ad•ven•ture |adˈvenCHər, əd-| A situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French aventure (noun), aventurer (verb), based on Latin adventurus ‘about to happen,’ from advenire ‘arrive.’ dog |dôg| noun 1 a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, and a …