(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adversant
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
alvordton
anteverts
anteverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antevert
antevorta
antiviral
antiviral
adj
(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
(pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
noun
(pharmacology) An antiviral medication.
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antrovert
aventurin
averments
averments
noun
plural of averment
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
beaverton
beaverton
Proper noun
The name of several places
A city in Oregon, USA
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Alabama, USA
A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
bivariant
bivariant
adj
(mathematics) Having two independent variables.
(programming) Both covariant and contravariant.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
calverton
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
centgrave
centgrave
noun
(historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
(historical, obsolete) Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
cervantes
cervantes
Proper noun
(1547-1616), an influential Spanish author.
cervantic
chervante
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
contrived
contrived
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrive
contriver
contriver
noun
A person who contrives.
contrives
contrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive
convector
convector
noun
A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator
converted
converted
adj
changed in form or function etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convert
converter
converter
noun
(computing) A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
(electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
(medicine) A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
(metallurgy) A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
A person or thing that converts.
A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
convertor
convertor
noun
Alternative form of converter
convictor
corvorant
corvorant
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cormorant
coservant
covariant
covariant
adj
(category theory) (Of a functor) which preserves composition.
(object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
noun
(algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
(algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
verb
present participle of curvet
cytovirin
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
divariant
divariant
noun
(mathematics) Synonym of concomitant
divergent
divergent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Causing divergence of rays.
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Growing further apart; diverging.
diverting
diverting
verb
present participle of divert
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
enervated
enervated
adj
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enervate
enervates
enervates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enervate
enervator
enervator
noun
Something or someone that causes enervation.
evansport
evenforth
eviration
eviration
noun
(now rare, historical) Emasculation; effeminacy.
eviternal
eviternal
adj
(obsolete) eternal; everlasting
fervanite
fervanite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.
fervently
fervently
adv
In a fervent manner.
gernative
gravitons
gravitons
noun
plural of graviton
grievants
grievants
noun
plural of grievant
grivation
grivation
noun
The angle, at any point on the surface of the Earth, between grid north and magnetic north.
grovetown
horvatian
incurvate
incurvate
adj
Curved; bent; crooked.
bending inwards.
verb
(intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
(transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
incurvity
incurvity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being bent inwards.
innervate
innervate
verb
(anatomy, zoology) To supply (an organ or part of the body) with nerves.
Synonym of innerve (“to supply with nervous energy”).
innovator
innovator
noun
(marketing) An early adopter.
Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
insertive
insertive
adj
Of or relating to insertion, especially in regard to sexual acts.
interpave
intervale
intervale
noun
An alluvial terrace or plain.
intervals
intervals
noun
plural of interval
intervary
intervary
verb
(obsolete) To alter or vary between; to change.
intervein
intervein
adj
Between veins.
verb
(transitive) To form veins mutually with.
intervene
intervene
verb
(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
(intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
(intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
(law) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
(transitive, intransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
intervent
intervent
verb
(obsolete) To thwart; to obstruct.
intervert
intervert
verb
(formal, intransitive) To undergo interversion; to exchange places.
(formal, transitive) To turn to another course or use.
interview
interview
noun
(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc.
A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
An audition.
Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
verb
(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
(transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
interwove
interwove
verb
simple past tense of interweave
introvert
introvert
adj
Alternative form of introverted.
noun
(figuratively, proscribed) A reserved person.
(psychology) An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.
(zoology) An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.
verb
(zoology) To withdraw an organ or body part within itself or its base.
To think about internal or spiritual matters.
intrusive
intrusive
adj
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
(linguistics) epenthetic
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
noun
(geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
invariant
invariant
adj
(computing, programming) Neither covariant nor contravariant.
