(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
aberdavine
aberdevine
aberdevine
noun
(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
abrasivenesses
abrasivenesses
noun
plural of abrasiveness
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
abstersiveness
abstersiveness
noun
The quality of being abstersive.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
adverbiation
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antisubversive
antisubversive
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.
noun
One who opposes political subversion.
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
approvableness
approvableness
noun
The state or quality of being approvable.
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
avicebron
bacteriosolvent
barnardsville
barnesville
barnesville
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small town in Maryland, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
barneveld
barneveldt
bartonsville
bartonville
basinerved
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
beavering
beavering
noun
Hunting or trapping beaver.
verb
present participle of beaver
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beaverteen
beaverteen
noun
A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.
beaverton
beaverton
Proper noun
The name of several places
A city in Oregon, USA
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Alabama, USA
A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
beavertown
belavendered
belgravian
belgravian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.
Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.
Noun
A resident of Belgravia, London.
A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
belverdian
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bereaven
bereaven
adj
(obsolete) bereft
bereaving
bereaving
verb
present participle of bereave
bernardsville
berreaving
bevaring
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
blanchardville
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bonaventurism
bonaveria
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bradenville
brainardsville
brainwave
brainwave
noun
A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm
Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram
branchville
brandonville
brandsville
braveness
braveness
noun
The characteristic of being brave.
bravenesses
bravenesses
noun
plural of braveness
bremerhaven
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
bronchoalveolar
bronchoalveolar
adj
Relating to both the bronchi and the alvioli of the lungs
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brooklandville
bryantsville
bryantville
bucorvinae
buenaventura
bulbocavernosus
bulbocavernosus
noun
The bulbospongiosus muscle
bulbocavernous
bulbocavernous
adj
Relating to the bulbocavernosus
circumnavigable
circumnavigable
adj
able to be circumnavigated
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
collaborativeness
collaborativeness
noun
quality of being collaborative
conservable
conservable
adj
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
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.
conversableness
conversableness
noun
The state or quality of being conversable.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversationable
conversationable
adj
Synonym of conversable (“able and inclined to engage in conversation”)
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
countervibration
craniovertebral
craniovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cranium and vertebrae.
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
deliberativeness
deliberativeness
noun
The state or quality of being deliberative.
disserviceableness
disvulnerability
enbrave
everbearing
everbearing
adj
Bearing several crops of fruit throughout the season.
favorableness
favorableness
noun
Alternative spelling of favourableness
favourableness
favourableness
noun
The state or condition of being favourable.
flabellinerved
flabellinerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base.
forgivableness
governability
governability
noun
The ability to be governed.
governable
governable
adj
Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule
governableness
governableness
noun
The state of being governable.
governably
governably
adv
In a governable manner.
graverobbing
graverobbing
noun
The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
greenbackville
gubernative
gubernative
adj
(obsolete) governing
hereinabove
hereinabove
adv
Above this, in this document.
Earth and heaven (here and above).
imbreviating
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperviableness
impreventability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
inconversable
inconversable
adj
(obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved
indeprivability
indeprivable
indeprivable
adj
(now rare) That one cannot be deprived of; inalienable.
indiscoverable
indiscoverable
adj
Unable to be discovered, undiscoverable, not discoverable.
indiscoverably
indiscoverably
adv
So that it cannot be discovered.
inebriative
inebriative
adj
Causing or relating to inebriation.
inevaporable
inforgiveable
inobservable
inobservable
adj
unobservable
inobservance
inobservance
noun
Lack of observance.
inobservancy
inobservancy
noun
Alternative form of inobservance
inobservant
inobservant
adj
Not observant; heedless.
inobservantly
inobservantly
adv
In an inobservant manner.
inobservantness
inobservation
inobservation
noun
Neglect or want of observation.
inserviceable
inseverable
inseverable
adj
Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.
inseverably
inseverably
adv
So that it cannot be severed.
interavailability
interavailability
noun
The property of being interavailable.
interavailable
interavailable
adj
(public transport) Such that tickets purchased for one route or service can be used on another.
interverbal
interverbal
adj
Between words.
intervertebra
intervertebral
intervertebral
adj
Between the vertebrae
intervertebrally
intervertebrally
adv
(anatomy) Between the vertebrae.
interviewable
interviewable
adj
Capable of being interviewed.
intraverbal
intraverbal
adj
Within a word.
noun
A verbal response to a verbal stimulus that does not involve echoic or textual behavior or transcription or dictation-taking.
intraversable
intraversable
adj
Not traversable
intravertebral
intravertebral
adj
Within the vertebra.
intravertebrally
intravertebrally
adv
(anatomy) within the vertebra
invariable
invariable
adj
(by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.
(mathematics) Constant.
Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
noun
Something that does not vary; a constant.
invariableness
invariableness
noun
invariability; the state of being invariable
invariables
invariables
noun
plural of invariable
inventoriable
inventoriable
adj
(accounting) Of costs: being those directly associated with the manufacture of products to be sold.