(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
ahvenanmaa
aktivismus
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
almoravide
almsgiving
almsgiving
noun
The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
amissville
amityville
amphivasal
amphivasal
adj
(botany) In which the xylem surrounds the phloem
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
amvrakikos
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
ashvamedha
ashvamedha
Proper noun
One of the most important Vedic sacrificial rituals, and name of the Rigvedic hymns 1.162-163 which deal with horse sacrifice.
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.
attemptive
attemptive
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
avengement
avengement
noun
(rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
averrhoism
avertiment
avertiment
noun
(obsolete) advertisement (public notice).
avicennism
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bloomville
bolshevism
bolshevism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bolshevism.
bravadoism
bravissimo
bravissimo
intj
The intensive form of bravo.
brevicomis
bromsgrove
bromsgrove
Proper noun
a town in Worcestershire, England.
byromville
cavalryman
cavalryman
noun
A soldier in the cavalry.
cavalrymen
cavalrymen
noun
plural of cavalryman
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chemehuevi
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
colluviums
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
comitative
comitative
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
noun
The comitative case, or a word in this case.
commissive
commissive
adj
(pragmatics) Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.
By commission; resulting from a positive act.
noun
(pragmatics) A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.
compassive
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
complexive
compluvium
compluvium
noun
(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
convertism
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
cumulative
cumulative
adj
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That tends to accumulate.
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
curvometer
curvometer
noun
Alternative form of curvimeter
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demisavage
demivierge
demivirgin
demivotary
demiwivern
dervishism
devilments
devilments
noun
plural of devilment
devoteeism
devoteeism
noun
The role or state of a devotee.
devotement
devotement
noun
The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
diminutive
diminutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
noun
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dismissive
dismissive
adj
Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
diumvirate
divestment
divestment
noun
(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
dominative
dominative
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
earthmover
earthmover
noun
A vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities.
effluviums
effluviums
noun
plural of effluvium
electivism
embraciveg
emeryville
emigrative
emigsville
emissivity
emissivity
noun
(physics) The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a specific wavelength.
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
enlevement
enlevement
noun
(law, Scotland, historical) The abduction of a woman or child.
envenoming
envenoming
noun
The act by which an individual is envenomed.
verb
present participle of envenom
envenomous
enviroment
estimative
estimative
adj
Of or pertaining to an estimate or to estimation.
ethmovomer
evangelism
evangelism
noun
Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it.
The process of evangelizing.
evangelium
evenminded
evenminded
adj
Alternative form of even-minded
everywoman
everywoman
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
evincement
evincement
noun
manifestation
evolvement
evolvement
noun
Evolution.
evonymuses
exadversum
famulative
favelidium
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
fermentive
flavorsome
flavorsome
adj
Characterised or marked by flavor(s); flavorful.
freelovism
fugitivism
geminative
geminative
adj
Relating to, or producing gemination.
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
government
government
noun
(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
(uncountable) The management or control of a system.
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
The tenure of a chief of state.
gravemaker
gravimeter
gravimeter
noun
(physics) A hydrometer.
(physics) An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
gravimetry
gravimetry
noun
The measurement of gravity (the strength of the gravitational field).
The measurement of specific gravity; hydrometry.
harvestman
harvestman
noun
A field-worker who works to gather in the harvest.
An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones.
harvestmen
harvestmen
noun
plural of harvestman
holmsville
homerville
howsomever
howsomever
conj
(archaic) however
ignivomous
ignivomous
adj
(archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
ijamsville
imbreviate
immovables
immovables
noun
plural of immovable
immoveable
immoveable
adj
Alternative spelling of immovable
immoveably
immoveably
adv
Alternative spelling of immovably
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
impeditive
impeditive
adj
(archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding.
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
imperverse
impervious
impervious
adj
Immune to damage or effect.
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
impositive
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
impressive
impressive
adj
Appealing.
Capable of being impressed.
Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
improvided
improvided
adj
Unforeseen.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
improviser
improviser
noun
One who improvises.
improvises
improvises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise
improvisor
improvisor
noun
Alternative form of improviser
impunitive
impunitive
adj
Relating to impunity
imputative
imputative
adj
Of, related, or pertaining to imputation.
inamovable
inamovable
adj
Not amovable.
individuum
individuum
noun
A single individual person or thing.
An indivisible entity.
intravitam
intravitam
adv
(biology) During the life of an organism.
invalidism
invalidism
noun
The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.
investment
investment
noun
(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
(obsolete) A vestment.
A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.
The act of investing, or state of being invested.
invitement
invitement
noun
(obsolete) invitation; allurement; temptation
involucrum
involucrum
noun
(botany) An involucre.
A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.