(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviators
abbreviators
noun
plural of abbreviator
abbreviatory
abbreviatory
adj
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
abbreviature
abbreviature
noun
(obsolete) An abbreviated state or form.
(obsolete) The process of abbreviating.
A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.
An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abirritative
abirritative
adj
(pharmacology) Characterized by abirritation or debility.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
adverbialize
adverbialize
verb
(American spelling) To use as or change into an adverb.
adverbiation
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertizable
advertizable
adj
Alternative spelling of advertisable
advisability
advisability
noun
(countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability.
(uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent.
albificative
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
ambiversions
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
archvagabond
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
availability
availability
noun
(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being available.
(countable) That which is available.
avowableness
avowableness
noun
The state or quality of being avowable.
baldwinville
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
barbourville
barbourville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
bargersville
barhamsville
barkevikitic
barkevikitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral barkevikite.
barrackville
bartlesville
bartonsville
basialveolar
basialveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)
bassirilievi
beaverboards
beaverboards
noun
plural of beaverboard
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
behaviorally
behaviorally
adv
With respect to behavior.
behaviorisms
behaviorisms
noun
plural of behaviorism
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
belavendered
benzoflavine
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bioavailable
bioavailable
adj
Able to be absorbed by a living organism.
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
birefractive
boddhisattva
boddhisattva
noun
Alternative form of bodhisattva
bodhisattvas
bodhisattvas
noun
plural of bodhisattva
bolshevikian
bougainville
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
bowmansville
bradleyville
brandonville
bravehearted
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
brevifoliate
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
breviradiate
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bryantsville
buenaventura
buginvillaea
clavicembali
clavicembalo
clavicembalo
noun
(music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord.
cleavability
cleavability
noun
Quality or degree of being cleavable.
combinantive
cultivatable
cultivatable
adj
cultivable
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
debilitative
debilitative
adj
Causing or relating to debilitation.
deliberative
deliberative
adj
That deliberates, considers carefully.
noun
A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
deliverables
deliverables
noun
plural of deliverable
demivambrace
derivability
derivability
noun
The condition of being derivable
deverbatives
deverbatives
noun
plural of deverbative
devisability
discoverable
discoverable
adj
(law) Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.
Able to be discovered.
discoverably
discoverably
adv
In a discoverable way.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disturbative
disturbative
adj
(chiefly archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
divinability
driveability
driveability
noun
Alternative spelling of drivability
dubitatively
enviableness
enviableness
noun
enviability
exuviability
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
graverobbing
graverobbing
noun
The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
gravicembali
gravicembalo
gravicembalo
noun
(music) An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord
imbreviating
immovability
immovability
noun
The state of being immovable.
indeprivable
indeprivable
adj
(now rare) That one cannot be deprived of; inalienable.
inevaporable
inhabitative
inhabitative
adj
(grammar) demonymic
noun
(grammar) demonym (name for inhabitant of a place)
inobservable
inobservable
adj
unobservable
inobservance
inobservance
noun
Lack of observance.
inobservancy
inobservancy
noun
Alternative form of inobservance
invertebracy
invertebracy
noun
Quality of being invertebrate.
invertebrata
invertebrate
invertebrate
adj
Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.
noun
(informal) A spineless person; a coward.
An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.
invertibrate
invertibrate
noun
Misspelling of invertebrate.
investigable
investigable
adj
(chiefly philosophy and sciences) Capable of being investigated or studied.
invulnerable
invulnerable
adj
Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
Unanswerable; irrefutable.
invulnerably
invulnerably
adv
In an invulnerable manner.
irrelievable
irrelievable
adj
Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.
irreprovable
irreprovable
adj
Not reprovable; irreproachable.
irreprovably
irreprovably
adv
In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably.
irresolvable
irresolvable
adj
Impossible to resolve; insoluble.
Impossible to separate into its component parts.
irrevealable
irrevealable
adj
Incapable of being revealed.
irrevealably
irreviewable
irreviewable
adj
Not eligible for review.
labadieville
labioversion
laboursaving
lambertville
leavittsburg
livabilities
livabilities
noun
plural of livability
liveableness
liveableness
noun
The quality of being liveable.
lovabilities
lovabilities
noun
plural of lovability
loveableness
maneuverable
maneuverable
adj
(often in combination) Able to be maneuvered
manueverable
metavariable
metavariable
noun
(logic) A symbol or string of symbols belonging to a metalanguage and standing for elements of some object language.
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
misbehaviors
misbehaviors
noun
plural of misbehavior
misbehaviour
misbehaviour
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior
movabilities
movabilities
noun
plural of movability
moveableness
moveableness
noun
The quality of being moveable.
navigability
navigability
noun
The state of being navigable.
nonabusively
nonabusively
adv
In a nonabusive manner.
nonadverbial
nonadverbial
adj
Not adverbial.
nonavoidable
nonavoidable
adj
That cannot be avoided.
nonavoidably
noncombative
noncombative
adj
Not combative.
nonderivable
nonderivable
adj
Alternative spelling of non-derivable
nonfavorable
nonfavorable
adj
Not favorable
nonfavorably
nonnavigable
nonnavigable
adj
Not navigable.
nonnavigably
nonobservant
nonobservant
adj
Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.