| 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. |
| ARGUMENTIVE | • argumentive adj. Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning. • ARGUMENTIVE adj. given to argument, also ARGUMENTATIVE. |
| AVERTIMENTS | • avertiments n. Plural of avertiment. • AVERTIMENT n. (Milton) advertisement. |
| CARMINATIVE | • carminative adj. Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract. • carminative n. (Medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract. • CARMINATIVE adj. able to relieve flatulence. |
| CRIMINATIVE | • criminative adj. (Archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. • CRIMINATIVE adj. involving crimination, also CRIMINATORY. |
| EARTHMOVING | • earthmoving adj. (Construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering… • earthmoving adj. (Figuratively, comparable) Of great significance. • earth-moving n. The removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site. |
| ENUMERATIVE | • enumerative adj. Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration. • ENUMERATIVE adj. serving to enumerate. |
| GERMINATIVE | • germinative adj. Of or pertaining to germination. • germinative adj. Having the ability to germinate. • GERMINATIVE adj. serving to germinate. |
| INFORMATIVE | • informative adj. Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. • informative adj. (In standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information. • informative adj. (Obsolete) Formative; having power to form. |
| INTERVALLUM | • intervallum n. An interval. • INTERVALLUM adj. between ramparts. • INTERVALLUM n. a gap, an interval. |
| MAIDSERVANT | • maidservant n. A female servant; a maid. • maid-servant n. Alternative form of maidservant. • MAIDSERVANT n. a female servant. |
| MENSURATIVE | • mensurative adj. Relating to mensuration or measurement. • MENSURATIVE adj. relating to mensuration, also MENSURATIONAL. |
| NORMATIVELY | • normatively adv. In a normative manner or context. • NORMATIVE adv. of or relating to a norm; establishing a standard. |
| OVERMASTING | • overmasting v. Present participle of overmast. • OVERMAST v. to provide with too long masts. |
| PREVAILMENT | • prevailment n. (Obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
| RAVISHMENTS | • ravishments n. Plural of ravishment. • RAVISHMENT n. the act of ravishing. |
| TERMINATIVE | • terminative adj. Of, or relating to the termination of something. • terminative adj. (Linguistics) of, or relating to the terminative case. • terminative n. The terminative case. |
| VERMINATING | • verminating v. Present participle of verminate. • VERMINATE v. to breed vermin. |
| VERMINATION | • vermination n. (Archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin. • vermination n. (Archaic) A griping of the bowels. • VERMINATION n. worm infestation; worm breeding. |