(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
carsonville
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
casanovanic
catonsville
cavendishes
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chronoscopv
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
civilnesses
clavecinist
clavecinist
noun
A musician who plays the clavecin.
clavicornes
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.
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
concaveness
concaveness
noun
the state of being concave; concavity
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
concrescive
concrescive
adj
Growing together, or into union; uniting.
condivision
confervales
congressive
congressive
adj
Encountering, or coming together.
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
connivances
connivances
noun
plural of connivance
conniveries
conniveries
noun
plural of connivery
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.
conservable
conservable
adj
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
conservancy
conservancy
noun
(Britain) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.
(US, law) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
The conservation of a resource.
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
convalesced
convalesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convalesce
convalesces
convalesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convalesce
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
convenances
convenances
noun
plural of convenance
conveneries
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
conversable
conversable
adj
(of people) Able and inclined to engage in conversation.
(of people, obsolete) Able to be conversed with.
(of things, obsolete) Pertaining to, suited for or exhibiting conversation.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversance
conversance
noun
The condition of being conversant
conversancy
conversancy
Noun
The condition of being conversant
conversible
conversible
adj
(archaic) Capable of being converted.
(obsolete) Capable of being substituted or swapped (with another thing).
Alternative form of conversable
conversions
conversions
noun
plural of conversion
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
conveyances
conveyances
noun
plural of conveyance
conveyorise
conveyorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize.
convictfish
convictions
convictions
noun
plural of conviction
convolvulus
convolvulus
noun
(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
(zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
convulsedly
convulsible
convulsible
adj
Subject to convulsions.
convulsions
convulsions
noun
plural of convulsion
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
corrosiving
cosovereign
cosovereign
noun
A joint sovereign.
costiveness
costiveness
noun
(obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
couniversal
covalencies
covalencies
noun
plural of covalency
covariances
covariances
noun
plural of covariance
covenantees
covenantees
noun
plural of covenantee
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
cowansville
cranesville
cravingness
cravingness
noun
The state or quality of craving, begging, yearning or demanding.
crinivorous
crownsville
cursiveness
cursiveness
noun
The state or quality of being cursive.
disadvanced
disadvanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvance
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
discovering
discovering
noun
A discovery.
verb
present participle of discover
disjunctive
disjunctive
adj
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
(logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
(music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
Not connected; separated.
Tending to disjoin; separating.
noun
(grammar) A disjunct.
(logic) A disjunction.
distinctive
distinctive
adj
(Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
(linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
(rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
(rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
Characteristic, typical.
Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
noun
(Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent.
(theology) A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
divergences
divergences
noun
plural of divergence
divulgences
divulgences
noun
plural of divulgence
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evanescence
evanescence
noun
The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.
evanescency
evanescency
noun
(archaic) Synonym of evanescence
evanescible
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
fascinative
fervescence
fervescence
noun
The quality of being fervescent.
fictiveness
fictiveness
noun
The quality of being fictive.
flavescence
flavescence
noun
A phytoplasma disease of grapevines
governances
governances
noun
plural of governance
inactivates
inactivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inactivate
inchoatives
inchoatives
noun
plural of inchoative
inclusively
inclusively
adv
In a manner which includes every possibility.
In an inclusive fashion.
incorrosive
indicatives
indicatives
noun
plural of indicative
indiscovery
indiscovery
noun
(obsolete) Lack of discovery.
inexclusive
inscriptive
inscriptive
adj
Bearing an inscription.
Of the character or nature of an inscription.
insectivora
insectivore
insectivore
noun
(zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.
Insect-eating animal or plant.
insectivory
insectivory
noun
The activity of eating insects
The condition of being an insectivore
instinctive
instinctive
adj
Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
Related to or prompted by instinct.
instructive
instructive
adj
Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
noun
(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
invariances
invariances
noun
plural of invariance
invectivist
invectivist
noun
One who writes invective.
inveracious
inviolacies
inviolacies
noun
plural of inviolacy
inviscation
inviscation
noun
(archaic) insalivation
inviscerate
inviscerate
adj
deep-seated; internal
verb
To breed; to nourish.
inviscidity
inviscidity
noun
The condition of being inviscid
invocations
invocations
noun
plural of invocation
isovanillic
ivermectins
ivermectins
noun
plural of ivermectin
juvenescent
juvenescent
adj
Becoming juvenile or young.
marcheshvan
marcheshvan
Proper noun
Cheshvan
mesodevonic
misconceive
misconceive
verb
to misunderstand
monoservice
monoservice
adj
(dated) Designed to be discarded after use, rather than reused; disposable.
Of or relating to a single service.
noctivagous
noctivagous
adj
Wandering at night; nightwandering, noctivagant.
noctovision
noctovision
noun
(historical) An early television system using infrared light.