| COMBUSTIVES | • COMBUSTIVE n. something capable of catching fire. |
| COMPLUVIUMS | • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| COMPULSIVES | • compulsives n. Plural of compulsive. • COMPULSIVE n. one driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
| 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. |
| FAVOURITISM | • favouritism n. (British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another. • FAVOURITISM n. the state of having favourites. |
| MELLIVOROUS | • mellivorous adj. Honey-eating. • MELLIVOROUS adj. honey-eating. |
| MERDIVOROUS | • merdivorous adj. Dung-eating, coprophagous. • MERDIVOROUS adj. dung-eating. |
| MICROVILLUS | • microvillus n. Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin… • MICROVILLUS n. a microscopic projection from the surface of a cell wall. |
| MISCHIEVOUS | • mischievous adj. Causing mischief; injurious. • mischievous adj. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved. • MISCHIEVOUS adj. given to mischief. |
| MULTIVOCALS | • MULTIVOCAL n. a word with many meanings. |
| MYCOVIRUSES | • mycoviruses n. Plural of mycovirus. • MYCOVIRUS n. a virus attacking fungi. |
| MYXOVIRUSES | • myxoviruses n. Plural of myxovirus. • MYXOVIRUS n. any of a group of related viruses causing influenza, mumps etc. |
| VASCULIFORM | • vasculiform adj. Vascular in form; shaped like a vessel. • VASCULIFORM adj. shaped like a small vase or flowerpot. |
| VERMICULOUS | • vermiculous adj. Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms; wormy. • VERMICULOUS adj. wormy. |
| VERMINOUSLY | • verminously adv. In a verminous way. • VERMINOUS adv. full of vermin. |
| VERMIVOROUS | • vermivorous adj. Feeding on worms. • VERMIVOROUS adj. eating worms. |
| VOLUMETRIES | • VOLUMETRY n. the act of measuring by volume. |
| 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… |