CIRCUMNAVIGATE | • circumnavigate v. (Transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail. • circumnavigate v. (Transitive) To circumvent or bypass. • circumnavigate v. (Intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world. |
DISEMVOWELLING | • disemvowelling v. Present participle of disemvowel. • DISEMVOWEL v. to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc.) in order to abbreviate it. |
EVANGELIARIUMS | • EVANGELIARIUM n. (Latin) a book of passages from the Gospels to be used at Mass or other services, also EVANGELARIUM, EVANGELIAR, EVANGELIARION, EVANGELIARY. |
EVANGELICALISM | • evangelicalism n. (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism. • evangelicalism n. (Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on… • evangelicalism n. (By extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism. |
GINGIVECTOMIES | • gingivectomies n. Plural of gingivectomy. • GINGIVECTOMY n. a surgical incision of the gums. |
MICROGRAVITIES | • microgravities n. Plural of microgravity. • MICROGRAVITY n. a condition in space in which only minuscule forces are experienced. |
OVERCOMMITTING | • overcommitting v. Present participle of overcommit. • OVERCOMMIT v. to commit excessively. |
OVERESTIMATING | • overestimating v. Present participle of overestimate. • OVERESTIMATE v. to estimate too high. |
OVERIMPRESSING | • overimpressing v. Present participle of overimpress. • OVERIMPRESS v. to impress excessively. |
OVERMEDICATING | • overmedicating v. Present participle of overmedicate. • OVERMEDICATE v. to medicate to excess. |
PRIMOGENITIVES | • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
PROGRESSIVISMS | • progressivisms n. Plural of progressivism. • PROGRESSIVISM n. sympathy with or advocacy of progress, also PROGRESSISM. |
SILVERSMITHING | • silversmithing n. The work of a silversmith; the forging of silver. • SILVERSMITHING n. the craft of the silversmith. |
TRANSMIGRATIVE | • transmigrative adj. Relating to transmigration. • TRANSMIGRATIVE adj. passing from one body or place into another. |
VEGETARIANISMS | • vegetarianisms n. Plural of vegetarianism. • Vegetarianisms n. Plural of Vegetarianism. • VEGETARIANISM n. the theory or practice of living on a vegetarian diet. |