Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority
authoritatively
authoritatively
adv
In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust.
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autoactivation
autoactivation
noun
(biochemistry) autocatalysis
autoactive
autoactive
adj
spontaneously active (without any external stimulus)
autoceptive
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autoconvection
autoconvection
noun
spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoelevation
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
automanipulative
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
autonavigator
autonavigators
autopositive
autoprogressive
autoregressive
autoregressive
adj
(statistics) Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
autoregulative
autoregulative
adj
autoregulatory
autosuggestive
autosuggestive
adj
Employing autosuggestion.
autovaccination
autovaccination
noun
vaccination by means of an autovaccine
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avalokita
avalokitesvara
avanious
avaricious
avaricious
adj
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
avariciously
avariciously
adv
In a greedy or self-serving manner.
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
aveiro
avellino
avellino
Proper noun
Province of Campania, Italy.
Town and capital of Avellino.
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
avenolith
averrhoism
averrhoist
averrhoistic
averroism
averroism
Noun
The tenets of the Averroists, having to do with the doctrine of monopsychism.
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
aversation
aversation
noun
(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversions
aversions
noun
plural of aversion
aviador
avianization
avianization
noun
The process of avianizing.
aviation
aviation
noun
(collectively, military) aircraft
A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice
Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
Industry that produces aircraft.
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
aviational
aviations
aviations
noun
plural of aviation
aviator
aviator
noun
(obsolete) A flying machine.
(obsolete) An experimenter in aviation.
An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
aviatorial
aviatorial
adj
Relating to aviation.
aviatoriality
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
aviatory
aviatory
adj
Of or relating to aviation.
avicebron
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
avictor
avicularimorphae
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avidous
avidous
adj
(obsolete) avid; keen; desirous
aviemore
avigation
avigation
noun
(dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
avigators
avigators
noun
plural of avigator
avigdor
avignon
avignon
Proper noun
A city in Provence, France.
avignonese
avikom
avilion
aviolite
avion
avionic
avionic
adj
(aviation) of, or relating to avionics (aviation electronics)
avionics
avionics
noun
(aviation) The devices used in avionics.
(aviation) The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
avions
avisco
avision
avision
noun
(obsolete) A vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
aviso
aviso
noun
A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
A mid-sized colonial warship
advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
avisos
avisos
noun
plural of aviso
aviston
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
avitaminosis
avitaminosis
noun
Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
avitaminotic
avitaminotic
adj
Having or relating to avitaminosis.
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.
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avocationally
avocationally
adv
In an avocational manner.
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avodire
avodire
noun
The wood of the tree Turraeanthus africana.
avodires
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
avoid
avoid
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.
(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
(transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
(transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
(transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
(transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
To try not to do something or to have something happen
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
avoidable
avoidable
adj
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
noun
Something that can or should be avoided.
avoidably
avoidably
adv
In a manner so as to be avoidable.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avoidant
avoidant
adj
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
noun
A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoided
avoided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avoid
avoider
avoider
noun
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avoiding
avoiding
noun
Avoidance.
verb
present participle and gerund of avoid
avoidless
avoidless
adj
(rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.
avoidment
avoids
avoids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avoid
avoidupois
avoidupoises
avoir
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
avolitional
avolitional
adj
Of or relating to avolition; lacking willpower.
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
avowing
avowing
verb
present participle of avow
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
avoyership
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
azoflavine
azoflavine
noun
A particular yellow azo dye.
azovernine
babouvism
babouvism
Noun
Babouvist beliefs generally
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
bacteriosolvent
ballouville
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
barboursville
barbourville
barbourville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
bartonsville
bartonville
basialveolar
basialveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
bavaroise
bavaroise
noun
(sometimes proscribed) A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.
A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
beauvoir
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovian
beethovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
behavior
behavior
noun
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
behavioral
behavioral
adj
(American spelling) Of or relating to behavior.
behaviorally
behaviorally
adv
With respect to behavior.
behaviored
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorisms
behaviorisms
noun
plural of behaviorism
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.