(linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
(linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
noun
(linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.
algovite
avantage
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
aviating
aviating
verb
present participle of aviate
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
bhagavat
divagate
divagate
verb
(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
(intransitive) To wander about.
ergative
ergative
adj
(grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from that of an intransitive construction.
noun
An ergative verb or other expression.
Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”).
estivage
evulgate
evulgate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To publish or divulge.
galavant
galavant
verb
Alternative form of gallivant
galivant
gallivat
gallivat
noun
(nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
gavotted
gavotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gavotte
gavottes
gavottes
noun
plural of gavotte
gigavolt
gigavolt
noun
One billion (10⁹) volts. Symbol: GV.
gravante
gravette
gravette
noun
A prehistoric flint blade
gravitas
gravitas
noun
(figuratively) Substance, weight.
Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
gravitic
gravitic
adj
Of or pertaining to gravity.
graviton
graviton
noun
(physics) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
gravolet
grievant
grievant
noun
One who submits a grievance.
gustavus
gustavus
Proper noun
name, a Latinized form of Gustav.
legative
levigate
levigate
adj
(rare) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Smooth.
verb
(transitive) To make into a smooth paste or fine powder.
(transitive) To make smooth or polish.
(transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
(transitive, rare) To belittle.
(transitive, rare) To lighten.
ligative
ligative
adj
(grammar) Serving to connect separate elements.
megavolt
megavolt
noun
One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV.
navigant
navigate
navigate
verb
(intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
(intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
(transitive, computing) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
(transitive, figurative) To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
negative
negative
adj
(New Age jargon, derogatory) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
(linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition.
(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
(often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
(slang) COVID-19 negative.
(slang) HIV negative.
(weather) Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
Not positive nor neutral.
Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
intj
(law, signalling) No; nay.
noun
(grammar) A word that indicates negation.
(law) A right of veto.
(mathematics) A negative quantity.
(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
(weightlifting) A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
An unfavorable point or characteristic.
Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
verb
(transitive) To contradict.
(transitive) To disprove.
(transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize, to negate.
(transitive) To refuse; to veto.
ravigote
ravigote
noun
A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
rogative
savagest
savagest
adj
superlative form of savage: most savage
starving
starving
noun
starvation
verb
present participle of starve
stravage
stravage
verb
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) to wander aimlessly.
to gallivant.
stravaig
stravaig
verb
(Scotland) to stroll, meander
1946: Rebecca West, "Greenhouse with Cyclamens I," in A Train of Powder, p. 22.
1964: Mary Poppins (movie).
travelog
travelog
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of travelogue
trivirga
trivirga
noun
(music) A neume that trebles the value of the first note in a series of virgae.
vacating
vacating
verb
present participle of vacate
vagarist
vagarist
noun
One whose thought wanders in many directions.
vagarity
vagarity
noun
(rare) The character or state of being vagarious; capriciousness; irregularity.
(rare) Vagary.
vagation
vagation
noun
(obsolete) The act of wandering, straying, or departing from the expected or regular course; an instance or occasion of this; a wandering; a rambling; a roaming; an aberration.
vagility
vagility
noun
(biology) The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment.
vaginant
vaginant
adj
(botany) Serving as a sheathe.
vaginate
vaginate
adj
vaginated
verb
(transitive) To ensheathe; to enclose in a sheath.
vagotomy
vagotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
vagotony
vagrants
vagrants
noun
plural of vagrant
valetage
valetage
noun
The work of a valet.
valeting
valeting
verb
present participle of valet
vantages
vantages
noun
plural of vantage
vaultage
vaultage
noun
(obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar.
(obsolete) Vaulted work.
vaulting
vaulting
adj
(figurative) Exaggerated or overreaching.
Leaning upward or over.
performing
noun
A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.
verb
present participle of vault
vauntage
vauntage
noun
Obsolete form of vantage.
vaunting
vaunting
noun
boasting
verb
present participle of vaunt
vectigal
vectigal
noun
(obsolete) A tax.
vegasite
vegetant
vegetant
adj
(pathology) growing, or causing growth
Characteristic of vegetation
vegetate
vegetate
verb
(informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
(of a plant) To grow or sprout.
(of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
velating
vengeant
vengeant
adj
Seeking or taking vengeance; avenging.
ventages
ventages
noun
plural of ventage
vertugal
vestigal
vestigia
vestigia
noun
plural of vestigium
vigilant
vigilant
adj
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
vigilate
vigilate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) to monitor, watch over, control
villaget
villaget
noun
A little village.
vintaged
vintaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vintage
vintager
vintager
noun
One who gathers the vintage, i.e. a grape harvester.
vintages
vintages
noun
plural of vintage
virgated
virgated
adj
(obsolete) Striped; streaked.
virgater
virgater
noun
A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land