An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
cancrivorous
cancrivorous
adj
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
carlovingian
carlovingian
Adjective
Relating to or descended from Frankish dynasty of
cervicectomy
cervicectomy
noun
(medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
cervicodynia
cervicodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the neck
cerviconasal
chivalrously
chivalrously
adv
In a chivalrous manner.
circumjovial
circumjovial
adj
(astronomy, obsolete) In orbit around the planet Jupiter.
noun
(astronomy, obsolete) Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvoisin
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
civilisatory
civilizatory
civilizatory
adj
That tends to civilize
clairvoyance
clairvoyance
noun
(parapsychology) The power to see the future.
clairvoyancy
clairvoyancy
noun
(nonstandard) Clairvoyance.
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavicornate
cloverleaves
cloverleaves
noun
plural of cloverleaf
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coazervation
cochranville
cocovenantor
codevelopers
codevelopers
noun
plural of codeveloper
codiscovered
codiscovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codiscover
codiscoverer
codiscoverer
noun
One who jointly makes a discovery.
coerciveness
coerciveness
noun
The state or quality of being coercive.
coercivities
coercivities
noun
plural of coercivity
cogovernment
collierville
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
comparatival
comparatival
adj
(grammar) Expressing or relating to a comparison.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
concatervate
concordville
concretively
concretively
adv
In a concretive manner.
confervaceae
confervalike
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
congregative
congregative
adj
That congregates
connersville
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
consecrative
consecrative
adj
Relating to consecration.
conservation
conservation
noun
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
(physics) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatist
conservative
conservative
adj
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Cautious, moderate.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
noun
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
conservatize
conservatize
verb
To make or become conservative.
conservators
conservators
noun
plural of conservator
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
constrictive
constrictive
adj
That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
contortively
contradivide
contraoctave
contraoctave
noun
Alternative form of contra-octave
contraveners
contraveners
noun
plural of contravener
contravening
contravening
verb
present participle of contravene (to act contrary or to deny something.)
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
contrivances
contrivances
noun
plural of contrivance
contrivement
contrivement
noun
(obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan
controversal
controversal
adj
(obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.
(obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
controversed
controverted
controverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of controvert
controverter
controverter
noun
One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
convenership
conventicler
conventicler
noun
One who supports or frequents conventicles.
conventioner
conventioner
noun
One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
convergement
convergement
noun
The act of converging or coming closer together.
convergences
convergences
noun
plural of convergence
convergently
convergently
adv
In a convergent manner
With regard to convergence
conversances
conversances
noun
plural of conversance
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
conversation
conversation
noun
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
(computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
conversative
conversative
adj
(dated) Chatty; inclined to talk.
(dated) Relating to conversation with others; social.
conversional
conversional
adj
Relating to conversion.
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
conveyancers
conveyancers
noun
plural of conveyancer
conveyorised
conveyorised
adj
(UK) Alternative spelling of conveyorized
verb
(UK) simple past tense and past participle of conveyorise
conveyorises
conveyorises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conveyorise
conveyorized
conveyorized
adj
Having been conveyorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conveyorize
conveyorizer
conveyorizes
conveyorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conveyorize
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
coopersville
coordinative
coordinative
adj
Of or pertaining to coordination
corelatively
cornersville
correctively
correctively
adv
In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
correlatives
correlatives
noun
plural of correlative
corrivalship
corrivalship
noun
(obsolete) joint rivalry
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
corycavamine
corycavidine
coulterville
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
countervalue
countervalue
adj
(military) Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
verb
(military) To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
To make a counter estimate of something's value.
countervaunt
countervenom
countervenom
noun
antivenin
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
covariations
covariations
noun
plural of covariation
covertnesses
crocketville
cropseyville
cryopreserve
cryopreserve
verb
To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature
curvaceously
curvaceously
adv
In a curvaceous way.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvirostral
curvirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a crooked beak
curvirostres
deactivators
deactivators
noun
plural of deactivator
decoratively
decoratively
adv
In a decorative manner.
dermovaccine
dichlorvoses
discoverable
discoverable
adj
(law) Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.
Able to be discovered.
discoverably
discoverably
adv
In a discoverable way.
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
divarication
divarication
noun
(botany) The growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace.
A divergence of opinion.
The point at which branching occurs.
divorcements
divorcements
noun
plural of divorcement
edulcorative
edulcorative
adj
Tending to sweeten or purify by affusions of water.
eigenvectors
eigenvectors
noun
plural of eigenvector
electromotiv
electronvolt
electronvolt
noun
(physics) Alternative spelling of electron volt
electrovital
electrovital
adj
Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.
endocervical
endocervical
adj
Of or pertaining to the endocervix.
Within a cervix.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
evisceration
evisceration
noun
(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
exacervation
exacervation
noun
(medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm.
(obsolete) The act of heaping up.
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
factoryville
ferroinclave
foodservices
foreconceive
foreconceive
verb
(transitive) To conceive or imagine beforehand; preconceive.
forecontrive
fructivorous
fructivorous
adj
fruit-eating
graveclothes
graveclothes
noun
The clothes in which a corpse is buried.
gravicembalo
gravicembalo
noun
(music) An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord