(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
adversive
adversive
adj
causing adversion
opposite, contrary
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.
advisable
advisable
adj
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
(of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
advisably
advisably
adv
Wisely, in an advisable manner.
advisedly
advisedly
adv
With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
amadavats
amadavats
noun
plural of amadavat
auditives
audiviser
avadavats
avadavats
noun
plural of avadavat
avidities
avidities
noun
plural of avidity
avocadoes
avoidless
avoidless
adj
(rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.
ayurvedas
bedstaves
bedstaves
noun
plural of bedstaff
benavides
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
bravadoes
bravadoes
noun
plural of bravado
canvasado
canvassed
canvassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canvas
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
cordovans
cordovans
noun
plural of cordovan
crevassed
crevassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crevasse
dansville
darsonval
daviesite
davisboro
davisburg
defeasive
depravers
depravers
noun
plural of depraver
deprivals
deprivals
noun
plural of deprival
derivates
derivates
noun
plural of derivate
devastate
devastate
verb
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
deviances
deviances
noun
plural of deviance
deviators
deviators
noun
plural of deviator
devisable
devisable
adj
Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.
That can be devised or invented.
disadvise
disadvise
verb
(transitive, rare) To advise against.
(transitive, rare) To dissuade.
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
disavowal
disavowal
noun
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone).
disavowed
disavowed
adj
Strongly disowned or denied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disavow
disavower
disavower
noun
One who disavows.
disfavors
disfavors
noun
plural of disfavor
disfavour
disfavour
noun
A state of being out of favour.
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
Lack of favour; displeasure.
verb
(British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
disheaven
disleaved
disleaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disleave
disproval
disproval
noun
The act of disproving; disproof.
dissavage
dissaving
dissaving
verb
present participle of dissave
disvalued
disvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disvalue
disvalues
disvalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disvalue
disvisage
divagates
divagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divagate
divisural
divisural
adj
Being or relating to a division.
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
dovetails
dovetails
noun
plural of dovetail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail
drawshave
drawshave
noun
A drawing knife.
driveways
driveways
noun
plural of driveway
duratives
duratives
noun
plural of durative
dyeleaves
eavesdrip
eavesdrip
noun
Synonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”)
Synonym of eavesdrop (“the space around a house on which such water drips”)
eavesdrop
eavesdrop
noun
(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
(countable) The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.
The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.
The space around a house on which such water drips.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
(zoology) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
endeavors
endeavors
noun
plural of endeavor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endeavor
endleaves
endleaves
noun
plural of endleaf
envisaged
envisaged
adj
visualized, conceived, imagined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of envisage
estivated
estivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of estivate
evanesced
evanesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evanesce
evanished
evanished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evanish
evansdale
exadverso
gravesend
gravesend
Proper noun
An ancient town situated on the Thames Estuary in northwest Kent, England.
graveside
graveside
noun
The area immediately around a grave.
harvested
harvested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harvest
havdalahs
heaviside
ladyloves
ladyloves
noun
plural of ladylove
lavenders
lavenders
noun
plural of lavender
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lavender
maravedis
maravedis
noun
plural of maravedi
mavisdale
medievals
medievals
noun
plural of medieval
mesaverde
misadvice
misadvice
noun
(archaic) bad advice
misadvise
misadvise
verb
To give bad advice
misvalued
misvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misvalue
muscavada
muscavado
muscovade
muscovado
muscovado
noun
An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.
nevadians
nevisdale
nonvisaed
novodamus
novodamus
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) In Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.
overdares
overdares
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdare
overdraws
overdraws
noun
plural of overdraw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw
overgoads
overhands
overhands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhand
overheads
overheads
noun
plural of overhead
overlades
overlades
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overlade
overlands
overlands
noun
plural of overland
overloads
overloads
noun
plural of overload
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overload
oversadly
oversated
oversated
adj
Excessively sated.
oversaved
oversaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oversave
overshade
overshade
verb
To cast a shadow over, to overshadow.
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
pervaders
pervaders
noun
plural of pervader
preadvise
pseudoval
readvised
readvised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of readvise
salivated
salivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of salivate
salvadora
salvadore
sarvodaya
savagedom
savagedom
noun
(collectively) Savages.
A savage state or condition; savagery.
savoyards
scavenged
scavenged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scavenge
sedatives
sedatives
noun
plural of sedative
sepulveda
shaveweed
shivareed
shivareed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shivaree
shovelard
shovelard
noun
(UK, dialect) A kind of dabbling duck; the shoveler.
silverado
slaveland
solvaated
solvabled
starvedly
starvedly
adv
In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
stavewood
stavewood
noun
Simaruba amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.