| ACTIVISMS | • activisms n. Plural of activism. • ACTIVISM n. a policy of direct action. |
| CALMATIVE | • calmative adj. Calming. • calmative n. A drug with calming effects. • CALMATIVE adj. having a calming effect. |
| CENTUMVIR | • centumvir n. (Historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire… • CENTUMVIR n. (Latin) in Rome, one of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. |
| CEVITAMIC | • cevitamic adj. Synonym of ascorbic. • CEVITAMIC adj. as in cevitamic acid, another name for ascorbic acid, vitamin C. |
| COMBATIVE | • combative adj. Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. • COMBATIVE adj. inclined to combat. |
| HUMECTIVE | • humective adj. (Obsolete) Tending to moisten. • humective n. (Obsolete) A humectant. • HUMECTIVE n. something tending to moisten. |
| IMPACTIVE | • impactive adj. Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact. • IMPACTIVE adj. relating to impact. |
| LACTIVISM | • lactivism n. The advocacy of breastfeeding, and especially of the right to nurse children in public. • LACTIVISM n. strong advocacy of breastfeeding as opposed to bottle-feeding. |
| MICROVOLT | • microvolt n. One millionth (10-6) of a volt, abbreviated as µV. • micro-volt n. One millionth (10-6) of a volt, abbreviated as µV. • MICROVOLT n. the millionth part of one volt. |
| MUSCOVITE | • muscovite n. (Mineralogy) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the… • Muscovite n. An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow. • Muscovite n. (Archaic, by extension) A Russian. |
| OVERMATCH | • overmatch v. To match more than intended. • overmatch v. To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish. • overmatch v. To marry to a superior. |
| VASECTOMY | • vasectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization. • VASECTOMY n. the excision of part or all of the vas deferens, esp. in order to produce sterility. |
| VIATICUMS | • viaticums n. Plural of viaticum. • VIATICUM n. (Latin) an allowance for travelling expenses. |
| VICTIMISE | • victimise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of victimize. • VICTIMISE v. to make a victim of, also VICTIMIZE. |
| VICTIMIZE | • victimize v. To make someone a victim or sacrifice. • victimize v. To punish someone unjustly. • victimize v. To swindle or defraud someone. |
| VITAMINIC | • vitaminic adj. Of or pertaining to vitamins. • vitaminic adj. Containing vitamins. • VITAMINIC adj. relating to a vitamin. |
| VITICETUM | • viticetum n. (Botany) A collection of vines. • VITICETUM n. a plantation of vines. |
| VORTICISM | • vorticism n. A short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating… • VORTICISM n. a British movement in the arts, deriving from futurism. |