(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
alvito
alvo
alvord
alvordton
alvus
alvy
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
amarevole
amarevole
adv
(music) (To be played) bitterly.
amarvel
amatively
amatively
adv
In an amative manner.
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
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
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
ameliorativ
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
amelioratively
amerveil
amesville
aminovaleric
amissville
amityville
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
amphivasal
amphivasal
adj
(botany) In which the xylem surrounds the phloem
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplicative
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
analav
anarchoindividualist
anchorville
andersonville
angulinerved
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
animadversal
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
animalivorous
animalivorous
adj
That eats (other) animals
annihilative
annihilative
adj
Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
anniversalily
anniversarily
anniversarily
adv
(archaic) annually
annotatively
annotatively
adv
In an annotative manner.
annville
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
anovulant
anovulant
noun
Any drug that prevents ovulation.
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
ansonville
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
anteroventral
anteroventral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the underside of the front of the head.
noun
Any structure situated under the front of the head (especially of an insect).
anteroventrally
anteroventrally
adv
In an anteroventral direction
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
anthraflavic
antiagglutinative
antiaggressively
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
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antievolution
antievolution
adj
Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection
antievolutional
antievolutionally
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antievolutionistic
antiexpressively
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigravitational
antigravitational
adj
(of a posture) That counters the effect of gravitational forces
(physics) Acting against gravity
antigravitationally
antileveling
antileveling
adj
(politics) Opposing the elimination of disparities between the haves and the have-nots in society.
antilevelling
antilevelling
adj
Alternative form of antileveling
antimediaeval
antimediaeval
adj
Alternative form of antimedieval
antimediaevalism
antimediaevalist
antimediaevally
antimedieval
antimedieval
adj
Opposed to the Middle Ages.
antimedievalism
antimedievalist
antimedievally
antinovel
antinovel
noun
(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antiproductively
antireflexive
antirevolution
antirevolution
adj
Opposing a revolution.
antirevolutionaries
antirevolutionaries
noun
plural of antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
adj
Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
noun
One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
antirevolutionist
antirevolutionist
noun
Synonym of antirevolutionary
antisilverite
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antislaveryism
antislaveryism
noun
Opposition to slavery.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivenereal
antivenereal
adj
(medicine) That is used to treat or cure venereal disease
antivermicular
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antiviral
antiviral
adj
(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
(pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
noun
(pharmacology) An antiviral medication.
antivitalist
antivitalist
noun
One who opposes vitalism.
antivitalistic
antivitalistic
adj
Opposing vitalism.
antivolition
antivolition
noun
The desire not to do something.
anvil
anvil
noun
(anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.
(meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
verb
(transitive, often figurative) To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.
anviled
anviling
anvilled
anvilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anvil
anvilling
anvilling
verb
present participle of anvil
anvils
anvils
noun
plural of anvil
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anvil
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
anviltop
anviltops
appellative
appellative
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
noun
a common noun
an epithet
appellatived
appellatively
appellatively
adv
(grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
appellativeness
appellativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appellative.
appellatives
appellatives
noun
plural of appellative
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
applausive
applausive
adj
Conveying applause.
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive 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.
applosive
applosive
noun
(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.