(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.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
auditives
audiviser
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bivouaced
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
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
curvetted
davisburg
deauville
declivous
declivous
adj
sloping downward
decursive
decursive
adj
Running down; decurrent.
decurving
deductive
deductive
adj
(logic) Based on inferences from general principles.
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
defluvium
desoeuvre
detrusive
devaluate
devaluate
verb
(transitive) To reduce in value.
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
deviously
deviously
adv
In a devious manner.
devourers
devourers
noun
plural of devourer
devouress
devouress
noun
(obsolete) A female devourer.
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
devoutful
devoutful
adj
(obsolete) Full of devotion.
(obsolete) Sacred.
diffusive
diffusive
adj
(sciences) Pertaining to diffusion.
Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.
That diffuses something; disseminating.
That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
diluviate
diluviate
verb
(obsolete) To run as a flood.
diluvions
diluviums
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
disfavour
disfavour
noun
A state of being out of favour.
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
Lack of favour; displeasure.
verb
(British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disvalued
disvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disvalue
disvalues
disvalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disvalue
divesture
divesture
noun
Obsolete form of divestiture.
dividuity
dividuous
dividuous
adj
divided; dividual
divisural
divisural
adj
Being or relating to a division.
divulgate
divulgate
adj
(obsolete) Published.
verb
(obsolete) To divulge.
divulgers
divulgers
noun
plural of divulger
divulging
divulging
noun
The act by which something is divulged.
verb
present participle of divulge
divulsing
divulsing
verb
present participle of divulse
divulsion
divulsion
noun
The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
divulsive
divulsive
adj
Tending to tear or pull apart.
dovehouse
dovehouse
noun
A dovecote.
downcurve
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
dunaville
dunnville
duratives
duratives
noun
plural of durative
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
duumviral
duumviral
adj
Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.
duvetines
duvetynes
duvetynes
noun
plural of duvetyne
educative
educative
adj
Serving to educate; educational.
eluviated
eluviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eluviate
endeavour
endeavour
noun
Britain standard spelling of endeavor.
enverdure
evacuated
evacuated
adj
Containing a vacuum.
Having had population removed, by evacuation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evacuate
evaluated
evaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaluate
evolutoid
exudative
exudative
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by exudation
exuviated
exuviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exuviate
flavoured
flavoured
adj
(British spelling) Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavour
gerundive
gerundive
adj
gerundial
noun
(in Latin grammar) a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
(less commonly, in English grammar) a verbal adjective ending in -ing , also called a "present participle".
havioured
individua
individua
noun
plural of individuum
inductive
inductive
adj
(logic) Of, or relating to logical induction.
(physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
introductory or preparatory.
induviate
induviate
adj
(botany) Covered with induviae.
invidious
invidious
adj
(obsolete) Detestable, hateful, odious.
(obsolete) Envious, jealous.
(of a distinction) Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
involuted
involuted
adj
Alternative form of involute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of involute
juventude
laudative
laudative
adj
laudatory
noun
(obsolete) A panegyric; a eulogy.
lavandula
ludlovian
ludlovian
Adjective
Belonging to the Ludlow group.
luvaridae
maneuvred
maneuvred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maneuvre
misvalued
misvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misvalue
muscavada
muscavado
muscovade
muscovado
muscovado
noun
An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.
nerviduct
nondevout
nonvalued
nonvalued
adj
Not valued.
novodamus
novodamus
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) In Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.
obvoluted
obvoluted
adj
Alternative form of obvolute
outbraved
outbraved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbrave
outcurved
outcurved
adj
That curves outwards
outdriven
outdriven
verb
past participle of outdrive
outdrives
outdrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdrive
outserved
outserved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outserve
outshoved
outvalued
outvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outvalue
outvoiced
outvoiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outvoice
overbound
overbound
noun
(transitive, mathematics, signal processing) A Gaussian model of the (non-Gaussian) error distribution on a signal, which is conservative enough that the resulting confidence interval is guaranteed to be at least as wide as the actual confidence interval.
verb
(mathematics) To provide an upper bound to.
(transitive, archaic) To leap over.
To specify or use boundaries that are too large; to have boundaries that encompass more than the entirety of an entity.
simple past tense and past participle of overbind
overbuild
overbuild
verb
(intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area.
(transitive) To build over or on top of another structure.
(transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration.
(transitive, intransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
overcloud
overcloud
verb
(transitive, figurative) To cast sorrow or gloom over.
(transitive, intransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
overcured
overcured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcure
overdoubt
overdrunk
overjudge
overjudge
noun
A supreme or superior judge.
verb
(transitive) To judge excessively or too harshly.
overproud
overproud
adj
Excessively proud.
overruled
overruled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overrule
oversound
overstudy
overstudy
verb
To study excessively
oversured
overtured
overtured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overture
overurged
overurged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overurge
overwound
overwound
adj
(figuratively, uncommon) Nervous, tense, jumpy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwind
oviductal
oviductal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the oviduct.
ovomucoid
ovomucoid
noun
(biochemistry) A protein, present in egg white, which, unlike ovalbumin, is heat-stable
parvitude
parvitude
Noun
smallness
predevour
prevalued
procurved
procurved
adj
curved forward
proudlove
pseudoval
pseudovum
pseudovum
noun
(zoology) An egg-like germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization.
pulldevil
pulldrive
quadrivia
quadrivia
noun
plural of quadrivium
ravenduck
ravenduck
noun
Alternative form of raven's duck
redivivus
redivivus
adj
(chiefly figurative, postpositive) Living again; brought back to life.
redivulge
reductive
reductive
adj
(Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
(chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
(now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
(now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
reduviids
reduviids
noun
plural of reduviid
reduvioid
reduvioid
adj
Resembling the Reduviidae.
reverdure
reverdure
verb
(transitive) To cover again with verdure.
revoluted
revoluted
adj
Alternative form of revolute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revolute
seductive
seductive
adj
Attractive, alluring, tempting.
sepulveda
servitude
servitude
noun
(archaic) The act of serving (food or drink, etc.); service.
(dated) Service rendered in the army or navy.
(law) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.
(obsolete) Servants collectively.
The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.
subdivide
subdivide
verb
(real estate) To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
(transitive, intransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
(transitive, intransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
subdivine
subdivine
adj
Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.