(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.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
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.
adverbiation
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
avowableness
avowableness
noun
The state or quality of being avowable.
baldwinville
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
bartonsville
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedevilments
bedevilments
noun
plural of bedevilment
bedrivelling
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovenish
belavendered
bendersville
benevolences
benevolences
noun
plural of benevolence
benevolently
benevolently
adv
In a benevolent manner.
bentleyville
benzoflavine
benzofulvene
benzofulvene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any benzo derivative of a fulvene
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
bivoluminous
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
bolshevikian
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
bougainville
bowmansville
brandonville
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
bryantsville
buenaventura
buginvillaea
burtonsville
combinantive
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
disbelieving
disbelieving
adj
refusing to believe; skeptical or incredulous
verb
present participle of disbelieve
divinability
enviableness
enviableness
noun
enviability
everblooming
everblooming
adj
Describes a plant that blooms throughout the growing season.
gibbonsville
graverobbing
graverobbing
noun
The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
hebbronville
imbreviating
indeprivable
indeprivable
adj
(now rare) That one cannot be deprived of; inalienable.
indivertible
indivertible
adj
Not to be diverted or turned aside.
indivertibly
indivisibles
indivisibles
noun
plural of indivisible
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
insubmissive
insubmissive
Adjective
Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient
intervisible
intervisible
adj
(surveying) Mutually visible; each in sight of the other.
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.
invisibility
invisibility
noun
That which is invisible.
The state of being invisible.
invulnerable
invulnerable
adj
Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
Unanswerable; irrefutable.
invulnerably
invulnerably
adv
In an invulnerable manner.
labioversion
laboursaving
liveableness
liveableness
noun
The quality of being liveable.
loveableness
maneuverable
maneuverable
adj
(often in combination) Able to be maneuvered
manueverable
misbelieving
misbelieving
noun
The refusal to believe something; disbelief, or an instance of this.
verb
present participle of misbelieve
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
nonbelievers
nonbelievers
noun
plural of nonbeliever
nonbelieving
nonbelieving
adj
Not a believer; in particular, not a member of a specific religious group
noncombative
noncombative
adj
Not combative.
nonderivable
nonderivable
adj
Alternative spelling of non-derivable
nondivisible
nondivisible
adj
Not divisible.
nonevincible
nonfavorable
nonfavorable
adj
Not favorable
nonfavorably
nonnavigable
nonnavigable
adj
Not navigable.
nonnavigably
nonobjective
nonobjective
adj
Not objective; biased.
noun
With respect to an assignment or mission, something that is not an objective or goal.
nonobservant
nonobservant
adj
Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
nonobserving
nonobsessive
nonobsessive
adj
Not obsessive.
nonobviously
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
nonremovable
nonremovable
adj
Not removable.
nonrevocable
nonrevocable
adj
Not revocable.
nonrevocably
nonrevokable
nonrevokable
adj
Not revokable.
nonseverable
nonvegetable
nonvegetable
adj
Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
nonverbosity
nonveritable
nonveritably
nonvertebral
nonvertebral
adj
Not vertebral.
nonviability
nonviability
noun
The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
nonvibratile
nonvibratile
adj
Not vibratile.
nonvibrating
nonvibrating
adj
Not vibrating; that does not vibrate.
nonvibration
nonvibratory
nonvibratory
adj
Not vibratory.
oblivescence
oblivescence
noun
(formal) forgetting; state of being forgotten
obliviscence
obliviscence
noun
(obsolete) Forgetfulness.
observantine
observantine
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Observant branch of Franciscan friars
Noun
A member of the Observant branch of Franciscan friars.
observantist
observations
observations
noun
plural of observation
overabounded
overabounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overabound
overabundant
overabundant
adj
excessively abundant.
overbalanced
overbalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbalance
overbalances
overbalances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance
overbaseness
overbearance
overbearance
noun
(rare or obsolete) Overbearing behaviour; arrogance; imperiousness.
overbeetling
overboldness
overboldness
noun
The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
overbragging
overbreeding
overbreeding
verb
present participle of overbreed
overbriefing
overbrimming
overbrimming
adj
(rare) Being plentiful, particularly excessively so.
verb
present participle of overbrim
overbrowsing
overbrowsing
verb
present participle of overbrowse
overbubbling
overbubbling
verb
present participle of overbubble
overbuilding
overbuilding
verb
present participle of overbuild
overburdened
overburdened
adj
Excessively burdened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overburden
overbusiness
overbusyness
overdebating
overgambling
overgambling
verb
present participle of overgamble
overimbibing
overindebted
overindebted
adj
Too deeply in debt.
overlaboring
overlaboring
verb
present participle of overlabor
overobedient
overobedient
adj
Excessively obedient.
oversensible
oversensible
adj
Excessively sensible.
oversensibly
overturnable
overturnable
adj
Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.