(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”).
everting
everting
verb
present participle of evert
gconvert
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.
groveton
groveton
Proper noun
a CDP in New Hampshire, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
a CDP in Virginia, USA.
overgilt
overgilt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overgild
overgirt
overglut
ravigote
ravigote
noun
A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
regitive
revoting
revoting
verb
present participle of revote
riveting
riveting
adj
Commanding the attention of spectators.
noun
A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
The act of joining with rivets.
The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
verb
present participle of rivet
rogative
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).
striving
striving
noun
Effort; the act of one who strives.
verb
present participle of strive
thriving
thriving
adj
That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
noun
The action of the verb to thrive.
verb
present participle of thrive
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.
turgenev
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.
vagrants
vagrants
noun
plural of vagrant
verligte
verligte
noun
(South Africa) A person with a verlig political attitude.
vertigos
vertigos
noun
plural of vertigo
vertugal
vigorist
vintager
vintager
noun
One who gathers the vintage, i.e. a grape harvester.
virgated
virgated
adj
(obsolete) Striped; streaked.
virgater
virgater
noun
A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land