The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
anticompetitive
anticompetitive
adj
(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
anticonscriptive
antieavesdropping
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiprogressive
antiprogressive
noun
One who opposes progress.
antiprojectivity
anviltop
anviltops
appointive
appointive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
appointively
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.
automanipulative
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
camptonville
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivations
captivations
noun
plural of captivation
carpetwoven
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
competitiveness
competitiveness
noun
The state of being competitive.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
concaptive
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
conceptiveness
conceptiveness
noun
The quality of being conceptive.
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
conservatorship
conservatorship
noun
(law) The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.
(law) The state of being under the control of a conservator.
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
contraceptive
contraceptive
adj
That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
noun
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
contraceptives
contraceptives
noun
plural of contraceptive
contrapositive
contrapositive
noun
(logic) The inverse of the converse of a given proposition.
contrapositives
contrapositives
noun
plural of contrapositive
contraprovectant
convertaplane
convertaplane
noun
Alternative form of convertiplane
convertiplane
convertiplane
noun
Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
convertoplane
cooperativeness
cooperativeness
noun
The state of being cooperative
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterproductive
counterproductive
adj
More of a hindrance than a help.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductiveness
counterproductiveness
noun
The state or condition of being counterproductive.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanism
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
devaporation
devaporation
noun
The change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain.
developement
developement
noun
Obsolete spelling of development
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
developmental
developmental
adj
Related to development.
noun
A trainee flight controller.
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentally
developmentally
adv
In terms of development.
developmentarian
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
developmentist
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
disimprovement
disimprovement
noun
(informal, rare, influenced by the German noun Verschlimmbesserung) attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
disprovement
divaporation
dnepropetrovsk
envelopment
envelopment
noun
(fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
(military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
That which envelops; a covering.
The act of enveloping.
envelopments
envelopments
noun
plural of envelopment
evansport
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
evapotranspiration
evapotranspiration
noun
The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.
eversporting
explorativeness
explorativeness
noun
The condition of being explorative
extraprovincial
extraprovincial
adj
Outside a province.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
galvanoplastic
galvanoplastic
adj
Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty.
galvanoplastical
galvanoplastical
adj
galvanoplastic
galvanoplastically
galvanoplastically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
galvanoplastics
galvanoplastics
noun
Synonym of galvanoplasty
galvanoplasty
galvanoplasty
noun
The process of galvanizing, of coating with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
galvanopuncture
galvanopuncture
noun
(medicine) electropuncture
galvanotherapy
galvanotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
galvanotropic
galvanotropism
galvanotropism
noun
(biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field
hamptonville
hepatoflavin
hepatoflavin
noun
(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
hygroexpansivity
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperemotiveness
hyperinvolution
hyperobtrusiveness
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hypervenosity
hyperventilation
hyperventilation
noun
(medicine) the state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary
hypervitalization
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hyposensitive
hyposensitive
adj
Having abnormally low sensitivity.
hyposensitivity
hyposensitivity
noun
A lower than normal sensitivity (to a stimulus or an allergen).
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
hypotensives
hypotensives
noun
plural of hypotensive
hypovanadate
hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis
noun
(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.
impersonative
impoverishment
impoverishment
noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
The state of being impoverished.
impoverishments
impoverishments
noun
plural of impoverishment
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
improvisation
improvisation
noun
Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
That which is improvised; an impromptu.
The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead
The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
improvisational
improvisational
adj
Having the nature of an improvisation.
improvisations
improvisations
noun
plural of improvisation
incorporative
incorporative
adj
(grammar) Polysynthetic.
That serves to incorporate.
incorruptive
incorruptive
adj
(archaic) incorruptible; not liable to decay
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
inoperativeness
inoperativeness
noun
The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
interoceptive
interoceptive
adj
Of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor.