(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acetoveratrone
acetoveratrone
noun
(organic chemistry) The ketone 3,4-dimethoxy-acetophenone derived from veratrole
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adventurousness
adventurousness
noun
The quality of being adventurous.
adverbiation
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
aftervision
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
alcovinometer
alternativo
alverton
alvordton
anarchoindividualist
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
antananarivo
antananarivo
Proper noun
The capital city of Madagascar.
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
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
anticovenanter
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antieavesdropping
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antierosive
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigravitation
antigravitation
noun
antigravity
antigravitational
antigravitational
adj
(of a posture) That counters the effect of gravitational forces
(physics) Acting against gravity
antigravitationally
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiprogressive
antiprogressive
noun
One who opposes progress.
antiprojectivity
antireservationist
antireservationist
noun
A person of antireservation beliefs (in either sense).
antirevisionist
antirevisionist
noun
(historiography) One who opposes revisionism.
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
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
antivaccinator
antivaccinator
noun
Alternative form of anti-vaccinator.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
antrovert
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
appropriativeness
appropriativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appropriative.
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arsonvalization
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
arterioversion
arthrosynovitis
arthrosynovitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverations
asseverations
noun
plural of asseveration
astragalonavicular
astronavigation
astronavigation
noun
(nautical) Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies
(science fiction) Navigation through space
astronavigator
astronavigator
noun
One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autoconverter
autonavigator
autonavigators
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
aversation
aversation
noun
(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
bacteriosolvent
bartonsville
bartonville
beaverton
beaverton
Proper noun
The name of several places
A city in Oregon, USA
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Alabama, USA
A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
beavertown
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bonaventurism
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostrines
burtonsville
calverton
carnivoracity
carnivoracity
noun
(obsolete, humorous) greedy appetite for flesh
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carpetwoven
carvomenthene
carvomenthene
noun
(organic chemistry) The monoterpene (4R)-1-methyl-4-propan-2-ylcyclohexene
cauthornville
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
chernovtsy
chervonets
chervonets
noun
Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.
chervonetz
chervontsi
chevrotain
chevrotain
noun
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
circumaviation
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumvention
circumvention
noun
The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clairvoyantly
clairvoyantly
adv
In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavicornate
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.