| CULVERTAGE | • culvertage n. (Historical) The degradation of a vassal to the position of a serf. • CULVERTAGE n. (historical) the degradation of a peasant to the position of a serf. |
| CULVERTING | • culverting v. Present participle of culvert. • CULVERT v. to channel a stream through an arched construction or channel enclosing a drain or watercourse beneath a road, railway, etc. |
| CURVETTING | • curvetting v. Present participle of curvet. • curvetting n. Alternative form of curveting. • CURVET v. to leap, frisk. |
| DIVULGATER | • divulgater n. (Archaic) One who divulges. • DIVULGATER n. one who divulgates, also DIVULGATOR. |
| FIGURATIVE | • figurative adj. Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures;… • figurative adj. Metaphorically so called. • figurative adj. With many figures of speech. |
| OUTSERVING | • outserving v. Present participle of outserve. • OUTSERVE v. to surpass in serving. |
| OVERBOUGHT | • overbought adj. (Finance) Of a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding… • OVERBUY v. to buy too much. |
| OVERCAUGHT | • overcaught v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcatch. • OVERCATCH v. to overtake. |
| OVERRAUGHT | • overraught v. (Obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of overreach. • OVERREACH v. to reach beyond, to overtake. |
| OVERSTRUNG | • overstrung adj. Excessively tense or nervous. • overstrung adj. Strung too tightly. • OVERSTRUNG adj. too highly strung. |
| OVERTAUGHT | • overtaught v. Simple past tense and past participle of overteach. • OVERTEACH v. to teach too much. |
| OVERTURING | • overturing v. Present participle of overture. • OVERTURE v. to put forward as an overture. |
| PURGATIVES | • purgatives n. Plural of purgative. • PURGATIVE n. a medicine that empties the intestines. |
| REGULATIVE | • regulative adj. Of or relating to regulation; having a regulatory function. • REGULATIVE adj. tending to regulate. |
| SUBVERTING | • subverting v. Present participle of subvert. • SUBVERT v. to destroy completely, also SUBVERSE. |
| TRAVELOGUE | • travelogue n. A description of someone’s travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture. • TRAVELOGUE n. a film, talk etc. on travel, also TRAVELOG. |
| UNRIVETING | • unriveting v. Present participle of unrivet. • UNRIVET v. to take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates. |
| VENTURINGS | • venturings n. Plural of venturing. • VENTURING n. the act of venture. |
| VOLTIGEURS | • voltigeurs n. Plural of voltigeur. • VOLTIGEUR n. (French) a lightly armed skirmisher. |