(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
amityville
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplicative
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
anarchoindividualist
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
annihilative
annihilative
adj
Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
annotatively
annotatively
adv
In an annotative manner.
anovulant
anovulant
noun
Any drug that prevents ovulation.
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
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.
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.
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.
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
approvability
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
aquavalent
architraval
architraval
adj
Of or relating to an architrave.
archivault
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
arendtsville
arguitively
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
arsonvalization
arteveld
artevelde
articulative
articulative
adj
Serving to articulate or express something.
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
assaultive
assaultive
adj
Confrontational; tending or seeming to assault; characterized by assault.
noun
(psychiatry, criminology) A person who assaults others.
assaultively
assaultively
adv
In an assaultive manner.
assertively
assertively
adv
In an assertive manner.
asseveratingly
asseveratingly
adv
in an asseverating manner
asseveratively
asseveratively
adv
In an asseverative manner.
assimilative
assimilative
adj
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
assimilativeness
assimilativeness
noun
The quality of being assimilative.
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
assortatively
assortatively
adv
In an assortative way.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astragalonavicular
astrictively
atavistically
atavistically
adv
In an atavistic manner.
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
attentively
attentively
adv
In an attentive manner.
attractively
attractively
adv
In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
attributively
attributively
adv
In an attributive manner.
attriutively
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
auriculovertical
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
austinville
autaugaville
authoritatively
authoritatively
adv
In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust.
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autoelevation
autolavage
automanipulative
autoregulative
autoregulative
adj
autoregulatory
autovalet
autovalve
autryville
availabilities
availabilities
noun
plural of availability
availability
availability
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being available.
(countable) That which is available.
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avalent
avalent
adj
(grammar, rare, of a verb or predicate) Non-valent, having valency zero: taking no arguments.