| CHAUVINISM | • chauvinism n. (Derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. • chauvinism n. (Derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one’s own particular group, cause, or idea. • CHAUVINISM n. excessive or blind patriotism. |
| CHAUVINIST | • chauvinist adj. Pertaining to chauvinism. • chauvinist adj. (Derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased. • chauvinist n. (Derogatory) A chauvinistic person. |
| COLLUVIUMS | • colluviums n. Plural of colluvium. • COLLUVIUM n. (Latin) material which accumulates at the foot of a steep slope. |
| COMPLUVIUM | • compluvium n. (Architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the… • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| EFFLUVIUMS | • effluviums n. Plural of effluvium. • EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours. |
| ELUVIATING | • eluviating v. Present participle of eluviate. • ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil. |
| ELUVIATION | • eluviation n. (Soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within… • eluviation n. (Geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering… • ELUVIATION n. the formation of eluvium, an accumulation of rock debris. |
| EXUVIATING | • exuviating v. Present participle of exuviate. • EXUVIATE v. to cast off or shed. |
| EXUVIATION | • exuviation n. The act of exuviating. • exuviation n. The exuviated coverings; exuviae. • EXUVIATION n. the act of exuviating. |
| FLUVIALIST | • fluvialist n. One who explains geological phenomena by the action of streams. • FLUVIALIST n. one stressing the role of rivers in explanation. |
| FLUVIATILE | • fluviatile adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rivers; fluvial. • FLUVIATILE adj. belonging to or formed by rivers or streams, also FLUVIATIC. |
| ILLUVIATED | • illuviated v. Simple past tense and past participle of illuviate. • illuviated adj. (Geology) Exhibiting illuviation. • ILLUVIATE v. to deposit illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
| ILLUVIATES | • illuviates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illuviate. • ILLUVIATE v. to deposit illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
| ISOPLUVIAL | • ISOPLUVIAL n. a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall. |
| OUVIRANDRA | • OUVIRANDRA n. (Malagasy) a water-plant of Madagascar, aka lattice-leaf. |