ADUMBRATIVE | • adumbrative adj. Of or pertaining to adumbration. • ADUMBRATIVE adj. with the character of a sketch or outline. |
ADVENTURISM | • adventurism n. The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. • adventurism n. (Politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. • ADVENTURISM n. improvisation in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles. |
ARGUMENTIVE | • argumentive adj. Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning. • ARGUMENTIVE adj. given to argument, also ARGUMENTATIVE. |
COMMUTATIVE | • commutative adj. (Mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect… • commutative adj. (Algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation. • commutative adj. (Mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial… |
COMPUTATIVE | • computative adj. Of or relating to computation, computational. • computative adj. Calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning. • COMPUTATIVE adj. of or relating to computation. |
DUUMVIRATES | • duumvirates n. Plural of duumvirate. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
EMULATIVELY | • emulatively adv. So as to emulate. • EMULATIVE adv. inclined to emulation. |
ENUMERATIVE | • enumerative adj. Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration. • ENUMERATIVE adj. serving to enumerate. |
HUMILIATIVE | • humiliative adj. (Grammar) Serving to lower one’s own or another’s status. • humiliative n. (Grammar) A construct that serves to lower one’s own or another’s status. • HUMILIATIVE adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATORY. |
INTERVALLUM | • intervallum n. An interval. • INTERVALLUM adj. between ramparts. • INTERVALLUM n. a gap, an interval. |
MENSURATIVE | • mensurative adj. Relating to mensuration or measurement. • MENSURATIVE adj. relating to mensuration, also MENSURATIONAL. |
MISEVALUATE | • misevaluate v. To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly. • MISEVALUATE v. to evaluate wrongly. |
MULTIVALENT | • multivalent adj. (Chemistry) Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent. • multivalent adj. (Genetics) Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis. • multivalent adj. (Immunology) Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen. |
MULTIVALVES | • multivalves n. Plural of multivalve. |
STIMULATIVE | • stimulative adj. Having a stimulating effect. • stimulative n. (Obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive. • STIMULATIVE adj. serving to stimulate. |
TRIUMVIRATE | • triumvirate n. An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical)… • TRIUMVIRATE n. a body of triumvirs. |
UNCOMBATIVE | • uncombative adj. Not combative. • UNCOMBATIVE adj. not combative. |
UNMOTIVATED | • unmotivated adj. Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel. • unmotivated adj. For which there is no motive. • UNMOTIVATED adj. not motivated. |
VERMICULATE | • vermiculate v. To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms. • vermiculate adj. Like a worm; resembling a worm. • vermiculate adj. Vermiculated. |