| ADVENTITIOUS | • adventitious adj. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. • adventitious adj. Accidental, additional, appearing casually. • adventitious adj. (Genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired. |
| BEHAVIOURISM | • behaviourism n. (British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism. • BEHAVIOURISM n. the psychological theory that behaviour is governed by conditioning rather than internal processes and that by changing behaviour patterns it is possible to treat psychological disorders, also BEHAVIORISM. |
| BEHAVIOURIST | • behaviourist n. Britain standard spelling of behaviorist. • BEHAVIOURIST n. an adherent of behaviourism. |
| CHELUVIATION | • cheluviation n. Eluviation caused by the chelating action of acids in the environment. • CHELUVIATION n. the leaching of iron and aluminium oxides from soils, esp. those planted with conifers and heaths. |
| COLLIQUATIVE | • colliquative adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive. • COLLIQUATIVE adj. profuse in flow; wasting. |
| CONTINUATIVE | • continuative adj. Of or pertaining to continuation. • continuative adj. (Linguistics) durative. • continuative n. Something that causes a continuation. |
| CURVIFOLIATE | • curvifoliate adj. Having curved leaves. • CURVIFOLIATE adj. having curved leaves. |
| EQUIVOCACIES | • equivocacies n. Plural of equivocacy. • EQUIVOCACY n. equivocal character. |
| EQUIVOCALITY | • equivocality n. The quality of being equivocal. • EQUIVOCALITY n. the state of being equivocal. |
| EQUIVOCATING | • equivocating v. Present participle of equivocate. • EQUIVOCATE v. to use equivocal or doubtful words in order to mislead or to avoid answering a question. |
| EQUIVOCATION | • equivocation n. (Logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression. • equivocation n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading. • EQUIVOCATION n. the use of equivocal or doubtful words. |
| FLUVIOMARINE | • fluviomarine adj. (Geology) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea. • FLUVIOMARINE adj. of deposits, formed by joint action of the sea and a river or stream. |
| MISBEHAVIOUR | • misbehaviour n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior. • MISBEHAVIOUR n. bad behaviour, also MISBEHAVIOR. |
| OUTACHIEVING | • outachieving v. Present participle of outachieve. • OUTACHIEVE v. to surpass in achievement. |
| OUTVILLAINED | • outvillained v. Simple past tense and past participle of outvillain. • OUTVILLAIN v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in villainy. |
| PERVICACIOUS | • pervicacious adj. (Possibly rare) Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate. • PERVICACIOUS adj. very stubborn. |
| UNPAVILIONED | • unpavilioned adj. (Poetic) Without a pavilion. • UNPAVILIONED adj. not pavilioned. |
| VESICULATION | • vesiculation n. The formation of vesicles; blistering. • vesiculation n. The presence of vesicles. • VESICULATION n. the formation of vesicles. |
| VITUPERATION | • vituperation n. The act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring. • vituperation n. Criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh; abuse, severe blame or censure. • VITUPERATION n. abuse, rejection. |