(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
achievements
achievements
noun
plural of achievement
activenesses
activenesses
noun
plural of activeness
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptivities
adaptivities
noun
plural of adaptivity
additivities
additivities
noun
plural of additivity
adjectivitis
adjectivitis
noun
(humorous) The overuse of adjectives in writing.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
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.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adversatives
adversatives
noun
plural of adversative
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aestivations
aestivations
noun
plural of aestivation
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
appellatives
appellatives
noun
plural of appellative
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
arendtsville
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
asphyxiative
assaultively
assaultively
adv
In an assaultive manner.
asseverating
asseverating
verb
present participle of asseverate
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverative
asseverative
adj
Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
assimilative
assimilative
adj
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astrictively
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autopositive
averrhoistic
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
bartlesville
bartonsville
bedevilments
bedevilments
noun
plural of bedevilment
beethovenish
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
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
bolshevistic
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bristolville
bryantsville
burtonsville
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
cartersville
cartersville
Proper noun
definition
cervicitises
chesterville
clavieristic
clavieristic
adj
Characteristic of clavier music.
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
coercivities
coercivities
noun
plural of coercivity
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
cognoscitive
cognoscitive
adj
having the power of knowing
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.
combustively
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
condensative
condensative
adj
That tends to condense
conjunctives
conjunctives
noun
plural of conjunctive
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
consecrative
consecrative
adj
Relating to consecration.
consecutives
consecutives
noun
plural of consecutive
consentively
conservation
conservation
noun
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
(physics) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatist
conservative
conservative
adj
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Cautious, moderate.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
noun
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
conservatize
conservatize
verb
To make or become conservative.
conservators
conservators
noun
plural of conservator
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
consociative
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
constitutive
constitutive
adj
(biochemistry) (of an enzyme) that is continuously produced at a constant rate
extremely important, essential
having the power or authority to appoint someone to office
having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something
that forms a constituent part of something else
constrictive
constrictive
adj
That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consultively
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
contraveners
contraveners
noun
plural of contravener
contrivances
contrivances
noun
plural of contrivance
controversal
controversal
adj
(obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.
(obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
controversed
convalescent
convalescent
adj
of convalescence or convalescents
recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
noun
A person recovering from illness.
conventicles
conventicles
noun
plural of conventicle
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
conversation
conversation
noun
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
(computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
conversative
conversative
adj
(dated) Chatty; inclined to talk.
(dated) Relating to conversation with others; social.
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
correlatives
correlatives
noun
plural of correlative
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
covertnesses
covetiveness
covetiveness
noun
(archaic) The state or quality of being covetive.
covetousness
covetousness
noun
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
creativeness
creativeness
noun
The state of being creative; creativity.
creativities
creativities
noun
plural of creativity
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvirostres
czarevitches
czarevitches
noun
plural of czarevitch
deactivators
deactivators
noun
plural of deactivator
decemvirates
decemvirates
noun
plural of decemvirate
declaratives
declaratives
noun
plural of declarative
decongestive
decongestive
adj
Serving to decongest.
noun
A decongestant.
defervescent
defervescent
adj
Causing reduction of fever.
noun
Any remedy that reduces a fever.
denervations
denervations
noun
plural of denervation
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
descriptives
descriptives
noun
plural of descriptive
desiderative
desiderative
adj
(grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
Having or indicating wish or desire.
noun
(linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
devastations
devastations
noun
plural of devastation
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
deverbatives
deverbatives
noun
plural of deverbative
deviationism
deviationism
noun
Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism.
deviationist
deviationist
noun
One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.