(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
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.
anvilling
anvilling
verb
present participle of anvil
anviltops
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avalanche
avalanche
noun
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
verb
(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
(transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
avengeful
avengeful
adj
(obsolete) vengeful
avenolith
aventails
aventails
noun
plural of aventail
aventayle
avifaunal
avifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to avifauna.
avilement
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
avuncular
avuncular
adj
(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
bainville
barneveld
believing
believing
noun
Belief.
The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
verb
present participle of believe
bernville
bevelling
bevelling
noun
A bevel, a bevelled facet.
verb
present participle of bevel
bevelment
bevelment
noun
(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
bevillain
bienville
bienville
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA, which was named after the parish.
a commune in the department of northern France.
bivalence
bivalence
noun
The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
bivalency
bivalency
noun
The quality of being bivalent.
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
bivalvian
bivalvian
adj
Of or relating to bivalves.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
boliviano
boliviano
noun
the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos
bolivians
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
bondville
boneville
boonville
bovenland
bullivant
calavance
calavance
noun
Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
Food made from beans.
callovian
callovian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
calverton
calvinian
calvinism
calvinism
Noun
The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
calvinize
calvinize
Verb
To convert to Calvinism.
canavalia
canavalin
canavalin
noun
(biochemistry) A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.
canaveral
carnivals
carnivals
noun
plural of carnival
cavilling
cavilling
noun
cavillation
verb
present participle of cavil
cervuline
chavignol
chevaline
chevronel
chevronel
noun
(heraldry) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.
civilians
civilians
noun
plural of civilian
civilness
civilness
noun
The state or quality of being civil.
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
clavering
clavering
verb
present participle of claver
clavicorn
clavicorn
adj
(zoology) Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles
noun
(zoology) One of the Clavicornes.
cleavland
cleveland
cleveland
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
A large city in the U.S. state of Ohio
a city in Tennessee, USA
A former county in northeast England bordering North Yorkshire and County Durham, created in 1974 from parts of those two counties (mainly the County Borough of Teesside) and abolished in 1996.
clevenger
coinvolve
concavely
concavely
adv
In a concave manner.
conclaves
conclaves
noun
plural of conclave
conferval
convivial
convivial
adj
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
convoluta
convolute
convolute
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.
Convoluted.
verb
(transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
(transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
convolved
convolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolve
convolves
convolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convolve
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
convulses
convulses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convulse
cornville
covalence
covalence
noun
(chemistry) A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
(chemistry) The number of electrons that a particular atom can share (and therefore the number of covalent bonds it can form)
covalency
covalency
noun
(chemistry) Alternative spelling of covalence
covelline
covelline
noun
(mineralogy) covellite
covenable
covenable
Adjective
fit; proper; suitable
covenably
covenably
Adverb
fitly; suitably
cravingly
cravingly
adv
With longing or craving.
culverins
culverins
noun
plural of culverin
dansville
darsonval
deanville
decalvant
declivent
delavigne
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
devilkins
devilkins
noun
plural of devilkin
devilling
devilling
noun
(law) The pupillage of a prospective advocate or barrister.
verb
present participle of devil
devilment
devilment
noun
(often humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
Something cleverly constructed.
Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
devolving
devolving
verb
present participle of devolve
diluvions
divalence
divalence
noun
(chemistry) The condition of being divalent
divellent
divellent
adj
(obsolete) drawing asunder
divelling
divinable
divinable
adj
That can be guessed.
divulging
divulging
noun
The act by which something is divulged.
verb
present participle of divulge
divulsing
divulsing
verb
present participle of divulse
divulsion
divulsion
noun
The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
driveline
driveline
noun
(automotive) The drivetrain minus the engine and transmission
The powertrain in general
driveling
driveling
noun
Foolish talk.
verb
present participle of drivel
drivingly
drivingly
adv
(engineering) So as to drive.
So as to drive or motivate.
With forceful, inexorable motion.
dunaville
dunnville
edenville
elevating
elevating
verb
present participle of elevate
elevation
elevation
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
elevenses
elevenses
noun
(Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.
elevenths
elevenths
noun
plural of eleventh
elvanitic
elvanitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral elvanite.
enclaving
enclaving
verb
present participle of enclave
endleaves
endleaves
noun
plural of endleaf
enlivened
enlivened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enliven
enlivener
enlivener
noun
That which enlivens.
enslavers
enslavers
noun
plural of enslaver
enslaving
enslaving
noun
An enslavement.
verb
present participle of enslave
enveloped
enveloped
adj
(heraldry) Entwined, as with snakes, laurels, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of envelop
enveloper
enveloper
noun
Something which envelops
envelopes
envelopes
noun
plural of envelope
enventual
envermeil
envermeil
verb
(obsolete, transitive, poetic) To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
enviously
enviously
adv
in an envious manner or to an envious degree
environal
envolupen
envyingly
envyingly
adv
In an envying manner
equvalent
euflavine
evadingly
evadingly
adv
So as to evade; evasively.
evangelia
evangelic
evangelic
adj
evangelical
evangelin
evansdale
evasional
evenblush
evenfalls
evenfalls
noun
plural of evenfall
evenglome
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
eventless
eventless
adj
Without events; uneventful.
evidently
evidently
adv
(obsolete) In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
(proscribed) apparently
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
evildoing
evildoing
noun
An evil or wicked act, especially a crime.
evincible
evincible
adj
Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.