that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
alluvial
alluvial
adj
Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
noun
(countable) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
alluvium
alluvium
noun
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
aquavits
aquavits
noun
plural of aquavit
auditive
auditive
adj
Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
audivise
aurilave
aurilave
noun
An ear-brush.
An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
avanious
avicular
avicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avifauna
avifauna
noun
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
avulsing
avulsing
verb
present participle of avulse
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
beauvais
beauvoir
bienvenu
biovular
biovular
adj
(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
bouviers
bouvines
bucovina
bukovina
chuvashi
clavilux
clavilux
noun
(art) A mechanical device for projecting lumia (an art form consisting of light patterns).
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
culverin
culverin
noun
A kind of handgun.
A large cannon.
cungevoi
cunjevoi
cunjevoi
noun
(Australia) A coastal sea squirt, Pyura stolonifera, found in some parts of Australia and South Africa.
A large flowering plant, Alocasia macrorrhizos, native to tropical islands from Asia to Australia.
curative
curative
adj
(figurative, by extension) Remediative.
(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
noun
A substance that acts as a cure.
cursives
cursives
noun
plural of cursive
curviest
curviest
adj
superlative form of curvy: most curvy
curvital
curvital
adj
Of or relating to curvature.
deducive
deducive
adj
That deduces; inferential.
delusive
delusive
adj
Delusional.
Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
Producing delusions.
dilutive
dilutive
adj
Causing dilution.
diluvial
diluvial
adj
(biblical) Pertaining to Noah's Flood.
Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
diluvian
diluvian
adj
Pertaining to a deluge, or flood.
diluvion
diluvion
noun
Synonym of diluvium
diluvium
diluvium
noun
(geology) A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.
An inundation or flood; a deluge.
diovular
disvalue
disvalue
noun
harm, demerit
verb
To regard something as having little or no value.
To undervalue; to depreciate.
disvouch
disvouch
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To discredit or contradict.
dividual
dividual
adj
Divisible, divided.
Separate, distinct.
Shared, held in common (with others).
divulged
divulged
verb
past participle of divulge
divulger
divulger
noun
One who divulges something.
divulges
divulges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divulge
divulsed
divulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divulse
divulsor
divulsor
noun
(surgery) An instrument used for dilating the urethra or other canal
douville
durative
durative
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
Long-lasting.
noun
(linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
duumviri
duumviri
noun
plural of duumvir
duumvirs
duvalier
duvetine
duvetine
noun
Alternative form of duvetyne
eductive
eductive
adj
Tending to draw out; extractive.
effluvia
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).
eluviate
eluviate
verb
To cause eluviation.
eluviums
eluviums
noun
plural of eluvium
eluvivia
emulsive
emulsive
adj
That readily forms or enters into an emulsion.
That yields an emulsion (or a milk-like substance).
equative
equative
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
noun
(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.
(grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.
(grammar) A word in the equative form.
equivale
equivale
verb
(transitive, of a proposition) to be equivalent to.
equivoke
equivoke
noun
Alternative form of equivoque
equivote
equivote
noun
(obsolete, rare) A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
eruptive
eruptive
adj
(geology) Produced by eruption.
Accompanied by eruptions.
That erupts or bursts forth.
noun
An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.
evulsion
evulsion
noun
(now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
excusive
excusive
adj
Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
exuviate
exuviate
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
fauvisms
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
favianus
favonius
favonius
Proper noun
The god of the west wind. He is also the husband of Flora and the father of Karpos. He is the Roman counterpart of Zephyrus.
fluavile
fluviose
fluvious
fruitive
fruitive
adj
(obsolete) enjoying; possessing
fugitive
fugitive
adj
Elusive or difficult to retain.
Fleeing or running away; escaping.
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
noun
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
grievous
grievous
adj
Causing grief, pain, or sorrow.
Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous.
guessive
guessive
adj
(rare, obsolete) conjectural
guestive
gulliver
gulliver
noun
(slang) one's head.
gurevich
guvacine
guvacine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-5-carboxylic acid, present in areca nuts
haviours
helvtius
hevelius
huswives
illusive
illusive
adj
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
illuvial
illuvial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or formed by illuviation
illuvium
illuvium
noun
(geology) material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater
impluvia
incurved
incurved
adj
Turned or curving inward, towards the center.
incurves
incurves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incurve
indevout
indevout
Adjective
Not devout.
inducive
inducive
adj
(rare) Tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.
indutive
indutive
adj
(botany) covered; applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
induviae
induviae
noun
(botany) leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time
(botany) persistent portions of a calyx or corolla
induvial
induvial
adj
(botany) Relating to the induviae.
infusive
infusive
adj
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
invalued
invigour
invigour
verb
Alternative form of invigor
involute
involute
adj
(biology) Rolled inward spirally.
(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
(biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
(botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated.
noun
(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
verb
To roll or curl inwards.
invulgar
invulgar
adj
(obsolete) Not vulgar; refined; elegant.
jactivus
junctive
junctive
noun
(grammar) An element of syntax that serves as a junction.
jurative
jurative
adj
Synonym of juratory
jussives
jussives
noun
plural of jussive
juvavian
juvenile
juvenile
adj
Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
Young; not fully developed.
noun
(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
(literature) A publication for young adult readers.
(theater) An actor playing a child's role.
(zoology) A sexually immature animal.
A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
A prepubescent child.
A two-year-old racehorse.
laevulin
laevulin
noun
Alternative form of levulin
lanuvian
levulins
levulins
noun
plural of levulin
lixivium
lixivium
noun
A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
Any solution obtained by lixiviation.
louviers
ludovick
ludovico
ludovika
lunville
marivaux
mauveine
mauveine
noun
A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created.
milyukov
misvalue
misvalue
verb
(transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
misvouch
misvouch
verb
(archaic) To vouch falsely.
montuvio
mucivore
mucivore
noun
(zoology) An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
murnival
murnival
noun
Alternative form of mournival
mutative
mutative
adj
Relating to mutation.
mutivity
navagium
navicula
navicula
noun
(Christianity) A thurible in the shape of a boat.
octavius
octavius
noun
(historical) The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system.
outcavil
outdevil
outdevil
verb
(transitive) To surpass in devilry.
outdrive
outdrive
verb
(transitive) To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
(transitive, archaic, poetic) To drive out; to repel.
(transitive, golf) To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.
outgiven
outgiven
verb
past participle of outgive
outgives
outgives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgive
outlived
outlived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outlive
outliver
outliver
noun
(obsolete) A survivor.
outlives
outlives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive