(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
accelerative
accelerative
adj
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
accessively
accessively
adv
(obsolete) Forcibly, aggressively.
In a manner relating to access.
Misspelling of excessively.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
acclivity
acclivity
noun
(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accoville
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
accumulativ
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accumulatively
accumulatively
adv
In an accumulative manner
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
acerval
acerval
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to a heap.
acervately
acervately
adv
In an acervate manner.
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acetylative
acetylative
adj
Causing or relating to acetylation.
achievability
achievability
noun
The state or condition of being achievable.
achievable
achievable
adj
Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.
Not linked to fate or outside influences.
achterveld
ackermanville
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acriflavin
acriflavin
noun
Alternative form of acriflavine
acriflavine
acriflavine
noun
(medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
actively
actively
adv
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
In an active manner.
activital
activital
adj
Relating to activity, especially (anthropology) the complex activities of human beings within a culture.
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adjectivally
adjectivally
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
advanceable
advanceable
adj
That can be advanced, as of a tax credit that may be brought forward for immediate use rather than being reclaimed at the end of the year.
advancingly
advancingly
adv
In an advancing manner.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
albificative
alcavala
alcavala
noun
In Spain, a tax levied on transactions involving property movable or immovable.
alcazava
alcova
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
alcoves
alcoves
noun
plural of alcove
alcovinometer
aleksandrovac
aliceville
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
allocutive
altercative
altercative
adj
(rare) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
alveoloclasia
alveoloclasia
noun
The destruction of an alveolus
alveolocondylean
alviducous
ambivalence
ambivalence
noun
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambivalency
aminovaleric
amplicative
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
anarchoindividualist
anchorville
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
anthraflavic
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
anticivil
anticivil
adj
Alternative form of anti-civil
anticivilian
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticonservatively
anticonvellent
anticonventional
anticonventional
adj
Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonventionally
anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant
adj
(pharmacology) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
anticorrosively
anticreatively
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antievolutionistic
antiproductively
antivermicular
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antivitalistic
antivitalistic
adj
Opposing vitalism.
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
applicative
applicative
adj
(computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
Having practical application; applicable.
Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
architraval
architraval
adj
Of or relating to an architrave.
archival
archival
adj
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
noun
(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
archivault
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
archleveler
archvillain
archvillain
noun
(chiefly narratology) A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
archvillainy
archvillainy
noun
Supreme villainy.
articulative
articulative
adj
Serving to articulate or express something.
arvicola
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
arvicolinae
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
arvicolous
arvicolous
adj
Synonym of arvicoline
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
astragalonavicular
astrictively
atavistically
atavistically
adv
In an atavistic manner.
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
attractively
attractively
adv
In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
auriculovertical
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
avalanche
avalanche
noun
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
verb
(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
(transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
avalanched
avalanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avalanche
avalanches
avalanches
noun
plural of avalanche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avalanche
avalanching
avalanching
verb
present participle of avalanche
avariciously
avariciously
adv
In a greedy or self-serving manner.
avascular
avascular
adj
(medicine) Lacking blood vessels.
avascularity
avascularity
noun
(anatomy) The condition of being avascular.
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
avicula
avicular
avicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
avicularia
avicularia
noun
plural of avicularium
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
aviculariidae
avicularimorphae
avicularium
avicularium
noun
(biology) A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony
aviculidae
aviculture
aviculture
noun
The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry)
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
aviculturist
aviculturist
noun
A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
avirulence
avirulence
noun
The state of being avirulent.
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avocationally
avocationally
adv
In an avocational manner.
avouchable
avouchable
adj
Capable of being avouched.
avuncular
avuncular
adj
(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
avuncularity
avuncularity
noun
The condition of being an uncle.
The condition of being avuncular.
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
avunculate
avunculate
noun
(In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal uncle, and the mutual responsibilities between them.
the relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons.