(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
accretive
accretive
adj
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
acervatim
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
activated
activated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activate
activates
activates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate
activator
activator
noun
(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
(chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
One who, or that which, activates.
activisms
activisms
noun
plural of activism
activists
activists
noun
plural of activist
activital
activital
adj
Relating to activity, especially (anthropology) the complex activities of human beings within a culture.
activized
activized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activize
acurative
addictive
addictive
adj
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Enjoyable.
noun
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
additives
additives
noun
plural of additive
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advective
advective
adj
Relating to advection.
advenient
advenient
adj
(now rare) Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
advential
adventism
adventist
adventive
adventive
adj
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
Accidental.
Adventitious.
noun
A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertise
advertise
verb
(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
advertize
advertize
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
aestivate
aestivate
verb
Alternative spelling of estivate
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
alleviant
alleviant
noun
That which alleviates
alleviate
alleviate
verb
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty .
allgovite
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
altavista
alveolite
amatively
amatively
adv
In an amative manner.
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
animative
animative
adj
Tending to animate; causing animation.
anticivic
anticivic
adj
Against the welfare and best interests of citizens and their citizenship.
In opposition to citizenship.
anticivil
anticivil
adj
Alternative form of anti-civil
antinovel
antinovel
noun
(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.
antivenin
antivenin
noun
(medicine) Synonym of antivenom, (now) particularly for snakebites containing venin.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
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.
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
anviltops
aperitive
aperitive
adj
(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient
Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
(medicine) aperient
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
arrestive
arrestive
adj
(dated) Tending to capture people’s attention.
Tending to stop or slow a process.
arriviste
arriviste
noun
(derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
artukovic
assentive
assentive
adj
Giving assent; agreeing.
assertive
assertive
adj
Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
assistive
assistive
adj
Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability
assortive
atavistic
atavistic
adj
(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.
Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.
attentive
attentive
adj
Courteous; mindful.
Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
attestive
attestive
adj
Attesting; furnishing evidence.
attritive
attritive
adj
Causing attrition.
auditives
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avalokita
avenolith
aventails
aventails
noun
plural of aventail
aventurin
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
avertible
avertible
adj
Capable of being averted; preventable.
aviarists
aviarists
noun
plural of aviarist
aviations
aviations
noun
plural of aviation
aviatress
aviatress
noun
A female pilot of an aircraft
aviatrice
avidities
avidities
noun
plural of avidity
avigation
avigation
noun
(dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
avigators
avigators
noun
plural of avigator
avilement
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avocation
avocation
noun
(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avoidment
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
awunctive
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
beaverite
beaverite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
believeth
believeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of believe
berkovtsi
bevington
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
biclavate
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
biovulate
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
bivariant
bivariant
adj
(mathematics) Having two independent variables.
(programming) Both covariant and contravariant.
bivariate
bivariate
adj
(mathematics) Having or involving exactly two variables.
noun
(mathematics) A polynomial or function with exactly two variables.
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivittate
bivittate
adj
Having two longitudinal stripes or vittae
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
botvinnik
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
brevities
brevities
noun
plural of brevity
bullivant
calmative
calmative
adj
Calming.
noun
A drug with calming effects.
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
calvities
calvities
noun
Baldness, the condition of being bald.
plural of calvity
cantative
captivate
captivate
verb
(obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
To attract and hold (someone's) interest and attention; to charm.
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
causative
causative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.
Acting as a cause.
Involving, or affected by, causality.
noun
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
cavatinas
cavatinas
noun
plural of cavatina
caveating
caveating
noun
(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
verb
present participle of caveat.
cavitated
cavitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavitate
cavitates
cavitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavitate
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
cervantic
cessative
cessative
adj
(grammar) Indicating cessation.
cevitamic
cevitamic
adj
Synonym of ascorbic
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
chiavetta
chirivita
civetlike
civetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a civet.
clamative
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
cleveites
cleveites
noun
plural of cleveite
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
cognovits
cognovits
noun
plural of cognovit
collative
collative
adj
(ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.
Having the power of conferring.
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
concavity
concavity
noun
(countable) A concave structure or surface
(uncountable) The state of being concave
connivant
connivant
adj
(botany) Having the ends inclined towards each other
connivent
connivent
adj
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
connotive
connotive
adj
Synonym of connotative
contrived
contrived
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrive
contriver
contriver
noun
A person who contrives.
contrives
contrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive