| 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. |
| 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. |
| MALVOISIE | • malvoisie n. Synonym of malmsey (“wine”). • MALVOISIE n. (French) a strong sweet wine, also MALMSEY, MALVESIE. |
| MISMOVING | • mismoving v. Present participle of mismove. • MISMOVE v. to move wrongly. |
| SOVIETISM | • Sovietism n. Soviet beliefs or practices. • SOVIETISM n. the principles and practice of soviet government. |
| VIMINEOUS | • vimineous adj. Of or pertaining to twigs. • vimineous adj. (Botany) Producing long, slender shoots or twigs. • VIMINEOUS adj. made of wicker. |
| VIOMYCINS | • viomycins n. Plural of viomycin. • VIOMYCIN n. a drug used in the treatment of TB. |
| VISNOMIES | • visnomies n. Plural of visnomy. • VISNOMY n. the act of judging character from appearance, also VISNOMIE. |
| VOLTINISM | • voltinism n. (Biology) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year. • VOLTINISM n. the number of broods typically produced per year by a population of a particular insect species. |
| VOMITIEST | • VOMITY adj. resembling or smelling of vomit. |
| VOMITINGS | • vomitings n. Plural of vomiting. • VOMITING n. the act of vomiting. |
| VOMITIVES | • vomitives n. Plural of vomitive. • VOMITIVE n. a substance causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; an emetic. |
| VORTICISM | • vorticism n. A short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating… • VORTICISM n. a British movement in the arts, deriving from futurism. |