(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.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
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
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
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
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
aftervision
alcovinometer
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
alternativo
alverson
alverton
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
aminovaleric
anchorville
andersonville
andover
andover
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, southern UK.
angiocavernous
animadversion
animadversion
noun
(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
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
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
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.
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.
approvableness
approvableness
noun
The state or quality of being approvable.
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
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.
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
ardenvoir
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arnoldsville
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
arterioversion
arvejon
arvicolinae
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverations
asseverations
noun
plural of asseveration
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
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
averno
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.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversions
aversions
noun
plural of aversion
aveyron
aveyron
Proper noun
One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 12)
avicebron
avonmore
avourneen
avourneen
Noun
darling, sweetheart
azovernine
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
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bellevernon
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
bonaveria
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bordelonville
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bourneville
brandonville
breviconic
breviconic
adj
(malacology) Relating to, or composed of, brevicones.
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostrines
bronchoalveolar
bronchoalveolar
adj
Relating to both the bronchi and the alvioli of the lungs
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
bronxville
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brooklandville
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.