Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
absolvatory
absolvatory
adj
Conferring absolution; absolutory.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
abstractive
abstractive
adj
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adventitias
adventitias
noun
plural of adventitia
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adversative
adversative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing adverse effect.
(linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.
noun
(rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
adversities
adversities
noun
plural of adversity
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertisers
advertisers
noun
plural of advertiser
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advoteresse
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
aftershaves
aftershaves
noun
plural of aftershave
aftervision
alleviaters
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antierosive
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
architraves
architraves
noun
plural of architrave
archvisitor
artsybashev
artzybashev
assertative
assertively
assertively
adv
In an assertive manner.
asseverated
asseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asseverate
asseverates
asseverates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asseverate
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
attestative
attestative
adj
Of the nature of attestation.
austinville
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
aviatresses
aviatresses
noun
plural of aviatress
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
bezpopovets
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bolshevists
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
calvinistic
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
captivities
captivities
noun
plural of captivity
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
castelvetro
castigative
castigative
adj
That castigates.
castroville
catonsville
causatively
causatively
adv
In a causative manner
Regarding causation
causativity
causativity
noun
The property of being causative.
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
cesarevitch
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
cicatrisive
cicatrisive
adj
(archaic) Tending to promote scarring; good for healing a wound.
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
clavecinist
clavecinist
noun
A musician who plays the clavecin.
clavierists
clavierists
noun
plural of clavierist
coacervates
coacervates
noun
plural of coacervate
coatesville
coevalities
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
collectives
collectives
noun
plural of collective
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
consecutive
consecutive
adj
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
noun
(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.
conservator
conservator
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
(law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contravenes
contravenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
controverse
controverse
noun
(obsolete) Controversy.
verb
(obsolete) to controvert
controversy
controversy
noun
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
controverts
controverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of controvert
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
convictfish
convictions
convictions
noun
plural of conviction
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
correctives
correctives
noun
plural of corrective
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
coruscative
costiveness
costiveness
noun
(obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
covenantees
covenantees
noun
plural of covenantee
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
cristivomer
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
curtisville
davidsonite
deactivates
deactivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate