COMBINATIVE | • combinative adj. Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination. • combinative adj. Serving, tending, or able to combine. • COMBINATIVE adj. tending or able to combine. |
COMMINATIVE | • comminative adj. Of or relating to commination. • COMMINATIVE adj. threatening punishment, also COMMINATORY. |
EARTHMOVING | • earthmoving adj. (Construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering… • earthmoving adj. (Figuratively, comparable) Of great significance. • earth-moving n. The removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site. |
INFORMATIVE | • informative adj. Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. • informative adj. (In standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information. • informative adj. (Obsolete) Formative; having power to form. |
MOTIVATIONS | • motivations n. Plural of motivation. • MOTIVATION n. the act of motivating. |
NEOVITALISM | • neovitalism n. Any revival of vitalism, but especially that of Johannes Reinke (1849–1931). • NEOVITALISM n. the theory or belief that complete causal explanation of vital phenomena cannot be reached without invoking some extra-material concept. |
NOMINATIVAL | • nominatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the nominative case; nominative. • NOMINATIVAL adj. relating to the nominative. |
NOMINATIVES | • nominatives n. Plural of nominative. • NOMINATIVE n. a case indicating the subject of a verb. |
NORMATIVELY | • normatively adv. In a normative manner or context. • NORMATIVE adv. of or relating to a norm; establishing a standard. |
OVERMASTING | • overmasting v. Present participle of overmast. • OVERMAST v. to provide with too long masts. |
PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
TRANSMOVING | • transmoving v. Present participle of transmove. • TRANSMOVE v. (Spenser) to transmute, also TRANSMEW. |
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. |
VAGINECTOMY | • vaginectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the vagina. • VAGINECTOMY n. surgical excision of the vagina. |
VERMINATION | • vermination n. (Archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin. • vermination n. (Archaic) A griping of the bowels. • VERMINATION n. worm infestation; worm breeding. |
VOLUNTARISM | • voluntarism n. (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. • voluntarism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. • voluntarism n. (Politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals… |