| DIVORCEMENT | • divorcement n. (Obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage. • divorcement n. (Figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion. • DIVORCEMENT n. the act of divorcing. |
| EARTHMOVING | • earthmoving adj. (Construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering… • earthmoving adj. (Figuratively, comparable) Of great significance. • earth-moving n. The removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site. |
| ENVIRONMENT | • environment n. The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest. • environment n. The natural world or ecosystem. • environment n. All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs. |
| IMPROVEMENT | • improvement n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering. • improvement n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;… • improvement n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance. |
| IMPROVIDENT | • improvident adj. Failing to provide for the future; reckless. • improvident adj. Incautious; prone to rashness. • IMPROVIDENT adj. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| INFORMATIVE | • informative adj. Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. • informative adj. (In standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information. • informative adj. (Obsolete) Formative; having power to form. |
| NORMATIVELY | • normatively adv. In a normative manner or context. • NORMATIVE adv. of or relating to a norm; establishing a standard. |
| OVEREMOTING | • overemoting v. Present participle of overemote. • OVEREMOTE v. to emote excessively. |
| OVERMASTING | • overmasting v. Present participle of overmast. • OVERMAST v. to provide with too long masts. |
| OVERMELTING | • overmelting v. Present participle of overmelt. • OVERMELT v. to melt too much. |
| OVERTEEMING | • overteeming v. Present participle of overteem. • OVERTEEM v. to produce in excess. |
| PREMONITIVE | • premonitive adj. Premonitory. • PREMONITIVE adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITORY. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| TRANSMOVING | • transmoving v. Present participle of transmove. • TRANSMOVE v. (Spenser) to transmute, also TRANSMEW. |
| VERMINATION | • vermination n. (Archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin. • vermination n. (Archaic) A griping of the bowels. • VERMINATION n. worm infestation; worm breeding. |
| 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… |