ADVECTIVE | • advective adj. Relating to advection. • ADVECTIVE adj. relating to advection, the horizontal movement of air. |
ADVENTIVE | • adventive adj. Accidental. • adventive adj. Adventitious. • adventive adj. (Biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized. |
DEVIATIVE | • deviative adj. Tending to deviate. • DEVIATIVE adj. tending to deviate. |
DEVOLVING | • devolving v. Present participle of devolve. • DEVOLVE v. to transfer from one person to another. |
DIVERTIVE | • divertive adj. (Archaic) Tending to divert; amusing; interesting. • DIVERTIVE adj. tending to divert. |
DIVORCIVE | • divorcive adj. (Archaic) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. • DIVORCIVE adj. having power to divorce. |
DIVULSIVE | • divulsive adj. Tending to tear or pull apart. • DIVULSIVE adj. tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend. |
LUVVIEDOM | • luvviedom n. (Chiefly UK) The realm or sphere of luvvies (narcissistic and pretentious actors). • LUVVIEDOM n. the world of luvvies. |
OVERDRIVE | • overdrive v. (Transitive) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength. • overdrive n. (Dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear. • overdrive n. (Uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity. |
OVERLIVED | • overlived v. Simple past tense and past participle of overlive. • OVERLIVE v. to outlive. |
OVERVIVID | • overvivid adj. Excessively vivid. • OVERVIVID adj. excessively vivid. |
REDIVIVUS | • redivivus adj. (Chiefly figurative, postpositive) Living again; brought back to life. • REDIVIVUS adj. (Latin) living again; revived. |
TRIVALVED | • trivalved adj. Having three valves. • TRIVALVED adj. having three valves. |
UNIVALVED | • univalved adj. Having one valve. • UNIVALVED adj. having a single-piece shell. |
VIVANDIER | • vivandier n. A sutler accompanying a continental European army, especially the French army. • VIVANDIER n. (French) a (male) attendant on a regiment, who sells provisions. |
VIVERRIDS | • viverrids n. Plural of viverrid. • VIVERRID n. (Latin) a member of the ferret or civet family, also VIVERRA, VIVERRINE. |
VIVIDNESS | • vividness n. The quality or state of being vivid. • VIVIDNESS n. the state of being vivid. |