DILUVIALISM | • diluvialism n. The explaining of geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • DILUVIALISM n. a belief in Noah's flood. |
DIMINUTIVAL | • diminutival adj. Indicating diminution; diminutive. • DIMINUTIVAL adj. relating to or like a diminutive. |
EXCLUSIVISM | • exclusivism n. The practice of being exclusive; a mentality or policy that excludes others. • exclusivism n. (Religion) The doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the… • EXCLUSIVISM n. the practice of excluding or of being exclusive. |
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. |
IMPULSIVELY | • impulsively adv. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse. • IMPULSIVE adv. given to acting on impulse. |
IMPULSIVITY | • impulsivity n. The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought. • IMPULSIVITY n. the state of being impulsive. |
LIVERMORIUM | • livermorium n. The chemical element with atomic number 116 (symbol Lv). • LIVERMORIUM n. a transuranic element produced by bombarding curium with calcium-20 ions. |
MICROVILLUS | • microvillus n. Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin… • MICROVILLUS n. a microscopic projection from the surface of a cell wall. |
MULTIVOICED | • multivoiced adj. Having more than one voice. |
STIMULATIVE | • stimulative adj. Having a stimulating effect. • stimulative n. (Obsolete) Something having a stimulating effect; a stimulant, an incentive. • STIMULATIVE adj. serving to stimulate. |
SURVIVALISM | • survivalism n. A belief, expressed by survivalists, in being prepared to survive disasters and cataclysms including… • SURVIVALISM n. the practice of taking of measures to ensure personal survival. |
VERMICULITE | • vermiculite n. (Mineralogy) A hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a… • VERMICULITE n. an altered form of mica that expands greatly at high-temperature, forming a water-absorbent substance used in seed-planting. |
VIRTUALISMS | • virtualisms n. Plural of virtualism. • VIRTUALISM n. the doctrine of Christ's virtual presence in the Eucharist. |