(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertisements
advertisements
noun
plural of advertisement
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertisers
advertisers
noun
plural of advertiser
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
adverts
adverts
noun
plural of advert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advert
advices
advices
noun
(obsolete or programming) plural of advice
advisabilities
advisabilities
noun
plural of advisability
advisable
advisable
adj
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
(of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
advisableness
advisableness
noun
Synonym of advisability
advise
advise
verb
(Scotland, law) To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.
(intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with).
(obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
(transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.
(transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.
advised
advised
adj
Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation.
Informed, appraised or made aware.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advise
advisedly
advisedly
adv
With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.
advisedness
advisedness
noun
Deliberate consideration: prudent procedure.
The state or quality of being advised—of being done or used advisedly.
advisee
advisee
noun
someone who receives advice
advisees
advisees
noun
plural of advisee
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
adviser
adviser
noun
one who advises
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advisership
advisership
noun
The status or office of an adviser.
advises
advises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advise
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
advisiveness
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advoteresse
advowsance
aeolsklavier
aeolsklavier
noun
(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
aestivate
aestivate
verb
Alternative spelling of estivate
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
aestivates
aestivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aestivate
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
aestivations
aestivations
noun
plural of aestivation
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
aestive
aestive
adj
(rare) Of or relating to summer.
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
aftershave
aftershave
noun
a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
aftershaves
aftershaves
noun
plural of aftershave
aftervision
agaves
agaves
noun
plural of agave
agavose
agavose
noun
(obsolete) A sugar derived from Agave americana, now known to be sucrose.
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
aggravates
aggravates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate
aggressive
aggressive
adj
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch.
(finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward.
(pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
(programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.
noun
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
One who is aggressive.
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
aggressiveness
aggressiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being aggressive.
(uncountable) The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.
aggressivenesses
aggressivenesses
noun
plural of aggressiveness
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
aggrievedness
aggrievedness
noun
The state or quality of being aggrieved.
aggrieves
aggrieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve
airbrasive
airbrasive
noun
(dentistry) A device that delivers a jet of sodium bicarbonate slurry at teeth in order to remove stains.
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
aivers
albrightsville
alcoves
alcoves
noun
plural of alcove
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
alekseyevska
alevins
alevins
noun
plural of alevin
alevitsa
alewives
alewives
noun
plural of alewife
alimentativeness
alimentativeness
noun
The state or quality of being alimentative.
alimentiveness
alimentiveness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
The state or quality of being alimentive.
aliveness
aliveness
noun
The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
the aliveness of the colours in a painting
alivenesses
alivenesses
noun
plural of aliveness
alives
allensville
alleviaters
alleviates
alleviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alliterativeness
alliterativeness
noun
The state or quality of being alliterative.
allovers
allusive
allusive
adj
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
allusively
allusively
adv
In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
allusivenesses
allusivenesses
noun
plural of allusiveness
almoravides
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alternativeness
alternativeness
noun
The state of being alternative or representing alternatives.
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
alvearies
alvearies
noun
plural of alveary
alvelos
alveolars
alveolars
noun
plural of alveolar
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
alveoloclasia
alveoloclasia
noun
The destruction of an alveolus
alveolonasal
alveolonasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the nose
alveolosubnasal
alveolus
alveolus
noun
(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
alverson
alves
alveus
alveus
noun
(construction, law) The bed or channel of a river, specifically that followed by the river flowing in its natural or ordinary course.
(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
ambiversive
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
amesville
amissville
amusive
amusive
adj
(now rare) Amusing, humorous.
(now rare) Giving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging.
(obsolete) Illusive, deceitful.
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
andersonville
angiocavernous
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
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
animadversive
animadversive
adj
(archaic) Having the ability to perceive; percipient.
Critical or characterized by disapproval.
animadversiveness
animadversiveness
noun
The state or quality of being animadversive.
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anniversalily
anniversaries
anniversaries
noun
plural of anniversary
anniversarily
anniversarily
adv
(archaic) annually
anniversariness
anniversary
anniversary
noun
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
anniverse
anniverse
noun
Obsolete form of anniversary.
annotativeness
annotativeness
noun
The property of being annotative.
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
ansonville
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
anteverts
anteverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antevert