The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
adventitias
adventitias
noun
plural of adventitia
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adverseness
adverseness
noun
The state or quality of being adverse, or opposed.
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advisedness
advisedness
noun
Deliberate consideration: prudent procedure.
The state or quality of being advised—of being done or used advisedly.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
aftervision
aleksandrov
alivenesses
alivenesses
noun
plural of aliveness
allensville
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anniversary
anniversary
noun
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antierosive
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
austinville
avellaneous
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averageness
averageness
noun
The state or quality of being average.
avgolemonos
avgolemonos
noun
plural of avgolemono
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
barnesville
barnesville
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small town in Maryland, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
bensenville
beshivering
bevinsville
bidonvilles
bidonvilles
noun
plural of bidonville
biliverdins
biliverdins
noun
plural of biliverdin
bivalencies
bivalencies
noun
plural of bivalency
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bovensmilde
brandsville
bravenesses
bravenesses
noun
plural of braveness
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
cadaverines
cadaverines
noun
plural of cadaverine
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
caravanners
caravanners
noun
plural of caravanner
caregivings
caregivings
noun
plural of caregiving
carnesville
carnivories
carsonville
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
catonsville
cavendishes
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
civilnesses
clavecinist
clavecinist
noun
A musician who plays the clavecin.
clavicornes
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
concaveness
concaveness
noun
the state of being concave; concavity
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
concrescive
concrescive
adj
Growing together, or into union; uniting.
confervales
congressive
congressive
adj
Encountering, or coming together.
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
connivances
connivances
noun
plural of connivance
conniveries
conniveries
noun
plural of connivery
consecutive
consecutive
adj
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
noun
(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.
conservable
conservable
adj
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
conservancy
conservancy
noun
(Britain) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.
(US, law) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
The conservation of a resource.
conservator
conservator
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
(law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contravenes
contravenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
controverse
controverse
noun
(obsolete) Controversy.
verb
(obsolete) to controvert
controversy
controversy
noun
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
controverts
controverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of controvert
convalesced
convalesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convalesce
convalesces
convalesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convalesce
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
convenances
convenances
noun
plural of convenance
conveneries
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
conversable
conversable
adj
(of people) Able and inclined to engage in conversation.
(of people, obsolete) Able to be conversed with.
(of things, obsolete) Pertaining to, suited for or exhibiting conversation.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversance
conversance
noun
The condition of being conversant
conversancy
conversancy
Noun
The condition of being conversant
conversible
conversible
adj
(archaic) Capable of being converted.
(obsolete) Capable of being substituted or swapped (with another thing).
Alternative form of conversable
conversions
conversions
noun
plural of conversion
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
conveyances
conveyances
noun
plural of conveyance
conveyorise
conveyorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize.
convulsedly
convulsible
convulsible
adj
Subject to convulsions.
cosovereign
cosovereign
noun
A joint sovereign.
costiveness
costiveness
noun
(obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
couniversal
covalencies
covalencies
noun
plural of covalency
covariances
covariances
noun
plural of covariance
covenantees
covenantees
noun
plural of covenantee
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
cowansville
cranesville
cravingness
cravingness
noun
The state or quality of craving, begging, yearning or demanding.
crownsville
cursiveness
cursiveness
noun
The state or quality of being cursive.
davidsonite
dawsonville
dawsonville
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada.
a railway town in Kenya.
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
defensively
defensively
adv
In a defensive manner.
definitives
definitives
noun
plural of definitive
dennisville
dennysville
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
derivedness
derivedness
noun
(countable) A derived characteristic; a derivation.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being derived; derivativity.
deservingly
deservingly
adv
In a deserving manner.
designative
designative
Adjective
Serving to designate.
desilvering
desilvering
verb
present participle of desilver
devastating
devastating
adj
causing devastation
verb
present participle of devastate
devastation
devastation
noun
(law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
deviousness
deviousness
noun
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devotedness
devotedness
noun
State of being devoted.
devotements
devotements
noun
plural of devotement
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
devotionist
devotionist
noun
Alternative form of devotionalist
diminutives
diminutives
noun
plural of diminutive
disadvanced
disadvanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvance
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
discovering
discovering
noun
A discovery.
verb
present participle of discover
disgaveling
disheveling
disheveling
verb
present participle of dishevel
disinvested
disinvested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinvest
disjunctive
disjunctive
adj
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
(logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
(music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
Not connected; separated.
Tending to disjoin; separating.
noun
(grammar) A disjunct.
(logic) A disjunction.
dispunitive
dissevering
dissevering
verb
present participle of dissever
dissolvents
dissolvents
noun
plural of dissolvent
distinctive
distinctive
adj
(Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
(linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
(rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
(rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
Characteristic, typical.
Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
noun
(Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.
(theology) A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.