The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
activisms
activisms
noun
plural of activism
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
administrative
administrative
adj
Of or relating to administering or administration.
administratively
administratively
adv
In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
adventism
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertisements
advertisements
noun
plural of advertisement
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
aktivismus
alimentativeness
alimentativeness
noun
The state or quality of being alimentative.
alimentiveness
alimentiveness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
The state or quality of being alimentive.
amadavats
amadavats
noun
plural of amadavat
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
anticonservatism
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antimediaevalism
antimediaevalist
antimedievalism
antimedievalist
antislaveryism
antislaveryism
noun
Opposition to slavery.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antivitamins
antivitamins
noun
plural of antivitamin
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
archvestryman
argumentativeness
argumentativeness
noun
the state of being argumentative
artemovsk
assimilative
assimilative
adj
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
assimilativeness
assimilativeness
noun
The quality of being assimilative.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
assumptiveness
atavism
atavism
noun
(sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
atavisms
atavisms
noun
plural of atavism
averments
averments
noun
plural of averment
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
avitaminosis
avitaminosis
noun
Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bedevilments
bedevilments
noun
plural of bedevilment
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bonaventurism
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
chemisorptive
chemisorptive
adj
Relating to chemisorption
chemoreceptivities
chemosensitive
chemosensitive
adj
That is sensitive to changes in its chemical environment
chemosensitivities
chemosensitivities
noun
plural of chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
noun
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a microbial sample to the effects of an antimicrobial drug.
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a tumour to the effects of an anticancer drug.
chemosorptive
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumscriptive
circumscriptive
adj
That circumscribes or outlines
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspective
circumspective
adj
Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
clavicembalist
collectivism
collectivism
noun
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively
The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
combativeness
combativeness
noun
the state of being combative
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
combustively
commemorativeness
commemorativeness
noun
The quality of being commemorative.
commiserative
commiserative
adj
Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy
commiseratively
commiseratively
adv
In a commiserative manner.
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
comparativist
comparativist
noun
Alternative form of comparatist
compassivity
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
competitiveness
competitiveness
noun
The state of being competitive.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
conservationism
conservationism
noun
A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatisms
conservatisms
noun
plural of conservatism
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively
consummativeness
consummativeness
noun
The quality of being consummative.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
controversialism
controversialism
noun
The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversionalism
conventionalism
conventionalism
noun
(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint.
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
conventionism
conventionism
noun
Support for a convention or assembly.
conversationalism
conversationalism
noun
Synonym of conversationism
conversationism
conversationism
noun
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
convertism
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
correlativism
costermansville
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
countermovements
countermovements
noun
plural of countermovement
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
cristivomer
cryptovolcanism
cumulativeness
cumulativeness
noun
The state or quality of being cumulative.
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
decemvirates
decemvirates
noun
plural of decemvirate
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
demonstrative
demonstrative
adj
(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
given to open displays of emotion
that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
noun
A demonstrative adjective.
A demonstrative pronoun.
demonstratively
demonstratively
adv
In a demonstrative manner.
demonstrativeness
demonstrativeness
noun
The state or quality of being demonstrative.
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
dermosynovitis
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
destructivism
destructivism
noun
An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators.
detectivism
determinativeness
determinativeness
noun
The state or quality of being determinative.
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentist
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
deviationism
deviationism
noun
Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism.