| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| IMPLOSIVES | • implosives n. Plural of implosive. • IMPLOSIVE n. an implosive consonant. |
| IMPRESSIVE | • impressive adj. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. • impressive adj. Capable of being impressed. • impressive adj. Appealing. |
| IMPROVISES | • improvises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| PASSIVISMS | • passivisms n. Plural of passivism. • PASSIVISM n. the doctrine of being passive. |
| PERMISSIVE | • permissive adj. Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient. • permissive adj. (Of a footpath, bridleway or similar) Open to the public by permission of the landowner. • permissive adj. (Biology) That allows the replication of viruses. |
| POSITIVISM | • positivism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that… • positivism n. (Law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values;… • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| PRIVATISMS | • privatisms n. Plural of privatism. • PRIVATISM n. a tendency to be concerned with ideas, matters, etc. only as affecting one as an individual. |
| PROMISSIVE | • promissive adj. Making or implying a promise. • PROMISSIVE adj. making a promise. |
| SEPTEMVIRS | • septemvirs n. Plural of septemvir. • SEPTEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
| VAMPIRISES | • VAMPIRISE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRIZE. |
| VAMPIRISMS | • vampirisms n. Plural of vampirism. • VAMPIRISM n. the practice of a vampire. |
| VASOSPASMS | • vasospasms n. Plural of vasospasm. • VASOSPASM n. a sharp and often persistent spasm of a blood vessel resulting in reduced caliber and flow. |
| VULPINISMS | • VULPINISM n. foxlike cunning. |