(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
bivalent
bivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
(genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against two different viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
bivalved
bivalved
adj
Having two valves.
bivalves
bivalves
noun
plural of bivalve
bivalvia
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
biverbal
biverbal
adj
Of or pertaining to two verbs
Of or pertaining to two words
punning
bivinyls
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
boilover
boilover
noun
A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
bolivars
bolivian
bolivias
bolivias
noun
plural of bolivia
bonavist
bonnyvis
borislav
bouviers
bouvines
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarist
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
boviform
boviform
adj
Shaped like an ox.
bovinely
bovinely
adv
In a bovine manner
sluggishly
bovinity
bovinity
noun
The condition of being bovine.
bozovich
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
bravoite
breviary
breviary
noun
(obsolete) A brief statement or summary.
A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
breviate
breviate
noun
A brief missive or dispatch; a note.
A lawyer's brief.
A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
breviers
breviger
breviped
breviped
adj
(zoology) Having short feet or legs.
brevipen
brevipen
noun
(zoology) A brevipennate bird.
bucovina
bukovina
calipeva
calvaire
calvaria
calvaria
noun
(anatomy) The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.
calvatia
calvinna
canavali
canevari
captived
captived
adj
(obsolete) Captured; captive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captive
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
caritive
caritive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the caritive case.
(grammar) Of words or endings that express a lack of something, for example English homeless/-less or unsalted/un-, Finnish koditon, suolaton, -ton.
carnival
carnival
noun
(US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
carville
carvings
carvings
noun
plural of carving
casnovia
cavaedia
cavaedia
noun
plural of cavaedium
cavalier
cavalier
adj
(historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
High-spirited.
Not caring enough about something important.
Supercilious.
noun
(architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
(historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
(slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a small breed of spaniel of English origin with a silky, smooth coat and commonly a smooth undocked tail.
A gentleman of the class of such officers
verb
(transitive, dated) Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
cavatina
cavatina
noun
(music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.
(music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
cavatine
cavatine
noun
Alternative form of cavatina
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cavelike
cavelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cave
caviares
caviares
noun
plural of caviare
cavicorn
cavicorn
adj
(zoology) Having hollow horns
noun
(obsolete) A hollow-horned ruminant, one of a group formerly treated taxonomically as Cavicornia.
(zoology) Any animal having hollow horns
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
caviling
caviling
noun
cavilation
cavilled
cavilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavil
caviller
caviller
noun
Alternative spelling of caviler
caviness
cavitary
cavitary
adj
Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
cavitate
cavitate
verb
(sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.
caviteno
cavitied
cavitied
adj
Having cavities.
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
celative
cervical
cervical
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra..
cervices
cervices
noun
plural of cervix
cervidae
cervinae
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.
cevadine
cevadine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of veratrine
ceviches
ceviches
noun
plural of ceviche
charivan
chavicin
chavicin
noun
Alternative form of chavicine
chavicol
chavicol
noun
(organic chemistry) The naturally-occurring allylphenol
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
cheveril
cheveril
adj
(obsolete) Made of cheveril; pliant.
noun
(obsolete) Soft leather made of kid skin.
cheville
cheville
noun
(poetry) A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced.
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
chevrier
chevying
chevying
verb
present participle of chevy
chivalry
chivalry
noun
(UK, law, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.
(now rare, historical) Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.
Courtesy, respect and honourable conduct between opponents in wartime.
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
chivaree
chivaris
chivaris
noun
plural of chivari
chivarra
chivarro
chiveret
chivvied
chivvied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivvy
chivvies
chivvies
noun
plural of chivvy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy
chivying
chivying
verb
present participle of chivy
chuvashi
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
civetone
civetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone 1-cycloheptadec-9-enone that is a pheromone produced by the civet cat, and is used to add a musky tone to perfumes
civicism
civicism
noun
The principle of civil government.
civilest
civilest
adj
superlative form of civil: most civil
civilian
civilian
adj
Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
noun
(informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
A student of civil law at a university or college.
One skilled in civil law.
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.
civilist
civilist
noun
(obsolete) A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences.
(obsolete) One who studies or works with the civil law.
(obsolete, theology) One who rejects the moral authority of Christ but who nevertheless adheres to a moral code in line with “civil righteousness” and “good citizenship”.
civilite
civility
civility
noun
(chiefly in the plural) An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy.
(now archaic) The state or fact of being civilized; civilization.
(obsolete) A civil office; a civil capacity.
Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy.
civilize
civilize
verb
Alternative spelling of civilise
clavacin
clavacin
Noun
patulin
clavaria
clavatin
clavatin
noun
patulin
clavecin
clavecin
noun
(archaic, music) harpsichord
clavicle
clavicle
noun
(anatomy) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
clavicor
clavicor
noun
A brass musical instrument that had three valves
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
claviger
claviger
noun
One who carries a club; a club bearer.
One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.
clavilux
clavilux
noun
(art) A mechanical device for projecting lumia (an art form consisting of light patterns).
claviole
clavises
cleaving
cleaving
adj
That cleaves
noun
The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
verb
present participle of cleave
cleveite
cleveite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline variety of uraninite.
clevises
clevises
noun
plural of clevis
clivises
coactive
coactive
adj
(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
coadvice
coderive
codivine
codriven
codriven
verb
past participle of codrive
codriver
codriver
noun
A fellow driver; where multiple people take turns driving, a person who is not currently driving.
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
codrives
codrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codrive
coercive
coercive
adj
(mathematics, of a function F) Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
cognovit
cognovit
noun
(law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
cohesive
cohesive
adj
Having cohesion.
noun
(linguistics) A device used to establish cohesion within a text
A substance that provides cohesion
coinvent
coinvent
verb
To invent jointly.
colluvia
colluvia
noun
plural of colluvium
colville
comitiva
comitiva
noun
(historical) A band of brigands in Italy or Sicily.
conative
conative
adj
Of or pertaining to a striving action.
conceive
conceive
verb
(intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant (with).
(transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
(transitive) To understand (someone).
To generate or engender; to bring into being.
connived
connived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of connive
conniver
conniver
noun
A person who connives
connives
connives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive
conscive
contrive
contrive
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period).
To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
conversi
conversi
noun
plural of conversus
convicts
convicts
noun
plural of convict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convict
convince
convince
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
(obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
(obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
To persuade.
convival
convival
adj
(obsolete) Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.
convives
convives
noun
plural of convive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convive