(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
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
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
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.
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
anvasser
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
arrivers
arrivers
noun
plural of arriver
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.
audivise
auxvasse
availers
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
avidness
avidness
noun
The characteristic of being avid.
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
batsheva
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
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bouviers
bouvines
bowstave
bowstave
noun
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
breviers
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
canvased
canvaser
canvaser
noun
Alternative form of canvasser
canvases
canvases
noun
(US) plural of canvas
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
caravels
caravels
noun
plural of caravel
cascavel
caseconv
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.
cevennes
ceviches
ceviches
noun
plural of ceviche
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
cheshvan
cheshvan
Proper noun
The second month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar.
chevesne
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chivvies
chivvies
noun
plural of chivvy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
civilest
civilest
adj
superlative form of civil: most civil
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.
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
clavises
cleavers
cleavers
noun
Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
plural of cleaver
clevises
clevises
noun
plural of clevis
clivises
coaevals
coaevals
noun
plural of coaeval
codrives
codrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codrive
cohesive
cohesive
adj
Having cohesion.
noun
(linguistics) A device used to establish cohesion within a text
A substance that provides cohesion
commoves
commoves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commove
concaves
concaves
noun
plural of concave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concave
connives
connives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive
consalve
conscive
conserve
conserve
noun
(obsolete) A conservatory.
(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
verb
(physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.
(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
convects
convects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convect
convenes
convenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convene
convents
convents
noun
plural of convent
converse
converse
adj
opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
noun
(logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true.".
(now literary) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
(semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
The opposite or reverse.
verb
(followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
(obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
conversi
conversi
noun
plural of conversus
converso
converso
noun
(history) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
converts
converts
noun
plural of convert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convert
convexes
convexes
noun
plural of convex
convives
convives
noun
plural of convive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convive
convokes
convokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convoke
convulse
convulse
verb
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortions of the body or limbs.
(transitive) To create great laughter.
(transitive) To violently shake or agitate.
corviser
cosgrave
cosgrove
couvades
couvades
noun
plural of couvade
couveuse
couveuse
noun
An incubator for sickly infants, especially those born prematurely.
coverers
coverers
noun
plural of coverer
coversed
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
coveters
coveters
noun
plural of coveter
covetise
covetise
noun
(obsolete) Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
covetous
covetous
adj
Extremely keen or desirous, especially to obtain and possess something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
coysevox
crescive
crescive
adj
(archaic) Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development.
crevasse
crevasse
noun
(US) A breach in a canal or river bank.
(by extension) Any cleft or fissure.
(figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.