| COUNTERMOVE | • countermove n. A move in opposition or response to a preceding move. • countermove v. To move in opposition or in retaliation. • COUNTERMOVE v. to make a move in return. |
| COVERMOUNTS | • covermounts n. Plural of covermount. • COVERMOUNT v. to attach an item to the front of a magazine as a gift. |
| DEVOURMENTS | • devourments n. Plural of devourment. • DEVOURMENT n. the act of devouring. |
| 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. |
| OUTMANEUVER | • outmaneuver v. American form standard spelling of outmanoeuvre. • OUTMANEUVER v. to surpass in maneuvering, also OUTMANOEUVRE. |
| OVERMOUNTED | • overmounted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmount. • OVERMOUNT v. to rise above. |
| OVERTRUMPED | • overtrumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
| PLUVIOMETER | • pluviometer n. (Meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| PLUVIOMETRY | • pluviometry n. The scientific measurement of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETRY n. the measurement of rain. |
| VENTURESOME | • venturesome adj. Bold; willing to take risks; adventurous. • venturesome adj. Potentially hazardous; risky. • VENTURESOME adj. involving risk. |
| VERUMONTANA | • verumontana n. Plural of verumontanum. • VERUMONTANUM n. a ridge on the male urethra where the duct conveying prostatic fluid, sperm and other fluids enters it. |
| VOLUMETRIES | • VOLUMETRY n. the act of measuring by volume. |
| VOLUMOMETER | • volumometer n. (Physics) A device for measuring the volume of a solid by means of the pressure difference in a confined… • VOLUMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the volume of a solid body by the quantity of fluid it displaces. |
| 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… |