| BEHAVIOURISMS | • behaviourisms n. Plural of behaviourism. • 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. |
| CLISHMACLAVER | • clishmaclaver n. (Scotland) Gossip; silly chatter. • CLISHMACLAVER n. (Scots) gossip. |
| COMPREHENSIVE | • comprehensive adj. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something. • comprehensive n. (Britain) A comprehensive school. • COMPREHENSIVE adj. covering completely or broadly. |
| DISHEVELMENTS | • DISHEVELMENT n. the state of being dishevelled. |
| EMPOVERISHERS | • EMPOVERISHER n. one who empoverishes. |
| EMPOVERISHING | • empoverishing v. Present participle of empoverish. • EMPOVERISH v. (obsolete) to make poor, also IMPOVERISH. |
| IMPOVERISHERS | • impoverishers n. Plural of impoverisher. • IMPOVERISHER n. one who impoverishes. |
| IMPOVERISHING | • impoverishing v. Present participle of impoverish. • IMPOVERISH v. to make poor, also EMPOVERISH. |
| MACHIAVELIANS | • MACHIAVELIAN n. a politically cunning person, also MACHIAVELLIAN. |
| MANTELSHELVES | • mantelshelves n. Plural of mantelshelf. • MANTELSHELF n. the ornamental shelf over a fireplace. |
| MISBEHAVIOURS | • misbehaviours n. Plural of misbehaviour. • MISBEHAVIOUR n. bad behaviour, also MISBEHAVIOR. |
| MISCHIEVOUSLY | • mischievously adv. In a mischievous manner. • MISCHIEVOUS adv. given to mischief. |
| OVEREMBELLISH | • overembellish v. To embellish excessively. • OVEREMBELLISH v. to embellish to excess. |
| OVEREMPHASISE | • overemphasise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of overemphasize. • OVEREMPHASISE v. to emphasise to excess, also OVEREMPHASIZE. |
| OVEREMPHASIZE | • overemphasize v. To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of. • OVEREMPHASIZE v. to emphasise to excess, also OVEREMPHASISE. |
| OVERMIGHTIEST | • OVERMIGHTY adj. too powerful. |
| OVERWHELMINGS | • overwhelmings n. Plural of overwhelming. • OVERWHELMING n. the act of inflicting a crushing defeat. |
| PHOTOEMISSIVE | • photoemissive adj. Of, or relating to photoemission. • PHOTOEMISSIVE adj. relating to photoemission. |
| VANQUISHMENTS | • vanquishments n. Plural of vanquishment. • VANQUISHMENT n. the act of vanquishing. |
| VOUCHSAFEMENT | • vouchsafement n. The act of vouchsafing. • vouchsafement n. That which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension. • VOUCHSAFEMENT n. the act of vouchsafing. |