(mathematics) Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
not varying; constant
noun
An invariant quantity, function etc.
inventary
inventers
inventers
noun
plural of inventer
inventors
inventors
noun
plural of inventor
inventory
inventory
noun
(linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
A space containing the items available to a character, especially that in a video game, for immediate use.
verb
(transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
invertant
invertase
invertase
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.
invertend
inverters
inverters
noun
plural of inverter
invertile
inverting
inverting
adj
That inverts.
noun
The act of something being inverted; an inversion.
verb
present participle of invert
invertive
invertive
adj
Of or relating to grammatical case in some languages that functions like the subjunctive mood.
invertors
invertors
noun
plural of invertor
investors
investors
noun
plural of investor
investure
investure
noun
(obsolete) investiture; investment
verb
(obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
invitress
invitress
noun
(archaic) A woman who invites.
invocator
invocator
noun
One who invocates the spirits of the dead.
irvingite
irvingite
Noun
A member of the
irvington
irvington
Proper noun
A village in Illinois.
A city in Kentucky.
A town in Virginia.
lermontov
lermontov
Proper noun
A town in Russia
definition
levantera
levanters
levanters
noun
plural of levanter
mavortian
minverite
minverite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular hornblende-dolerite mineral.
narrative
narrative
adj
Of or relating to narration.
Overly talkative; garrulous.
Telling a story.
noun
(creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
That which is narrated.
The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
navelwort
navelwort
noun
Marsh pennywort, herbs of genera Hydrocotyle or Centella.
Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.
navicerts
navicerts
noun
plural of navicert
navigator
navigator
noun
(computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
(obsolete) A labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy.
A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
A sea explorer.
negativer
negativer
noun
One who negatives.
nervation
nervation
noun
A pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf.
nervature
nervature
noun
(biology) The arrangement of nerves.
nerveroot
nerviduct
nervosity
nervosity
noun
(rare) The state of being nervous; nervousness.
nonvector
nonvector
noun
Something that is not a vector (in any sense)
nonvirtue
nonvirtue
noun
That which is not a virtue.
nonvoters
nonvoters
noun
plural of nonvoter
normative
normative
adj
Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
Conforming to a norm or norms.
Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
noun
A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.
northvale
nutritive
nutritive
adj
Nourishing, providing nutrition.
Of or pertaining to nutrition.
noun
(archaic) A nutrient.
observant
observant
adj
Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
obversant
obversant
adj
(obsolete) conversant; familiar
obvertend
obverting
obverting
verb
present participle of obvert
onerative
outdriven
outdriven
verb
past participle of outdrive
outraving
outraving
verb
present participle of outrave
outroving
overburnt
overburnt
adj
Being burnt for far too long; excessively burnt.
overchant
overcount
overcount
noun
An incorrect count that is too high.
verb
(transitive) To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
(transitive) To outnumber.
overeaten
overeaten
verb
past participle of overeat
overenter
overentry
overfaint
overfaint
adj
Too faint.
overglint
overhunts
overhunts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhunt
overmount
overmount
noun
A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.
verb
(transitive) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.
overnight
overnight
adj
Complete before the next morning.
Occurring between dusk and dawn.
Of an activity or event in which participants stay overnight.
adv
(figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.
(television, in the plural) Viewership ratings for a television show that are published the morning after it is broadcast, and may be revised later on.
An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
Items delivered or completed overnight.
verb
(intransitive) To stay overnight; to spend the night.
(transitive, US) To send something for delivery the next day.
overpaint
overpaint
verb
To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
To color or describe too strongly.
overplant
overplant
verb
(intransitive) To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).
(transitive) To plant (a place) with too many plants.
(transitive) To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.
overprint
overprint
noun
(philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
verb
(printing) To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.
(transitive) To print too many copies of.
(transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp).
To print over what has already been printed.
overspent
overspent
adj
Exhausted; excessively fatigued.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspend
overstain
overstain
verb
(transitive) To stain the surface of; besmear.
overstand
overstand
noun
(lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
verb
(Rastafarianism, US black subculture): to have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully
(forestry, of a coppice): To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
(rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay
(transitive) to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
(yachting, boat racing): to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
overtaken
overtaken
adj
(archaic) drunk; intoxicated
verb
past participle of overtake
overtense
overtense
adj
Excessively tense.
verb
(transitive) To make too tense.
overthink
overthink
verb
(archaic) To think about; think over
(rare) To think too highly (of); overestimate
To think or analyze too much.
overtness
overtness
noun
The state of being overt; openness.
overtones
overtones
noun
plural of overtone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtone
overtrain
overtrain
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To train too much or too long.
overturns
overturns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overturn