae. |
| INVETERATELY | • inveterately adv. For a long time. • INVETERATE adv. firmly established by long persistence. |
| OVERESTIMATE | • overestimate v. To judge or calculate too highly. • overestimate n. An estimate that is too high. • over-estimate v. Alternative spelling of overestimate. |
| PRESENTATIVE | • presentative adj. Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind. • presentative adj. (Ecclesiastical law) Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that… • presentative adj. (Grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor. |
| PREVENTATIVE | • preventative adj. Alternative form of preventive. • preventative n. Alternative form of preventive. • PREVENTATIVE adj. acting to prevent, also PREVENTIVE. |
| REITERATIVES | • reiteratives n. Plural of reiterative. • REITERATIVE n. a word formed by reduplication, the second element usually differing from the first e.g. helter-skelter. |
| REVEGETATING | • revegetating v. Present participle of revegetate. • REVEGETATE v. to vegetate anew. |
| REVEGETATION | • revegetation n. The act or process of revegetating. • REVEGETATION n. the act of revegetating. |
| SEPTEMVIRATE | • septemvirate n. A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule. • SEPTEMVIRATE n. government by, or group of, seven men. |
| TERGIVERSATE | • tergiversate v. (Intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner. • tergiversate v. (Intransitive) To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize. • tergiversate v. (Intransitive, rare) To flee by turning one’s back. |
| TETRAVALENCE | • tetravalence n. The condition of being tetravalent. • TETRAVALENCE n. the condition of having a valency of four, also TETRAVALENCY. |
| VEGETABLIEST | • VEGETABLIEST adj. VEGETABLY. |
| VEGETATIVELY | • vegetatively adv. In a vegetative manner; without sexual reproduction. • vegetatively adv. In terms of vegetation. • VEGETATIVE adv. growing, as plants; reproducing by vegetative organs rather than special structures. |
| VINEGARETTES | • vinegarettes n. Plural of vinegarette. • VINEGARETTE n. a bottle for aromatic vinegar or smelling salts, also VINAIGRETTE, VINEGARRETTE. |
| VINEGARRETTE | • VINEGARRETTE n. a small decorative bottle or box with a perforated top, used for holding smelling salts, etc., also VINAIGRETTE, VINEGARETTE. |