(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
anthraflavic
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
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antievolutionistic
antiproductively
antivermicular
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antivitalistic
antivitalistic
adj
Opposing vitalism.
astragalonavicular
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).
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avocationally
avocationally
adv
In an avocational manner.
avuncularity
avuncularity
noun
The condition of being an uncle.
The condition of being avuncular.
avunculate
avunculate
noun
(In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal uncle, and the mutual responsibilities between them.
the relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons.
bacteriosolvent
benedictively
benedictively
adv
In a benedictive manner.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
calumniative
calverton
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
calvinistic
calvinistical
calvinistically
calvinists
camptonville
cantalever
cantalever
noun
Dated form of cantilever.
cantaliver
cantilever
cantilever
noun
(architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
(figure skating) A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.
A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.
verb
To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.
cantilevered
cantilevered
adj
Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cantilever
cantilevering
cantilevering
noun
The motion or use of a cantilever.
verb
present participle of cantilever
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
captivatingly
captivatingly
adv
In a captivating manner.
carpentersville
catonsville
cauthornville
cavillation
cavillation
noun
The act of cavilling.
centervelic
centerville
centerville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
an unincorporated community in Alabama.
an unincorporated community in Arkansas.
a neighbourhood in California.
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in California.
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
an unincorporated community in Delaware; also spelt Centreville.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a city in Georgia.
an unincorporated community in Idaho.
a town in Indiana.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a city in Iowa
an unincorporated community in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community in Louisiana.
a former town in Maine.
a village in Massachusetts.
a city in Minnesota.
a city in Missouri
unincorporated communities in and New Jersey.
a town in New York.
a small town in North Carolina.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a village in Ohio.
a city in and Ohio.
a small borough in Pennsylvania.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a CDP in South Carolina.
a small city in South Dakota.
a town in Tennessee
a small city in Texas
a small community in Texas, also known as Little Centerville.
a city in Utah.
unincorporated communities in and Virginia.
a CDP in Washington.
unincorporated communities in and Wisconsin; both are also spelt Centreville.
a small town in Wisconsin.
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
centreville
centreville
Proper noun
a village in New Brunswick, Canada.
a part of a town (Centreville-Wareham-Trinity) in Newfoundland, Canada.
subdivision on Nova Scotia, Canada.
communities in and Nova Scotia.
a community on Nova Scotia.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA
the alternative spelling for Delaware, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a town in Maryland, USA
a village in Michigan, USA
a town in and Mississippi, USA.
a ghost town in Texas, USA
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
chauvinistically
chauvinistically
adv
In a chauvinistic manner; with excessive patriotism or unwarranted bias.
circumvallating
circumvallating
verb
present participle of circumvallate
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
civilianization
civilianization
noun
the act or process of civilianizing
civilisation
civilisation
noun
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilization
civilisational
civilisational
adj
Alternative spelling of civilizational
civilisations
civilisations
noun
plural of civilisation
civilization
civilization
name
Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
noun
(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The state or quality of being civilized.
civilizational
civilizational
adj
Pertaining to or arising from civilization
civilizationally
civilizationally
adv
In terms of civilization.
civilizations
civilizations
noun
plural of civilization
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
clavatin
clavatin
noun
patulin
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
clavecinist
clavecinist
noun
A musician who plays the clavecin.
clavelization
clavelization
noun
inoculation (of an animal) against sheeppox
clavicithern
clavicittern
clavicornate
claytonville
cleavelandite
cleavelandite
noun
(mineralogy) A white lamellar variety of albite.
clintonville
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coalternative
coalternative
adj
Alternative form of coalternate
coelonavigation
coevalneity
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
coevolutionary
coevolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
cognitively
cognitively
adv
Relating to thinking (cognition).
cognoscitively
cognoscitively
adv
In a cognoscitive manner.
collaborativeness
collaborativeness
noun
quality of being collaborative
collectiveness
collectiveness
noun
The state or quality of being collective.
collectivization
collectivization
noun
(especially in communist states) The process of abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, publicly-owned collectives.
The act of collectivizing
collectivizing
collectivizing
verb
present participle of collectivize
colliquativeness
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
conceivability
conceivability
noun
Something that is conceivable.
The characteristic of being conceivable; the ability to be conceived, believed, or understood.
conciliative
conciliative
adj
conciliatory
conclavist
conclavist
noun
The personal aide of a cardinal at a papal conclave.
concretively
concretively
adv
In a concretive manner.
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conflictive
conflictive
adj
Causing conflict.
congelative
congelative
adj
That which tends to congeal.
conglomerative
conglomerative
adj
Causing, or relating to, conglomeration.
conglutinative
conglutinative
adj
conglutinant
conjunctival
conjunctival
adj
(relational) Of or relating to the conjunctiva.
Serving to join or connect.
conjunctively
conjunctively
adv
In a conjunctive way.
conneautville
connectival
connectively
connectively
adv
by union or conjunction
in a connective manner
jointly
connivantly
connivently
connotatively
connotatively
adv
In a way that connotes.
connotively
consecutively
consecutively
adv
In a consecutive manner; without interruption.
consentively
conservational
conservational
adj
Of or pertaining to conservation.
conservatively
conservatively
adv
In a conservative manner
conservatorial
conservatorial
adj
Relating to conservation.
consideratively
consolidative
consolidative
adj
Tending or having power to consolidate.
constableville
constitutively
constitutively
adv
(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand
in a constitutive manner
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
consultively
consummatively
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
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.