(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.
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.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adverbiation
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aeolsklavier
aeolsklavier
noun
(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aestivations
aestivations
noun
plural of aestivation
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
alveolonasal
alveolonasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the nose
ambiversions
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
aminovaleric
annotatively
annotatively
adv
In an annotative manner.
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
archoverseer
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arnoldsville
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
autopositive
averrhoistic
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
avoidupoises
avowableness
avowableness
noun
The state or quality of being avowable.
barbourville
barbourville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
bartonsville
basialveolar
basialveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)
bdellovibrio
beaverboards
beaverboards
noun
plural of beaverboard
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovenish
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.
behoovefully
benevolences
benevolences
noun
plural of benevolence
benevolently
benevolently
adv
In a benevolent manner.
benzoflavine
benzofulvene
benzofulvene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any benzo derivative of a fulvene
bioavailable
bioavailable
adj
Able to be absorbed by a living organism.
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
bolshevikian
bolshevikism
bolshevistic
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
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
brandonville
brevifoliate
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bristolville
burfordville
burtonsville
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
camptonville
cervicectomy
cervicectomy
noun
(medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
cervicodynia
cervicodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the neck
cerviconasal
chemicovital
chemicovital
adj
(dated) Both chemical and vital; biochemical.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
clairvoyance
clairvoyance
noun
(parapsychology) The power to see the future.
clavicembalo
clavicembalo
noun
(music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord.
clavicornate
clavodeltoid
claytonville
clintonville
cloverleaves
cloverleaves
noun
plural of cloverleaf
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coazervation
cochranville
cockeysville
cocovenantor
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
codevelopers
codevelopers
noun
plural of codeveloper
codeveloping
codeveloping
verb
present participle of codevelop
codiscovered
codiscovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codiscover
codiscoverer
codiscoverer
noun
One who jointly makes a discovery.
coerciveness
coerciveness
noun
The state or quality of being coercive.
coercivities
coercivities
noun
plural of coercivity
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
cogitatively
cogitatively
adv
In a cogitative manner
cognoscitive
cognoscitive
adj
having the power of knowing
cogovernment
cohesiveness
cohesiveness
noun
the state of being cohesive; cohesion
collectively
collectively
adv
In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.
collectivise
collectivise
verb
Alternative spelling of collectivize
collectivism
collectivism
noun
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively
The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
collectivist
collectivist
adj
Of or pertaining to collectivism.
noun
An advocate of collectivism.
collectivity
collectivity
noun
(countable) A body of people considered as a whole.
(uncountable) The condition of being collective.
collectivize
collectivize
verb
To organize a farm or industrial enterprise on the basis of collective control
collierville
collinsville
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
combinantive
combustively
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
commentative
commentative
adj
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.
commissively
commissively
adv
In a commissive manner.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexively
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint