| ADVENTURISM | • adventurism n. The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. • adventurism n. (Politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. • ADVENTURISM n. improvisation in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles. |
| ARGUMENTIVE | • argumentive adj. Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning. • ARGUMENTIVE adj. given to argument, also ARGUMENTATIVE. |
| CIRCUMVENTS | • circumvents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent. • CIRCUMVENT v. to go round, to get round. |
| CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| DIMINUTIVAL | • diminutival adj. Indicating diminution; diminutive. • DIMINUTIVAL adj. relating to or like a diminutive. |
| DIMINUTIVES | • diminutives n. Plural of diminutive. • DIMINUTIVE n. a diminutive word, affix, or name. |
| DIVULGEMENT | • divulgement n. The act of divulging (communicating or revealing information). • DIVULGEMENT n. the act of divulging. |
| ENUMERATIVE | • enumerative adj. Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration. • ENUMERATIVE adj. serving to enumerate. |
| INTERVALLUM | • intervallum n. An interval. • INTERVALLUM adj. between ramparts. • INTERVALLUM n. a gap, an interval. |
| INTUITIVISM | • intuitivism n. The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive. • INTUITIVISM n. being intuitive. |
| MENSURATIVE | • mensurative adj. Relating to mensuration or measurement. • MENSURATIVE adj. relating to mensuration, also MENSURATIONAL. |
| MISVENTURES | • misventures n. Plural of misventure. • MISVENTURE n. a misadventure, also MISADVENTURE. |
| MULTIVALENT | • multivalent adj. (Chemistry) Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent. • multivalent adj. (Genetics) Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis. • multivalent adj. (Immunology) Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen. |
| OUTVENOMING | • outvenoming v. Present participle of outvenom. • OUTVENOM v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in venom. |
| UNCOMBATIVE | • uncombative adj. Not combative. • UNCOMBATIVE adj. not combative. |
| UNMOTIVATED | • unmotivated adj. Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel. • unmotivated adj. For which there is no motive. • UNMOTIVATED adj. not motivated. |
| VOLUNTARISM | • voluntarism n. (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. • voluntarism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. • voluntarism n. (Politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals… |