(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
adairville
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adversaria
adversaria
noun
(plural only, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
(plural only, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertized
advertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertize
advertizer
advertizer
noun
One who advertizes.
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advocatrix
almoravide
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
aparavidya
archdivine
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
basinerved
bedriveled
behaviored
belverdian
beshivered
biliverdic
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
bradyville
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
bravadoism
brevicauda
bridalveil
broadwives
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cadaverine
cadaverine
noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
cadaverize
cadaverize
verb
To remove the life from or to make cadaverous.
cavaliered
cavaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalier
cedarville
clavichord
clavichord
noun
(music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.
coderiving
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
corrosived
credencive
credensive
curdsville
daredevils
daredevils
noun
plural of daredevil
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decorative
decorative
adj
That serves to decorate
noun
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
decreative
deersville
degressive
degressive
adj
Decreasing in steps.
Tending to decrease.
deliverers
deliverers
noun
plural of deliverer
deliveress
deliveress
noun
(archaic) A female deliverer.
deliveries
deliveries
noun
plural of delivery
delivering
delivering
noun
An act of delivering.
verb
present participle of deliver
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demivierge
demivirgin
demivotary
demiwivern
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
derisively
derisively
adv
In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
derivately
derivation
derivation
noun
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
derivatist
derivative
derivative
adj
(finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
(law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Imitative of the work of someone else.
Lacking originality.
Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
(Of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
(Of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
(chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
(finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
(generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
(linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
Something derived.
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
dervishism
deservings
deservings
noun
plural of deserving
desilvered
desilvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desilver
detractive
detractive
adj
Tending to detract or draw.
Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
devalorize
devalorize
verb
To devalue.
devanagari
deviltries
deviltries
noun
plural of deviltry
devirilize
devirilize
verb
(transitive) To take away the virility of; to emasculate.
devonshire
devonshire
Proper noun
The former (pre-1974) name for the county of Devon, England.
devoration
devoration
noun
(obsolete) The act of devouring.
devorative
dichlorvos
dichlorvos
noun
(pharmacology) A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
digressive
digressive
adj
Marked by digression; rambling
directives
directives
noun
plural of directive
disapprove
disapprove
verb
(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
(transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
discovered
discovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discover
discoverer
discoverer
noun
One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.
discretive
discretive
adj
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
discursive
discursive
adj
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
disfavored
disfavored
adj
Not favored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavor
disfavorer
disfavorer
noun
Alternative form of disfavourer
disgracive
disgracive
adj
(obsolete) Causing disgrace.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispersive
dispersive
adj
That becomes dispersed
That causes dispersion
disportive
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disservice
disservice
noun
One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
verb
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
disserving
disserving
verb
present participle of disserve
dissevered
dissevered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dissever
distortive
distortive
adj
Causing distortion.
disventure
disventure
noun
(obsolete) A disadventure.
diumvirate
divagatory
divaricate
divaricate
adj
(botany) Having wide angles between the branches.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
divekeeper
divekeeper
noun
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
divergence
divergence
noun
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i)
(obsolete) disagreement; difference
The degree to which two or more things diverge.
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
divergency
divergency
noun
(countable) divergence
(uncountable) The state of being divergent
divergenge
diversions
diversions
noun
plural of diversion
divertedly
divertible
divertible
adj
Alternative form of divertable
diverticle
diverticle
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) A diverticulum.
(obsolete) A turning; a byway.
divinatory
divinatory
adj
Pertaining to divination.
divineress
divineress
noun
(archaic) A female diviner.
divinister
divinistre
divinistre
Noun
A diviner.
divisorial
divisorial
adj
(mathematics) Related to a divisor
divorceuse
divorcible
divorcible
adj
Alternative form of divorceable
divulgater
divulgater
noun
(obsolete) One who divulges.
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
dovetailer
dovetailer
noun
One who or that which dovetails.
drawknives
drawknives
noun
plural of drawknife
drivellers
drivellers
noun
plural of driveller
drivelling
drivelling
Noun
Foolish talk.
drivenness
drivenness
noun
The quality of being driven; drive; ambition.
driverless
driverless
adj
Without a driver.
drivership
drivescrew
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
dyersville
enravished
enravished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enravish
envineyard
everduring
everduring
adj
(obsolete) Everlasting.
federative
federative
adj
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal.
fervidness
fervidness
noun
The quality of being fervid.
fordsville
foreadvice
foreadvise
foreadvise
verb
To advise or counsel beforehand.
foredivine
frivolized
frivolized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frivolize
gerundival
gerundival
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to the gerundive form of a word.
gradyville
grandevity
grandevity
noun
(obsolete) Great age; long life, longevity.
grandville
gravidness
gravidness
noun
The condition of being gravid; pregnancy
gravigrada
gravigrade
gravigrade
adj
(zoology, dated) slow-paced
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A pachyderm, or member of the suborder Gravigrada.
gravitated
gravitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gravitate