(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.
noun
(grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case.
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
abrasive
abrasive
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
absolved
absolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolve
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absolves
absolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
acervose
achieves
achieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve
activism
activism
noun
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
activist
activist
adj
Behaving as an activist.
noun
One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
adessive
adessive
adj
(grammar) of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location
noun
(grammar) the adessive case, or a word in that case.
adhesive
adhesive
adj
apt or tending to adhere; clinging
sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
noun
a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
adustive
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
adversed
adversus
advisees
advisees
noun
plural of advisee
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advising
advising
noun
(obsolete) Advice.
verb
present participle of advise
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
aktivist
akvavits
akvavits
noun
plural of akvavit
alevitsa
alewives
alewives
noun
plural of alewife
allovers
allusive
allusive
adj
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
alveolus
alveolus
noun
(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
alverson
anusvara
anusvara
noun
A diacritic used in Indic scripts as a nasal consonant.
anvasser
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
aquavits
aquavits
noun
plural of aquavit
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
arrivals
arrivals
noun
plural of arrival
arrivers
arrivers
noun
plural of arriver
arrivism
arrivism
noun
Alternative form of arrivisme
arrivist
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
ashville
ashville
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a hamlet in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a small borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a community in south-western Manitoba, Canada.
atavisms
atavisms
noun
plural of atavism
atavists
atavists
noun
plural of atavist
audivise
auxvasse
availers
avanious
avanters
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avengers
avengers
noun
plural of avenger
averages
averages
noun
plural of average
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of average
averroes
aversant
aversant
adj
(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a right hand.
aversely
aversely
adv
Backward; in a backward direction
With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversive
aversive
adj
Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)
noun
(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
(psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
avestruz
avgasses
aviaries
aviaries
noun
plural of aviary
aviarist
aviarist
noun
A person who keeps an aviary
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidness
avidness
noun
The characteristic of being avid.
avionics
avionics
noun
(aviation) The devices used in avionics.
(aviation) The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
avocados
avocados
noun
plural of avocado
avodires
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
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
baklavas
baklavas
noun
plural of baklava
batsheva
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
beauvais
bedevils
bedevils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil
beehives
beehives
noun
plural of beehive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beehive
behalves
behalves
noun
plural of behalf
behavers
behavers
noun
plural of behaver
behooves
behooves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behoove
believes
believes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of believe
beloveds
beloveds
noun
plural of beloved
bereaves
bereaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bereave
bescurvy
beshiver
besilver
besilver
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with silver.
beslaved
beslaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslave
beslaver
beslaver
verb
(transitive) To cover with slaver, or anything suggesting slaver.
(transitive, figuratively) To cover with fulsome flattery.
besleeve
besleeve
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take the sleeves from (a bishop).
besnivel
bestarve
bevelers
bevelers
noun
plural of beveler
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bivalves
bivalves
noun
plural of bivalve
bivinyls
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bohuslav
bolivars
bolivias
bolivias
noun
plural of bolivia
bonavist
bonnyvis
borislav
boshvark
bouviers
bouvines
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarist
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
bowstave
bowstave
noun
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bratstva
bratstva
noun
plural of bratstvo
bratstvo
bratstvo
noun
(historical) A union of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
bravados
bravuras
breviers
bucorvus
bushveld
bushveld
noun
(South Africa) A terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
cadavers
cadavers
noun
plural of cadaver
calvados
calvados
noun
(countable) A glass of this spirit.
(uncountable) An apple brandy made in Normandy, France.
canvased
canvaser
canvaser
noun
Alternative form of canvasser
canvases
canvases
noun
(US) plural of canvas
canvassy
canvassy
Adjective
Resembling canvas (the fabric).
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
caravans
caravans
noun
plural of caravan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caravan
caravels
caravels
noun
plural of caravel
carvings
carvings
noun
plural of carving
casanova
casanova
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Casanova
casavant
cascavel
caseconv
casnovia
cassavas
cassavas
noun
plural of cassava
cavallas
cavallas
noun
plural of cavalla
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cavesson
cavesson
noun
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.
cavettos
caviares
caviares
noun
plural of caviare
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
caviness
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
cervelas
cervelas
noun
Alternative form of cervelat
cervices
cervices
noun
plural of cervix
cervisia
cervixes
cervulus
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.