(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.
aggrieve
aggrieve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
algovite
angevine
arrivage
auvergne
avantage
avelonge
avengers
avengers
noun
plural of avenger
avenging
avenging
noun
The act by which somebody is avenged.
verb
present participle of avenge
averaged
averaged
adj
(of a set of numbers) replaced by an average value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of average
averager
averager
noun
A system or process for computing averages.
averages
averages
noun
plural of average
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of average
averring
averring
verb
present participle of aver
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
avgasses
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
bevaring
beverage
beverage
noun
(Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.
(chiefly Canada, US) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
burgrave
burgrave
noun
(historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.
One who holds a hereditary title, with an associated domain, descended from an ancestor who commanded a burg, especially in German-speaking Europe.
claviger
claviger
noun
One who carries a club; a club bearer.
One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.
cleavage
cleavage
noun
(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
(by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
(politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
cleaving
cleaving
adj
That cleaves
noun
The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
verb
present participle of cleave
cosgrave
coverage
coverage
noun
(genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
(sports) Defense.
An amount by which something or someone is covered.
Journalism: the attention given by the press or news media about some news; the total of stories published or broadcast about a topic.
The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television.
The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
danevang
davening
davening
verb
present participle of daven
digenova
disgavel
disgavel
verb
(UK, law, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant
divagate
divagate
verb
(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
(intransitive) To wander about.
dogvanes
dogvanes
noun
plural of dogvane
eavesing
engraved
engraved
adj
decorated with engravings
made by engraving
verb
simple past tense and past participle of engrave
engraven
engraven
verb
(obsolete) past participle of engrave
(obsolete, chiefly literary and figurative) Engrave.
engraver
engraver
noun
a person who engraves
a tool used in this process
engraves
engraves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrave
envisage
envisage
verb
To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
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
evangels
evangels
noun
plural of evangel
evangely
evangely
noun
(obsolete) One of the four Gospels.
(obsolete) The "good news" revealed by the Gospel; redemption.
evulgate
evulgate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To publish or divulge.
galvayne
gapville
gardevin
gardevin
noun
A case for holding wine bottles.
A large bottle or jug for holding wine.
garvance
gavelage
gaveling
gavelled
gavelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gavel
gaveller
gaveller
noun
(historical) Someone who pays gavel for rented land.
(obsolete) A usurer.
gavelman
gavelman
noun
(law, historical) A tenant liable to tribute.
gavelmen
gavelmen
noun
plural of gavelman
gavelock
gavelock
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) An iron crow or lever.
(rare, obsolete) A spear or dart.
gaverick
gavotted
gavotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gavotte
gavottes
gavottes
noun
plural of gavotte
gayville
gayville
Proper noun
A tiny town in New York in the United States.
A tiny town in South Dakota in the United States.
Proper noun
The gay community; gays, taken collectively.
genovera
genoveva
gingivae
gingivae
noun
plural of gingiva
giveable
giveable
adj
Alternative form of givable
giveaway
giveaway
noun
An event at which things are given away for free.
An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
Something that is given away or handed out for free.
The act of giving something away for free.
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
glavered
glavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glaver
gloveman
gloveman
noun
(baseball) A fielder.
(cricket) A wicketkeeper.
A boxer.
gonaives
gonsalve
gravamem
gravamen
gravamen
noun
(Anglicanism) A document sent by the Lower House of Convocation to the Upper House to inform the latter of certain grievances in the church.
(by extension) The essence or most important aspect of a piece of writing, a point of argument, etc.; the gist.
(obsolete) A formal charge or complaint.
A grievance complained of.
The essence or ground of a complaint.
gravante
graveled
graveled
adj
Covered with gravel.
Perplexed, puzzled, baffled; troubled, annoyed.
gravelly
gravelly
adj
(obsolete) Full of or covered with sand; sandy.
(pathology) Caused by or involving gravel (“kidney stones”).
Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.
Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping.
graveman
gravette
gravette
noun
A prehistoric flint blade
gravidae
graviers
gravilea
gravolet
gravures
gravures
noun
plural of gravure
grievant
grievant
noun
One who submits a grievance.
groveman
guvacine
guvacine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-5-carboxylic acid, present in areca nuts
hangover
hangover
noun
(figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
(historical) A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
havenage
havenage
noun
Dues paid for using a harbour or port.
havening
havening
verb
present participle of haven
havering
havering
adj
Hesitant; indecisive.
Long-winded
noun
Indecision, indecisive behaviour.
verb
present participle of haver
lavergne
lawgiver
lawgiver
noun
Any lawmaker.
One who provides laws to a society.
leavings
leavings
noun
A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
legative
leverage
leverage
noun
(business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.
(by extension) Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
(finance) The debt-to-equity ratio.
(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
verb
(transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
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.
longeval
longeval
adj
(rare) Long-lived; longevous.
magavern
mangabev
mangrove
mangrove
noun
A habitat with such plants; mangrove forest; mangrove swamp; mangal.
Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in intertidal coastal brackish waters.
Plants of the Rhizophoraceae family.
Trees of the genus Rhizophora.
margrave
margrave
noun
(historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
(historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
megavolt
megavolt
noun
One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV.
misgrave
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.
overages
overages
noun
plural of overage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overage
overbrag
overgang
overgang
noun
(dialectal or obsolete) Something that goes across or over; a transition.
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go beyond or above; to exceed.
overgaze
overgaze
verb
(poetic) To gaze; to overlook.
overglad
overglad
adj
Excessively or unduly glad.
overgoad
overhang
overhang
noun
(architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
(economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
verb
(intransitive) To impend.
(transitive) To hang over (something).
palgrave
palgrave
noun
Alternative form of palsgrave
raugrave
ravagers
ravagers
noun
plural of ravager
raveling
raveling
noun
Alternative form of ravelling
verb
present participle of ravel
ravening
ravening
adj
(archaic) Subject to the voracity of a predator.
Voracious and greedy.
noun
(archaic, literary) Predation (by an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
ravigote
ravigote
noun
A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
redgrave
regravel
regravel
verb
(transitive) To replace the gravel on (a surface).
repaving
repaving
noun
The process of replacing paving.
verb
present participle of repave
revoyage
rogative
salvaged
salvaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of salvage
salvagee
salvagee
noun
(nautical) A free rope on a sailing ship (one that does not have a single dedicated purpose).
One who is salvaged.
salvager
salvager
noun
A person who engages in salvage work
salvages
salvages
noun
plural of salvage
savagely
savagely
adv
In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.
savagers
savagery
savagery
noun
(countable) A violent act of cruelty.
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
(uncountable) Wild growth of plants.
Savages collectively; the world of savages.
savagess
savagess
noun
A female savage; a woman from an uncivilized society.
savagest
savagest
adj
superlative form of savage: most savage
savagize
savagize
verb
(transitive) To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.
scavager
scavager
noun
One who scavages.
scavenge
scavenge
verb
(intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.
(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
(transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
(transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
seagrave
selvaged
selvaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of selvage
selvagee
selvagee
noun
(nautical) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.
selvages
selvages
noun
plural of selvage
sheaving
sheaving
verb
present participle of sheave
sleaving
sleaving
verb
present participle of sleave
stravage
stravage
verb
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) to wander aimlessly.
to gallivant.
svengali
svengali
noun
One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.
travelog
travelog
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of travelogue
ungraved
ungraved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ungrave
ungraven
unsavage
unsavage
adj
Not savage.
vaagmaer
vagaries
vagaries
noun
plural of vagary
vaginate
vaginate
adj
vaginated
verb
(transitive) To ensheathe; to enclose in a sheath.
vaginule
vaginule
noun
Alternative form of vaginula
vagrance
vagrance
noun
(archaic) Vagrancy, wandering.
valetage
valetage
noun
The work of a valet.
valeting
valeting
verb
present participle of valet
valguses
vantages
vantages
noun
plural of vantage
varanger
vargueno
vargueno
noun
A decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.