(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
adventureship
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
anarchoindividualist
angulinerved
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.
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antireductive
arnaudville
audivision
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
avanguardisti
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
bougainvilliidae
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventuring
conditivium
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
conduciveness
conduciveness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being conducive.
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
conductivity
conductivity
noun
(physics) The reciprocal of resistivity
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
counterevidence
counterevidence
noun
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
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.
countervailed
countervailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countervail
countervindication
curvidentate
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
curvinerved
curvinerved
adj
(botany) Having the ribs or veins of the leaves curved.
dativogerundial
deconvolution
deconvolution
noun
(mathematics) The inversion of a convolution equation; does not normally have unique solution
decurvation
decurving
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
deindividualization
deindividualization
noun
The act or process of deindividualizing.
deindividualize
deindividualize
verb
(transitive) To strip of individuality.
deindividuate
deindividuate
verb
(psychology) to view as a group rather than as an individual; to remove societal norms that shape individual behavior; to remove or reduce individually identifying information
delusiveness
delusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being delusive.
demiculverin
demiculverin
noun
(now historical) A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
denudative
denudative
adj
That causes denudation.
denumerantive
denumerative
denunciative
denunciative
adj
denunciatory
denunciatively
denunciatively
adv
In a denunciative manner.
deorsumversion
deorsumversion
noun
(medicine) lowering of the eyes; downward gaze
destructiveness
destructiveness
noun
the state or quality of being destructive
devaluating
devaluating
verb
present participle of devaluate
devaluation
devaluation
noun
(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
Depreciation.
The removal or lessening of something's value.
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
devicefulness
devicefulness
noun
The quality of being deviceful.
deviousness
deviousness
noun
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devolutionary
devolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
devolutionist
devolutionist
adj
Supporting or relating to a policy of devolution.
noun
A proponent of devolution.
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
devouringness
devouringness
noun
The quality of something that devours.
devulcanization
devulcanization
noun
To process of treating vulcanized rubber so as to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
devulcanize
devulcanize
verb
(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
diffusiveness
diffusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being diffusive.
diluvian
diluvian
adj
Pertaining to a deluge, or flood.
diluvianism
diluvion
diluvion
noun
Synonym of diluvium
diluvions
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
diminutive
diminutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
noun
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
diminutively
diminutively
adv
In a diminutive manner.
diminutiveness
diminutiveness
noun
The state or quality of being diminutive.
diminutives
diminutives
noun
plural of diminutive
diminutivize
diminutivize
verb
(linguistics, transitive) to turn into a diminutive
disadvantageous
disadvantageous
adj
Not advantageous.
disadvantageously
disadvantageously
adv
In a disadvantageous manner.
disadvantageousness
disadvantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being disadvantageous.
disadventure
disadventure
noun
(obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune.
disadventurous
disadventurous
adj
(obsolete) Unfortunate; calamitous.
disavaunce
disavaunce
verb
(obsolete) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
disconducive
disconducive
adj
Synonym of unconducive
discoursiveness
discoursiveness
Noun
The state or quality of being discursive.
discursativeness
discursiveness
discursiveness
noun
The state or quality of being discursive.
discursivenesses
disfavouring
disfavouring
verb
present participle of disfavour
disindividualize
disindividualize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of individuality.
disinvestiture
disinvestiture
noun
The act of depriving of investiture.
disjunctive
disjunctive
adj
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
(logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
(music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
Not connected; separated.
Tending to disjoin; separating.
noun
(grammar) A disjunct.
(logic) A disjunction.
disjunctively
disjunctively
adv
In a disjunctive manner.
disjunctives
disjunctives
noun
plural of disjunctive
dispunitive
disputativeness
disputativeness
noun
The quality of being disputative.
disruptiveness
disruptiveness
noun
Quality or state of being disruptive.
dissuasiveness
dissuasiveness
noun
The quality of being dissuasive.
distributiveness
distributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being distributive or allotting.
disvaluation
disvaluation
noun
disesteem; depreciation; disrepute
disvaluing
disvaluing
verb
present participle of disvalue
disventure
disventure
noun
(obsolete) A disadventure.
disvulnerability
dividendus
divulgating
divulgating
verb
present participle of divulgate
divulgation
divulgation
noun
The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.
The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
divulgement
divulgement
noun
The act of divulging (communicating or revealing information).
divulgence
divulgence
noun
Something that is divulged.
The act of divulging.
divulgences
divulgences
noun
plural of divulgence
divulging
divulging
noun
The act by which something is divulged.
verb
present participle of divulge
divulsing
divulsing
verb
present participle of divulse
divulsion
divulsion
noun
The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
dunaville
duncansville
duncanville
dunnsville
dunnville
duvetine
duvetine
noun
Alternative form of duvetyne
duvetines
endeavouring
endeavouring
noun
Alternative form of endeavoring
verb
present participle and gerund of endeavour
endovasculitis
endovasculitis
noun
(pathology) Synonym of endangiitis
equidivision
equidivision
noun
division into equal parts
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
everduring
everduring
adj
(obsolete) Everlasting.
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadium
noun
An alloy of iron and up to 55% vanadium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
frondivorous
fulvidness
gerundival
gerundival
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to the gerundive form of a word.