(biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react.
(marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
(physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
activizing
activizing
verb
present participle of activize
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
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."
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
adventists
adventitia
adventitia
noun
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
advowsance
aeviternal
aeviternal
adj
(theology) Pertaining to aeviternity, a state between eternity, which is unchanging and outside of time, and temporality, which is subject to change and to death or annihilation. Things aeviternal are creations, like the temporal, but everlasting, like the eternal.
affinitive
affinitive
adj
Closely connected, as by affinity.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
aggrieving
aggrieving
verb
present participle of aggrieve
ahvenanmaa
aldenville
aldrovanda
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
almsgiving
almsgiving
noun
The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
andreyevka
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
annotative
annotative
adj
Relating to annotation.
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
ansonville
antecavern
anteverted
anteverted
adj
Turned or tipped forward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antevert
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
antidivine
antidivine
adj
Opposing or counteracting that which is divine.
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
antivenene
antivenene
noun
(UK and Australia, medicine) Synonym of antivenom.
antivenine
antivenins
antivenins
noun
plural of antivenin
antonovich
antonovics
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
appointive
appointive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
aquavalent
archdivine
arenzville
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
audivision
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
availingly
availingly
adv
In an availing manner.
avalanched
avalanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avalanche
avalanches
avalanches
noun
plural of avalanche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avalanche
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
avanturine
avanturine
noun
Alternative form of aventurine
avaradrano
avellaneda
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
avengement
avengement
noun
(rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
avengeress
avengeress
noun
(rare) A female avenger.
avengingly
avengingly
adv
So as to avenge.
aventurine
aventurine
noun
(mineralogy, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
aversation
aversation
noun
(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
averseness
averseness
noun
The quality of being averse; opposition of mind.
avertiment
avertiment
noun
(obsolete) advertisement (public notice).
avianizing
avianizing
verb
present participle of avianize
aviational
avicennism
avidnesses
avignonese
avirulence
avirulence
noun
The state of being avirulent.
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
avowedness
avowedness
noun
The state or quality of being avowed.
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.
avunculize
azoflavine
azoflavine
noun
A particular yellow azo dye.
azovernine
barneveldt
basinerved
baviaantje
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beaverteen
beaverteen
noun
A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.
beavertown
beethovian
beethovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
belgravian
belgravian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.
Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.
Noun
A resident of Belgravia, London.
A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
belverdian
beneventan
berreaving
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
blandville
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
boissevain
bolivianos
bolivianos
noun
plural of boliviano
borodankov
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
bucorvinae
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cadaverine
cadaverine
noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
caernarvon
cainsville
calvinists
caneyville
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.
canvasback
canvasback
noun
A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
canvaslike
canvaslike
adj
Resembling canvas (the fabric).
canvassers
canvassers
noun
plural of canvasser
canvassing
canvassing
noun
The act of one who canvasses or solicits.
verb
present participle of canvass
captivance
captivance
noun
(obsolete, rare) Captivity.
caravaneer
caravaneer
noun
The leader or driver of the camels in a caravan.
caravaning
caravaning
verb
present participle of caravan
caravanist
caravanist
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) One who travels in a caravan (towed furnished vehicle).
A member of a caravan (convoy or procession of travellers with animals, cargo, etc.)
caravanned
caravanner
caravanner
noun
(UK) A person who holidays in a caravan (mobile home).
A person who leads a caravan (trail of animals).
carnivaler
carnivoral
carnivoral
adj
(obsolete) carnivorous
carnivores
carnivores
noun
plural of carnivore
catenative
catenative
adj
Having the ability to catenate, or form chains.
noun
(linguistics) A catenative verb.
cavalryman
cavalryman
noun
A soldier in the cavalry.
cavalrymen
cavalrymen
noun
plural of cavalryman
cavernitis
cavernitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the corpus cavernosum
cavernlike
cavernlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cavern.
cavicornia
cavilingly
cavilingly
adv
With petty criticism.
cavitating
cavitating
verb
present participle of cavitate
cavitation
cavitation
noun
(biology) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis.
(fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.
The formation of pits on a surface.
cervantist
cervantite
cervantite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony and oxygen.
changeover
changeover
noun
A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chauvinist
chauvinist
adj
(derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
Pertaining to chauvinism.
noun
(derogatory) A chauvinistic person.
chavantean
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.