that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
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.
beauvais
beauvoir
bienvenu
bouviers
bouvines
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
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.
disvalue
disvalue
noun
harm, demerit
verb
To regard something as having little or no value.
To undervalue; to depreciate.
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
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.
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).
fluavile
fluviose
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
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.
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
infusive
infusive
adj
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
invalued
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.
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
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
levulins
levulins
noun
plural of levulin
louviers
lunville
mauveine
mauveine
noun
A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created.
misvalue
misvalue
verb
(transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
mucivore
mucivore
noun
(zoology) An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
mutative
mutative
adj
Relating to mutation.
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
outvoice
outvoice
verb
(transitive) To exceed in noise.
ouvriere
ouvriere
noun
Alternative form of ouvrière
peruvian
peruvian
Noun
A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.
pervious
pervious
adj
(obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
(zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Accepting of new ideas.
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
plausive
plausive
adj
(obsolete) Applauding; showing praise.
(obsolete) Plausible (obtaining approbation), specious (having an attractive appearance intended to obtain a favorable response).
(rare) Laudable, praisable.
pluviose
pluviose
adj
(rare) Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy.
previous
previous
adj
(informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
noun
(informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour.
(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
prevuing
prevuing
verb
present participle of prevue
pulverin
punitive
punitive
adj
(law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.
pupivore
purviews
purviews
noun
plural of purview
putative
putative
adj
(derogatory) Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
quaviver
quietive
quietive
adj
Tending to quieten or make passive.
noun
Something that quietens; a sedative.
quivered
quivered
adj
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiver
quiverer
quiverer
noun
One who quivers.
reduviid
reduviid
adj
(entomology) of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae
noun
(entomology) any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, which comprises predatory and blood-sucking bugs, including the vectors of Chagas disease
reduvius
refusive
reovirus
reovirus
noun
Any of a group of RNA viruses, of the family Reoviridae, that infect animals and some plants
revigour
revuists
revuists
noun
plural of revuist
rivulets
rivulets
noun
plural of rivulet
rivulose
rivulose
adj
Marked by thin, winding or crooked lines.
scurvied
scurvied
adj
Affected with scurvy.
scurvier
scurvier
adj
comparative form of scurvy: more scurvy
scurvies
scurvies
noun
plural of scurvy
seducive
seducive
adj
Obsolete form of seductive.
sesuvium
sieveful
sieveful
noun
As much as a sieve can hold.
solutive
solutive
adj
(rare) Tending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
loosening (of strictness of contractual terms), through gradual dissolution of binding obligations (as of a previously agreed-upon contract)
souvaine
souvenir
souvenir
noun
An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.
verb
(transitive) To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime.
spurtive
stevinus
struvite
struvite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium-containing mineral Mg(NH₄)(PO₄)·6H₂O which is found in kidney stones associated with bacteria that cleave urea.
stuivers
stuivers
noun
plural of stuiver
subdevil
subdevil
noun
A lesser devil.
subolive
suivante
suivante
noun
(now historical) A lady's maid.
surveils
surveils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surveil
survived
survived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of survive
surviver
surviver
noun
Dated form of survivor.
survives
survives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of survive
unactive
unactive
adj
Not active; inactive.
undriven
undriven
adj
Not driven.
unenvied
unenvied
adj
Not envied.
unevilly
unfervid
unfervid
adj
Not fervid.
ungrieve
ungrieve
verb
Alternative form of un-grieve
uninvite
uninvite
verb
(transitive) To cancel or withdraw an invitation.
univalve
univalve
adj
consisting of a single valve or piece, used to refer to a shell.
having one valve; typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.
noun
A univalve mollusk or its shell.
universe
universe
name
Alternative letter-case form of Universe; Our universe.
noun
(archaic) The Earth, the sphere of the world.
(literature, films) A collection of stories with characters and settings that are less interrelated than those of sequels or prequels.
(marketing, economics) A sample taken from the population.
(pantheism) A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.
An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
An imaginary collection of worlds.
Everything under consideration.
The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
unlevied
unlevied
adj
Not levied.
unlively
unlively
adj
Not lively.
unlivery
unnative
unnative
adj
(rare) Not native.
unsieved
unsieved
adj
Not having been sieved.
unswivel
unswivel
verb
(transitive) To release or remove by swivelling; to swivel back again.
unthrive
unthrive
verb
(rare, intransitive) To be unsuccessful
unvaried
unvaried
adj
not varied; monotonous or homogeneous; samely
unveiled
unveiled
adj
Not wearing, or not covered by, a veil.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unveil
unveiler
unveiler
noun
One who unveils something.
unveined
unveined
adj
(geology) Not having a geological vein.
Not veined; not having veins
unvenial
unvenial
adj
Not venial.
unverity
unverity
noun
(logic) A value equal to 1 minus the truth value of a statement.
unviable
unviable
adj
Not viable: not capable of independent life; not practicable.