| ARRIVISME | • arrivisme n. (Sociology) The state or behaviour of an arriviste. • ARRIVISME n. (French) the state of being an arriviste, an upstart. |
| DECEMVIRI | • decemviri n. Plural of decemvir. • DECEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. |
| DORMITIVE | • dormitive adj. Causing sleep. • dormitive n. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate. • DORMITIVE n. a soporific, such as opium. |
| IMMERSIVE | • immersive adj. Tending to immerse. • immersive adj. Giving the impression of immersion. • IMMERSIVE adj. providing stimulation for a number of senses, not just sight and sound. |
| 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. |
| MISDRIVEN | • misdriven v. Past participle of misdrive. • MISDRIVE v. to drive improperly. |
| MISDRIVES | • misdrives v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdrive. • MISDRIVE v. to drive improperly. |
| OVERTIMID | • OVERTIMID adj. too timid. |
| PRIMITIVE | • primitive n. (Linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative. • primitive n. A member of a primitive society. • primitive n. A simple-minded person. |
| REMISSIVE | • remissive adj. Remitting; forgiving; abating. • REMISSIVE adj. remitting; forgiving. |
| SERVILISM | • servilism n. Servile behaviour. • SERVILISM n. system of slavery or serfdom. |
| VAMPIRISE | • vampirise v. Alternative form of vampirize. • VAMPIRISE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRIZE. |
| VAMPIRIZE | • vampirize v. (Transitive) To make into a vampire. • vampirize v. (Transitive) To drain the resources or life force of. • VAMPIRIZE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRISE. |
| VERMICIDE | • vermicide n. Any substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms. • VERMICIDE n. a substance that kills worms. |
| VERMILIES | • VERMILY n. (Spenser) vermilion, also VERMEIL, VERMEILLE, VERMELL, VERMIL, VERMILION, VERMILLION. |
| 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. |
| VERMINIER | • VERMINY adj. full of vermin. |
| VIRAEMIAS | • viraemias n. Plural of viraemia. • VIRAEMIA n. (Latin) the presence of viral particles in the blood, also VIREMIA. |