(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
antiviral
antiviral
adj
(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
(pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
noun
(pharmacology) An antiviral medication.
anvilling
anvilling
verb
present participle of anvil
anviltops
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avenolith
aventails
aventails
noun
plural of aventail
avifaunal
avifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to avifauna.
avilement
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
bainville
believing
believing
noun
Belief.
The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
verb
present participle of believe
bernville
bevelling
bevelling
noun
A bevel, a bevelled facet.
verb
present participle of bevel
bevillain
bienville
bienville
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA, which was named after the parish.
a commune in the department of northern France.
bivalence
bivalence
noun
The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
bivalency
bivalency
noun
The quality of being bivalent.
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
bivalvian
bivalvian
adj
Of or relating to bivalves.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
boliviano
boliviano
noun
the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos
bolivians
bondville
boneville
boonville
bullivant
callovian
callovian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
calvinian
calvinism
calvinism
Noun
The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
calvinize
calvinize
Verb
To convert to Calvinism.
canavalia
canavalin
canavalin
noun
(biochemistry) A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.
carnivals
carnivals
noun
plural of carnival
cavilling
cavilling
noun
cavillation
verb
present participle of cavil
cervuline
chavignol
chevaline
civilians
civilians
noun
plural of civilian
civilness
civilness
noun
The state or quality of being civil.
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
clavering
clavering
verb
present participle of claver
clavicorn
clavicorn
adj
(zoology) Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles
noun
(zoology) One of the Clavicornes.
coinvolve
convivial
convivial
adj
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
cornville
covelline
covelline
noun
(mineralogy) covellite
cravingly
cravingly
adv
With longing or craving.
culverins
culverins
noun
plural of culverin
dansville
deanville
declivent
delavigne
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
devilkins
devilkins
noun
plural of devilkin
devilling
devilling
noun
(law) The pupillage of a prospective advocate or barrister.
verb
present participle of devil
devilment
devilment
noun
(often humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
Something cleverly constructed.
Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
devolving
devolving
verb
present participle of devolve
diluvions
divalence
divalence
noun
(chemistry) The condition of being divalent
divellent
divellent
adj
(obsolete) drawing asunder
divelling
divinable
divinable
adj
That can be guessed.
divulging
divulging
noun
The act by which something is divulged.
verb
present participle of divulge
divulsing
divulsing
verb
present participle of divulse
divulsion
divulsion
noun
The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
driveline
driveline
noun
(automotive) The drivetrain minus the engine and transmission
The powertrain in general
driveling
driveling
noun
Foolish talk.
verb
present participle of drivel
drivingly
drivingly
adv
(engineering) So as to drive.
So as to drive or motivate.
With forceful, inexorable motion.
dunaville
dunnville
edenville
elevating
elevating
verb
present participle of elevate
elevation
elevation
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
elvanitic
elvanitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral elvanite.
enclaving
enclaving
verb
present participle of enclave
enlivened
enlivened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enliven
enlivener
enlivener
noun
That which enlivens.
enslaving
enslaving
noun
An enslavement.
verb
present participle of enslave
envermeil
envermeil
verb
(obsolete, transitive, poetic) To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
enviously
enviously
adv
in an envious manner or to an envious degree
environal
envyingly
envyingly
adv
In an envying manner
euflavine
evadingly
evadingly
adv
So as to evade; evasively.
evangelia
evangelic
evangelic
adj
evangelical
evangelin
evasional
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
evidently
evidently
adv
(obsolete) In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
(proscribed) apparently
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
evildoing
evildoing
noun
An evil or wicked act, especially a crime.
evincible
evincible
adj
Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.
evincibly
evincibly
adv
In an evincible manner.
eviternal
eviternal
adj
(obsolete) eternal; everlasting
evolution
evolution
noun
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
(chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
(chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
(mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
(military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
(now rare) The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
(obsolete) A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
evulsions
evulsions
noun
plural of evulsion
exsolving
exsolving
verb
present participle of exsolve
fennville
flavicant
flavonoid
flavonoid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
flavoring
flavoring
noun
(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.
verb
present participle of flavor
frivoling
furnivall
galivants
galivants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galivant
gallivant
gallivant
verb
(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
(intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.
galvanise
galvanise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of galvanize
galvanism
galvanism
noun
The chemical generation of electricity.
The therapeutic use of electricity directly applied to the body.
galvanist
galvanist
noun
One versed in galvanism.
galvanize
galvanize
verb
(archaic) To electrify.
(chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
(figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
(historical, US) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.
To coat with rust-resistant zinc.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gavelling
gavelling
verb
present participle of gavel
genitival
genitival
adj
(grammar) Having genitive form; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case
noun
(grammar) A genitive.
glanville
glavering
glavering
verb
present participle of glaver
glenlivet
glenville
glenville
Proper noun
a village in County Ireland.
a hamlet in township, Ontario, Canada.
communities in and Nova Scotia, Canada.
an unincorporated community in Alabama, USA.
a neighbourhood and CDP in Connecticut, USA.
a ghost town in Delaware, USA, abandoned in 2004 after flooding.
a small city in Minnesota, USA.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
an unincorporated area in North Carolina, USA, formerly a town which is now under Lake Glenville.
a neighbourhood in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in West Virginia, USA
gnesdilov
governail
governail
noun
(archaic) That which steers a nautical vessel; a rudder or a person employing it.
granville
granville
Proper noun
name, transferred use of the surname.
A village in Northern Ireland, UK.
A commune in the Manche department of France.
A village in Illinois.
A town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, now defunct
A city in Iowa.
A Free Village in Jamaica.
A town in Massachusetts.
A town and a village in New York.
A city in North Dakota.
A village in Ohio.
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
graveling
graveling
noun
Alternative form of gravelling
grenville
groveling
groveling
verb
(US) present participle of grovel
hahnville
hansville
havilland
helvetian
helvetian
Adjective
From the ancient country of Helvetia
Swiss, from Switzerland
Noun
Someone from the ancient country of Helvetia
Swiss, someone from Switzerland
helvidian
hovelling
hovelling
noun
A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
incalving
incivilly
incivilly
adv
Obsolete form of uncivilly.
inclavate
inclusive
inclusive
adj
(linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.
Including (almost) everything within its scope.
Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.
Including the extremes as well as the area between.
inflative
inflative
adj
(obsolete) Of an inflating quality or tendency.
inflexive
inflexive
adj
(obsolete) inflexible
inflective
influxive
influxive
adj
(obsolete) Having influence; influential.
Having a tendency to flow inward.
ingluvial
ingluvial
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds.