(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
(chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
One who, or that which, activates.
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
artukovic
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
avocation
avocation
noun
(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avocatory
calverton
caveators
caveators
noun
plural of caveator
cavorters
cavorters
noun
plural of cavorter
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
chevrolet
chevrolet
Proper noun
A brand of automobile, now produced by a part of the General Motors group.
A French surname.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
cloveroot
cloveroot
noun
Synonym of avens, Synonym of herb bennet
clovewort
clovewort
noun
(historical) an herb mentioned in Old English herbals, probably Ranunculus acris
Any plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.
Avens, which has clove-scented roots
Clove pink, which has clove-scented flowers
coelevate
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
cognovits
cognovits
noun
plural of cognovit
collative
collative
adj
(ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.
Having the power of conferring.
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
concavity
concavity
noun
(countable) A concave structure or surface
(uncountable) The state of being concave
connivant
connivant
adj
(botany) Having the ends inclined towards each other
connivent
connivent
adj
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
connotive
connotive
adj
Synonym of connotative
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
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
convected
convected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convect
convector
convector
noun
A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator
convented
convented
adj
(obsolete) Brought together, convened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convent
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
convexity
convexity
noun
(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
A convex line or surface.
The state of being convex.
convicted
convicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convict
convictor
convocant
convocate
convocate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To call together (people); to convoke.
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.
cookstove
cookstove
noun
A stove used for cooking, especially a primitive kind heated by burning wood, charcoal, dung, etc.
corrivate
corrivate
verb
(obsolete) To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.
corvettes
corvettes
noun
plural of corvette
corvorant
corvorant
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cormorant
coservant
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
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.
covariate
covariate
noun
(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
covellite
covellite
noun
(mineralogy) A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
covenants
covenants
noun
plural of covenant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of covenant
coverlets
coverlets
noun
plural of coverlet
coverslut
coverslut
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of cover-slut
coverture
coverture
noun
(law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Shelter, hiding place.
covetable
covetable
adj
Which may be coveted.
covibrate
covington
covington
Proper noun
a village in district, Cambridgeshire, England
a city in Georgia, USA
a city in Indiana, USA
a city in Kentucky, USA
a city in Louisiana, USA
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a ghost town in Nebraska, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a town in Oklahoma, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
a small city in Texas, USA.
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
a city in Washington, USA.
covisitor
covisitor
noun
A joint visitor; one who visits a place with another or others.
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
cytovirin
decoctive
decoctive
adj
Serving to decoct.
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.
dovecotes
dovecotes
noun
plural of dovecote
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
elocutive
elocutive
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to elocution.
evacuator
evacuator
noun
An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
One who evacuates; a nullifier.
evections
evections
noun
plural of evection
evictions
evictions
noun
plural of eviction
evocating
evocating
verb
present participle of evocate
evocation
evocation
noun
The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
evocative
evocative
adj
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
evocators
evocators
noun
plural of evocator
evocatory
evocatory
adj
Evoking something; evocative.
Relating to evocation.
evocatrix
evocatrix
noun
(dated) A female evocator.
excavator
excavator
noun
A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
A person who excavates.
A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
invection
invection
noun
(obsolete) An inveighing against; invective.
invocated
invocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invocate
invocates
invocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invocate
invocator
invocator
noun
One who invocates the spirits of the dead.
livestock
livestock
noun
Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
locatives
locatives
noun
plural of locative
mcveytown
microvolt
microvolt
noun
One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a volt, abbreviated as µV.
muscovite
muscovite
noun
(mineralogy) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc.
nonactive
nonactive
adj
Not active; inactive; inert.
nonvacant
nonvacant
adj
Not vacant; occupied.
nonvector
nonvector
noun
Something that is not a vector (in any sense)
noviciate
noviciate
noun
Alternative form of novitiate
obclavate
obclavate
adj
Inversely clavate; thicker at the base.
objective
objective
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
(linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
noun
(grammar) The objective case.
(grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
A goal that is striven for.
A material object that physically exists.
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
octavaria
olfactive
olfactive
adj
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory
outcavils
outcurved
outcurved
adj
That curves outwards
outcurves
outcurves
noun
plural of outcurve
outvictor
outvoiced
outvoiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outvoice
outvoices
outvoices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvoice
overacted
overacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overact
overacute
overcasts
overcasts
noun
plural of overcast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcast
overcatch
overcatch
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To overtake.
To catch too many; to overfish.
overchant
overcoats
overcoats
noun
plural of overcoat
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.
overcrust
overcrust
noun
A crust formed over the top of something.
verb
To cover with a crust.
overmatch
overmatch
noun
A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.
verb
To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.
To marry to a superior.
To match more than intended.
overpitch
overpitch
verb
(transitive) To give too high a pitch to.
(transitive, cricket) To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length, allowing the batsman to hit it easily.
overreact
overreact
verb
To react too much or too intensely.
overstock
overstock
noun
An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.
verb
To stock to an excessive degree.
overteach
overteach
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To teach too much.
overthick
overtrace
overtrace
verb
(transitive) To trace over.
overtrack
overtrack
adj
(rail transport) Over and above a railway track.
overtrick
overtrick
noun
(bridge) A trick won by the declarer's side which exceeds the amount of the contract
overwatch
overwatch
noun
(military) The supervision of one unit or vehicle by another while the supervised unit is firing or moving.
verb
(transitive) To watch excessively.
(transitive) To watch over.
(transitive, obsolete) To overcome with long lack of rest.
ovicystic
oviductal
oviductal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the oviduct.
patercove
postcavae
postcavae
noun
plural of postcava
postcaval
postcaval
adj
(anatomy) Posterior to the vena cava.
noun
(anatomy) A postcaval vein.
proactive
proactive
adj
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
provocant
provocant
noun
One who or that which provokes.
reconvert
reconvert
noun
A person who has been reconverted.
verb
(transitive) To convert.
(transitive, intransitive) To convert again, convert back.
reconvict
reconvict
verb
To convict again
revictory
slavocrat
slavocrat
noun
A ruling member of a slavocracy.
sociative
sociative
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to the sociative case.
noun
(grammar) The sociative case.
suboctave
suboctave
adj
(obsolete) In the proportion of 1 to 8.
noun
(music) The octave below another.
(obsolete) An eighth part.
sveciaost
synovitic
synovitic
adj
Of or relating to synovitis.
tavestock
televocal
tovarisch
unconvert
unconvert
verb
(intransitive) To deconvert; to undergo a deconversion from a religion, faith or belief.
(transitive) To reverse the conversion of.
uncoveted
uncoveted
adj
Not coveted.
univocity
univocity
noun
(philosophy) The idea that words describing the properties of God mean the same thing as when they apply to people or things.
The state or essence of being univocal.
vacations
vacations
noun
plural of vacation
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vacation
vacuation
vacuation
noun
The act of emptying or clearing out.
vacuolate
vacuolate
verb
(cytology) to develop or form vacuoles
vagotonic
vagotonic
adj
Of or pertaining to vagotonia
vallecito
vasectomy
vasectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.
vasotocin
vasotocin
noun
(biochemistry) An oligopeptide found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin and vasopressin.
vasotonic
vasotonic
adj
Affecting the tone of vessels (almost always with reference to blood vessels); that is, affecting the muscle tone of the smooth muscle in the walls of blood vessels, thus influencing blood flow within the lumen.
noun
A substance (especially a drug) that is vasotonic, usually with reference to a drug that modifies the tone of vessel walls, such as a vasopressor or a phlebotonic.
vectorial
vectorial
adj
(biochemistry) In the electron transport chain, being or relating to a type of enzyme-mediated reaction that moves protons in a specific direction (from the matrix into the inter-membrane space in this example).