A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
objectives
objectives
noun
plural of objective
observance
observance
noun
(religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.
Observation or the act of watching.
Reverence; homage.
That which is to be observed.
The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
observancy
observancy
noun
Obsolete form of observance.
silverback
silverback
noun
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
subclavate
subclavate
adj
Partially clavate
subclavian
subclavian
adj
(anatomy) Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.
noun
(anatomy) A subclavian part (such as an artery, vein, or nerve).
subclavius
subclavius
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which (in humans) originates from the first costal cartilage and inserts on to the undersurface of the clavicle, acting to elevate the first rib or fix the clavicle.
subconcave
subconcave
adj
Slightly concave.
subjective
subjective
adj
(linguistics, grammar) Describing conjugation of a verb that indicates only the subject (agent), not indicating the object (patient) of the action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
(philosophy, psychology) Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, not upon observation or reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.
Lacking in reality or substance.
Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)
Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.
subscriver
subvocally
subvocally
adv
In a subvocal manner.
verbascose
verbascose
noun
(biochemistry) A pentasaccharide (galactose-galactose-galactose-glucose-fructose), found in many legumes, that is metabolized by intestinal flora
vibrancies
vibrancies
noun
plural of vibrancy
vibroscope
vibroscope
noun
An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.
An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.
vocabulist
vocabulist
noun
The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.