Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Enjoyable.
noun
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
additives
additives
noun
plural of additive
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adhesives
adhesives
noun
plural of adhesive
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
admissive
admissive
adj
Tending to admit or allow.
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
advancing
advancing
noun
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
verb
present participle of advance
advancive
advancive
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
advantage
advantage
noun
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advective
advective
adj
Relating to advection.
advenient
advenient
adj
(now rare) Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
advential
adventism
adventist
adventive
adventive
adj
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
Accidental.
Adventitious.
noun
A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adverbial
adverbial
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
noun
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
adversant
adversary
adversary
noun
An opponent or rival.
adversely
adversely
adv
In an adverse manner.
adversing
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
adversive
adversive
adj
causing adversion
opposite, contrary
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertise
advertise
verb
(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.
advertize
advertize
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
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.
advisably
advisably
adv
Wisely, in an advisable manner.
advisedly
advisedly
adv
With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
aldovandi
almoravid
almoravid
Noun
A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
alvordton
amadavats
amadavats
noun
plural of amadavat
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
ardenvoir
artevelde
auditives
audiviser
avadavats
avadavats
noun
plural of avadavat
avertedly
avertedly
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
avianized
avianized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avianize
avidities
avidities
noun
plural of avidity
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
avocadoes
avoidable
avoidable
adj
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
noun
Something that can or should be avoided.
avoidably
avoidably
adv
In a manner so as to be avoidable.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avoidless
avoidless
adj
(rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.
avoidment
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
barneveld
bavardage
bavardage
noun
chatter, banter
bedstaves
bedstaves
noun
plural of bedstaff
benavides
berdyayev
berreaved
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bivouaced
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
boulevard
boulevard
noun
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
bouvardia
bovenland
bravadoed
bravadoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bravado
bravadoes
bravadoes
noun
plural of bravado
broadview
cabdriver
cabdriver
noun
One who drives a carriage for a living.
One who drives a taxi for a living.
cadaveric
cadaveric
adj
Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
Pertaining to a corpse.
cadaverin
cadaverin
noun
Alternative form of cadaverine
cadyville
canvasado
canvassed
canvassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canvas
caravaned
caravaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caravan
cardville
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
cavalcade
cavalcade
noun
(by extension) An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
(collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
A ceremonial parade.
A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
verb
To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
cavitated
cavitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavitate
cedarvale
cevadilla
cevadilla
noun
Archaic form of sabadilla.
chavender
chavender
noun
A chub (fish).
chivareed
chivareed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivaree
chivaried
chivaried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivari
cleavland
cleveland
cleveland
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
A large city in the U.S. state of Ohio
a city in Tennessee, USA
A former county in northeast England bordering North Yorkshire and County Durham, created in 1974 from parts of those two counties (mainly the County Borough of Teesside) and abolished in 1996.
corcovado
cordovans
cordovans
noun
plural of cordovan
coverdale
cravatted
cravatted
adj
Wearing a cravat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravat.
crevassed
crevassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crevasse
dadeville
dadeville
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA
daleville
dansville
daredevil
daredevil
adj
Recklessly bold; adventurous.
noun
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention.
verb
(intransitive) To behave in a reckless, adventurous, or physically risky manner.
darsonval
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
davidical
daviesite
davisboro
davisburg
deanville
deauville
decalvant
declivate
deephaven
defeasive
degravate
delavigne
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
depravate
depravers
depravers
noun
plural of depraver
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprivals
deprivals
noun
plural of deprival
deprivate
derivable
derivable
adj
able to be derived, deducible
derivably
derivably
adv
Such that it can be derived; by derivation.
derivates
derivates
noun
plural of derivate
devaluate
devaluate
verb
(transitive) To reduce in value.
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
devastate
devastate
verb
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
deviances
deviances
noun
plural of deviance
deviately
deviating
deviating
verb
present participle of deviate
deviation
deviation
noun
(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
A detour in a road or railway.
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.