(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.
noun
(grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case.
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
abrasive
abrasive
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
achieves
achieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve
adessive
adessive
adj
(grammar) of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location
noun
(grammar) the adessive case, or a word in that case.
adhesive
adhesive
adj
apt or tending to adhere; clinging
sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
noun
a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
adustive
advisees
advisees
noun
plural of advisee
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
alevitsa
alewives
alewives
noun
plural of alewife
allusive
allusive
adj
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
arrivers
arrivers
noun
plural of arriver
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
ashville
ashville
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a hamlet in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a small borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a community in south-western Manitoba, Canada.
audivise
availers
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversive
aversive
adj
Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)
noun
(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
(psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
aviaries
aviaries
noun
plural of aviary
avidness
avidness
noun
The characteristic of being avid.
avodires
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
beauvais
bedevils
bedevils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil
beehives
beehives
noun
plural of beehive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beehive
believes
believes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of believe
beshiver
besilver
besilver
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with silver.
besnivel
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bivalves
bivalves
noun
plural of bivalve
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bouviers
bouvines
breviers
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
caviares
caviares
noun
plural of caviare
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
caviness
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
cervices
cervices
noun
plural of cervix
cervisia
cervixes
cessavit
cessavit
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
ceviches
ceviches
noun
plural of ceviche
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
chivvies
chivvies
noun
plural of chivvy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
civilest
civilest
adj
superlative form of civil: most civil
civilise
civilise
verb
To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
clavises
clevises
clevises
noun
plural of clevis
clivises
codrives
codrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codrive
cohesive
cohesive
adj
Having cohesion.
noun
(linguistics) A device used to establish cohesion within a text
A substance that provides cohesion
connives
connives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive
conscive
conversi
conversi
noun
plural of conversus
convives
convives
noun
plural of convive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convive
corviser
covetise
covetise
noun
(obsolete) Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
crescive
crescive
adj
(archaic) Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development.
crevices
crevices
noun
plural of crevice
cursives
cursives
noun
plural of cursive
curviest
curviest
adj
superlative form of curvy: most curvy
daviesia
deceives
deceives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deceive
decisive
decisive
adj
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Marked by promptness and decision.
delivers
delivers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliver
delusive
delusive
adj
Delusional.
Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
Producing delusions.
deprives
deprives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive
derisive
derisive
adj
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
noun
(rare) A derisive remark.
derivers
derivers
noun
plural of deriver
descrive
descrive
verb
(obsolete) To describe.
desilver
desilver
verb
(transitive) To remove the reflective backing from (a mirror).
(transitive) To remove the silver from (an alloy).
desitive
desitive
adj
(obsolete) Final or conclusive.
noun
(obsolete, logic) An argument that leads to a conclusion.
devadasi
devadasi
noun
(Hinduism, historical) A girl who underwent the Hindu religious practice of being "married" to a deity. In addition to taking care of the temple, she learned and practiced Bharatanatyam and other classical Indian arts, and enjoyed high social status.
devarshi
deviants
deviants
noun
plural of deviant
deviates
deviates
noun
plural of deviate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate
deviless
deviless
noun
A female devil.
devilish
devilish
adj
(informal) Extreme, excessive.
Characteristic of a devil.
Resembling a devil.
adv
(informal) Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
devilism
devilism
noun
(archaic) The character or doctrines of the Devil or devils; devilry.
devisals
devisals
noun
plural of devisal
devisees
devisees
noun
plural of devisee
devisers
devisers
noun
plural of deviser
devising
devising
noun
the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
verb
present participle of devise
devisors
devisors
noun
plural of devisor
devoices
devoices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devoice
discover
discover
verb
(law, transitive) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
(obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
(transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
(transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
(transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
(transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
To find or learn something for the first time.
discrive
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
dishevel
dishevel
verb
(intransitive) To spread out in disorder.
(transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
(transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave.
disleave
disleave
verb
(transitive) Alternative spelling of disleaf
disprove
disprove
verb
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
dissaved
dissaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dissave
dissaves
dissaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissave
disserve
disserve
verb
To treat poorly; to do a disservice to
dissever
dissever
verb
To divide into separate parts.
To separate; to split apart.
dissolve
dissolve
noun
(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
(chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
(cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
(law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
distaves
distaves
noun
(obsolete) plural of distaff
disvalue
disvalue
noun
harm, demerit
verb
To regard something as having little or no value.
To undervalue; to depreciate.
disvelop
disvelop
verb
Obsolete form of develop.
disvoice
diverges
diverges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diverge
diversly
diversly
adv
(archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
divested
divested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divest
dividers
dividers
noun
plural of divider
diviners
diviners
noun
plural of diviner
divinest
divinest
adj
superlative form of divine: most divine
divinise
divinise
verb
Alternative spelling of divinize
divisive
divisive
adj
Having a quality that divides or separates.
divorces
divorces
noun
plural of divorce
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divorce
divulges
divulges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divulge
divulsed
divulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divulse
dovekies
dovekies
noun
plural of dovekie
eavesing
effusive
effusive
adj
(archaic) Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.
(geology, of igneous rock) Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.
Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
egestive
egestive
adj
Of or pertaining to egestion.
eightvos
elatives
elatives
noun
plural of elative
elecives
elsevier
eluviums
eluviums
noun
plural of eluvium
elvishly
elvishly
adv
In an elvish manner.
emissive
emissive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting
emulsive
emulsive
adj
That readily forms or enters into an emulsion.
That yields an emulsion (or a milk-like substance).
enlivens
enlivens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enliven
enravish
enravish
verb
To enrapture.
ensilver
ensilver
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, silver.
environs
environs
noun
plural of environ: the environment, the surroundings.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of environ
envisage
envisage
verb
To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
envision
envision
verb
(transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
eschevin
eschevin
noun
(obsolete) The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.
estivage
estivate
estivate
verb
(intransitive) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.
evansite
evansite
noun
(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
evasible
evasible
Adjective
That can be evaded.
evasions
evasions
noun
plural of evasion
evenings
evenings
adv
(informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.