A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
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.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arnaudville
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bourneville
bunkerville
burneyville
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
couniversal
counterlove
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countervene
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
countervote
countervote
noun
A vote that goes against another.
verb
To balance or overcome by voting.
To vote against.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
crinivorous
culverineer
culverineer
noun
The operator of a culverin.
cursiveness
cursiveness
noun
The state or quality of being cursive.
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
curvilineal
curvilineal
adj
(Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
curvilinear
curvilinear
adj
(geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.
(of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
curvinerved
curvinerved
adj
(botany) Having the ribs or veins of the leaves curved.
decurvation
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
excurvation
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
furtiveness
furtiveness
noun
The quality of being furtive.
gerundively
gerundively
adv
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
granulative
gravaminous
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
guerneville
handgravure
incurvating
incurvating
verb
present participle of incurvate
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
incurvature
incurvature
noun
curvature; curving
innutritive
innutritive
adj
(archaic) Lacking in nutrition.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
insistuvree
instructive
instructive
adj
Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
noun
(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
interdevour
interdevour
verb
(rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.
interfluves
interfluves
noun
plural of interfluve
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
intervenium
intervolute
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
intrusively
intrusively
adv
In an intrusive manner; by intrusion.
inventurous
inveracious
investiture
investiture
noun
(specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
invulnerate
invulnerate
adj
(obsolete) invulnerable
irvingesque
juvenocracy
juvenolatry
lignivorous
lignivorous
adj
That feeds on wood.
maneuverers
maneuverers
noun
plural of maneuverer
maneuvering
maneuvering
noun
(US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers
verb
(US) present participle of maneuver
maneuvrable
maneuvrable
adj
Alternative form of maneuverable
manoeuvered
manoeuvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manoeuver
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
mavourneens
mavourneens
noun
plural of mavourneen
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
minisurveys
minisurveys
noun
plural of minisurvey
misaventeur
nervousness
nervousness
noun
The state or quality of being nervous.
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nonfeverous
nongrievous
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonsurvivor
nonsurvivor
noun
One who does not survive.
nonvalorous
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nonvascular
nonvascular
adj
not vascular
nonvirtuous
nonvirtuous
adj
Not virtuous.
nonvirulent
nonvirulent
adj
Not virulent.
nonvitreous
nonvitreous
adj
Not vitreous.
nutritively
nutritively
adv
Concerning, or in terms of, nutrition.
observandum
observandum
noun
A thing to be observed.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
oncoviruses
oncoviruses
noun
plural of oncovirus
ornithvrous
outmaneuver
outmaneuver
verb
US standard spelling of outmanoeuvre.
outrivaling
outsavoring
outstriving
overabounds
overabounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overabound
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overanxious
overanxious
adj
Excessively anxious or nervous.
overarguing
overarguing
verb
present participle of overargue
overburdens
overburdens
noun
plural of overburden
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overburden
overburning
overburning
noun
The action of overburning; excessive burning.
verb
present participle of overburn
overburthen
overburthen
noun
Archaic form of overburden.
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overconfute
overconquer
overconsume
overconsume
verb
To consume too much.
overcounted
overcounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcount
overcunning
overcunning
adj
Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
overcurrent
overcurrent
noun
A larger-than-intended electric current.
overcurtain
overcutting
overcutting
noun
(rare) Excessive cutting.
verb
present participle of overcut
overdubbing
overdubbing
verb
present participle of overdub
overenvious
overfluency
overfluency
noun
Excessive fluency
overfunding
overfunding
noun
Excess funding.
verb
present participle of overfund
overfurnish
overfurnish
verb
(transitive) To furnish excessively.
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overheinous
overhunting
overhunting
noun
Hunting at unsustainable levels
overincrust
overindulge
overindulge
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To indulge to excess.
overinsured
overinsured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overinsure
overinsures
overinsures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overinsure