| DORMITIVE | • dormitive adj. Causing sleep. • dormitive n. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate. • DORMITIVE n. a soporific, such as opium. |
| EMOTIVISM | • emotivism n. (Ethics) The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should"… • EMOTIVISM n. the theory that moral statements are inherently biased. |
| EMOTIVITY | • emotivity n. The condition of being emotive. • EMOTIVITY n. emotiveness. |
| IMPLOSIVE | • implosive adj. Formed by implosion. • implosive n. (Phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent. • IMPLOSIVE adj. of or relating to implosion. |
| IMPROVISE | • improvise v. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition… • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| LEITMOTIV | • leitmotiv n. Alternative form of leitmotif. • LEITMOTIV n. (German) a leading motif, a recurring theme in a novel, musical signature for something, also LEITMOTIF. |
| MALVOISIE | • malvoisie n. Synonym of malmsey (“wine”). • MALVOISIE n. (French) a strong sweet wine, also MALMSEY, MALVESIE. |
| OVERTIMID | • OVERTIMID adj. too timid. |
| SOVIETISM | • Sovietism n. Soviet beliefs or practices. • SOVIETISM n. the principles and practice of soviet government. |
| VERMILION | • vermilion n. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar. • vermilion n. A bright orange-red colour. • vermilion n. A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women. |
| VIMINEOUS | • vimineous adj. Of or pertaining to twigs. • vimineous adj. (Botany) Producing long, slender shoots or twigs. • VIMINEOUS adj. made of wicker. |
| VISNOMIES | • visnomies n. Plural of visnomy. • VISNOMY n. the act of judging character from appearance, also VISNOMIE. |
| VOICEMAIL | • voicemail n. (Uncountable) A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages… • voicemail n. (Countable, by extension) An individual message on such a system. • voice␣mail n. Alternative spelling of voicemail. |
| VOMITIEST | • VOMITY adj. resembling or smelling of vomit. |
| VOMITIVES | • vomitives n. Plural of vomitive. • VOMITIVE n. a substance causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; an emetic. |