(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
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertise
advertise
verb
(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
advertize
advertize
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
alvordton
artevelde
avertedly
avertedly
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
brevetted
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
converted
converted
adj
changed in form or function etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convert
cravatted
cravatted
adj
Wearing a cravat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravat.
creditive
curvetted
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
decretive
decretive
adj
Having the authority of a decree.
deervetch
deervetch
noun
Acmispon
Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
Hosackia
Lotus gen. et spp.
degravate
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
depravate
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprivate
derivates
derivates
noun
plural of derivate
detersive
detersive
adj
Having cleansing abilities
noun
A cleansing agent; a detergent.
detrusive
deviators
deviators
noun
plural of deviator
deviatory
deviatory
adj
Tending to deviate.
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
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.
dimitrovo
directive
directive
adj
(grammar) Relating to the directive case.
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
noun
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
(grammar) The directive case.
(programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
discovert
discovert
adj
(law, obsolete) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
noun
(obsolete) An uncovered place or part.
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.
diversity
diversity
noun
(chiefly business) Equal-opportunity inclusion.
A variety; diverse types or examples.
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
diverters
diverters
noun
plural of diverter
divertila
diverting
diverting
verb
present participle of divert
divertise
divertise
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To divert; to entertain.
divertive
divertive
adj
(archaic) Tending to divert; amusing; interesting.
divesture
divesture
noun
Obsolete form of divestiture.
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
dmitrevsk
dmitrovka
dormitive
dormitive
adj
Causing sleep.
noun
A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
driveboat
drivebolt
drivebolt
noun
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
duratives
duratives
noun
plural of durative
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
enervated
enervated
adj
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enervate
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
gradative
gravidate
gravidity
gravidity
noun
pregnancy
harvested
harvested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harvest
invertend
nerviduct
obvertend
outbraved
outbraved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbrave
outcurved
outcurved
adj
That curves outwards
outdriven
outdriven
verb
past participle of outdrive
outdrives
outdrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdrive
outserved
outserved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outserve
overacted
overacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overact
overdated
overdated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdate
overdoubt
overdraft
overdraft
noun
(countable) The amount overdrawn.
(countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.
(uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.
A series of flues in a furnace; the current of air forced through them.
The extraction of groundwater from an aquifer beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
verb
(transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.
overhated
overhated
adj
Given an excessive amount of hate; gets more hate than it actually deserves.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhate
overrated
overrated
adj
Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overrate
oversated
oversated
adj
Excessively sated.
overstaid
overstaid
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of overstay
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
overstood
overstood
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overstand
overstudy
overstudy
verb
To study excessively
overtaxed
overtaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtax
overtimed
overtimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtime
overtimid
overtired
overtired
adj
Overly tired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtire
overtrade
overtrade
verb
To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them; to overstock the market.
overtread
overtread
verb
(transitive) To tread over or upon.
overtured
overtured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overture
overtyped
overtyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtype
overvoted
overvoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overvote
parvitude
parvitude
Noun
smallness
perverted
perverted
adj
(sciences, obsolete) Reversed in chirality; flipped
(sometimes derogatory) Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.
Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
Misrepresented, altered or distorted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pervert
predative
predative
adj
Of, or resembling a predator.
predevote
predevote
adj
(obsolete, nonce word, poetic) predestined
predivert
prevented
prevented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prevent
prevetoed
provident
provident
adj
Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
Providing (for someone’s needs).
Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it.
radiative
radiative
adj
(physics) of, relating to, or occurring through radiation
redditive
redditive
adj
(grammar) Answering to an interrogative or enquiry; conveying a reply.
noun
(grammar) A word which answers an interrogative.
reductive
reductive
adj
(Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
(chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
(now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
(now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
reinvited
reinvited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reinvite
renovated
renovated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of renovate
retardive
retardive
adj
That retards; retardative.
retrieved
retrieved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of retrieve
revacated
revacated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revacate
revisited
revisited
verb
past participle of revisit
revoluted
revoluted
adj
Alternative form of revolute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revolute
rivethead
rivethead
noun
(slang) An aficionado of industrial music.
servitude
servitude
noun
(archaic) The act of serving (food or drink, etc.); service.
(dated) Service rendered in the army or navy.
(law) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement.
(obsolete) Servants collectively.
The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.
starvedly
starvedly
adv
In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
stevedore
stevedore
noun
A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
verb
(transitive) To load or unload a ship's cargo.
stravaged
stravaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stravage
subverted
subverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subvert
theravada
theravada
Proper noun
A school of Buddhism widely practised in Southeast Asia and other parts of the world.
Noun
A Buddhist of this particular school.
tradevman
traditive
traditive
adj
Transmitted or transmissible from parent to child, or from older to younger, by oral communication; traditional.
travailed
travailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of travail
traveldom
travelled
travelled
adj
(British spelling) Standard spelling of traveled.
verb
(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of travel
traversed
traversed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of traverse
trinerved
trinerved
adj
(botany) trinervate
unaverted
unaverted
adj
Not averted.
undervest
undervest
noun
vest (worn underneath a shirt)
uneverted
uneverted
adj
Not everted
unriveted
unriveted
adj
Not fastened with rivets.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unrivet
unstarved
unstarved
adj
Not starved.
unverdant
unverdant
adj
Without verdure; unverdured.
vantguard
varicated
varicated
adj
Marked by varicose formations.
varityped
varityped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of varitype
vaterland
veldcraft
veldcraft
noun
bushcraft associated with the African veld
venerated
venerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of venerate
verdantly
verdantly
adv
In a verdant manner; in a fashion indicating greenness (green color.)
In a verdant manner; in a fashion indicating greenness (naivety.)
verditers
verditers
noun
plural of verditer
veredicto
verthandi
vestrydom
vestrydom
noun
The system of the government of parishes by vestries.