(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
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abluvion
abluvion
noun
(obsolete, rare) That which is washed off.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
absolving
absolving
verb
present participle of absolve
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
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.
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
avicebron
bacteriosolvent
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.
bartonsville
bartonville
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.
benzoflavine
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
boissevain
bolivian
boliviano
boliviano
noun
the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos
bolivianos
bolivianos
noun
plural of boliviano
bolivians
bolshevikian
bolshevization
bonaventurism
bonaveria
bonavist
borrovian
bougainvillaea
bougainvillaea
noun
Alternative spelling of bougainvillea
bougainvillaeas
bougainvillaeas
noun
plural of bougainvillaea
bougainville
bougainvillea
bougainvillea
noun
Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
bougainvillia
bougainvilliidae
bovina
bovovaccination
bovovaccination
noun
(historical) The vaccination of cattle with bovovaccine to prevent tuberculosis.
bovovaccine
bovovaccine
noun
(historical) A vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in cattle.
bowmansville
brandonville
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
brooklandville
buccogingival
buccogingival
adj
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and gingival vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and gingival aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
bucorvinae
bucovina
bukovina
collaborativeness
collaborativeness
noun
quality of being collaborative
combativeness
combativeness
noun
the state of being combative
combinantive
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
conceivability
conceivability
noun
Something that is conceivable.
The characteristic of being conceivable; the ability to be conceived, believed, or understood.
conceivable
conceivable
adj
Capable of being conceived or imagined
conceivableness
conceivableness
noun
The state or quality of being conceivable.
conceivably
conceivably
adv
In a conceivable manner; possibly.
constableville
consubstantive
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
conversationable
conversationable
adj
Synonym of conversable (“able and inclined to engage in conversation”)
conveyability
conveyability
noun
Ability to be conveyed.
convictable
convictable
adj
Capable of being convicted.
countervibration
covibration
craniovertebral
craniovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cranium and vertebrae.
cubicontravariant
cubicovariant
cubicovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of a cubic form
cubonavicular
cubonavicular
adj
Alternative form of cuboideonavicular
dissolvableness
dissolvableness
noun
The quality of being dissolvable.
forgivableness
gingivolabial
gingivolabial
adj
Relating to the lips and gums.
governability
governability
noun
The ability to be governed.
graverobbing
graverobbing
noun
The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
hereinabove
hereinabove
adv
Above this, in this document.
Earth and heaven (here and above).
immovableness
immovableness
noun
The quality of being immovable.
immoveableness
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
inamovability
inamovable
inamovable
adj
Not amovable.
inconceivabilities
inconceivabilities
noun
plural of inconceivability
inconceivability
inconceivability
noun
(countable) Something inconceivable.
(uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
inconceivable
inconceivable
adj
Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.
inconceivableness
inconceivableness
noun
The quality of being inconceivable.
inconceivably
inconceivably
adv
In an inconceivable manner, not believable or understandable.
inconcievable
inconversable
inconversable
adj
(obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved
indiscoverable
indiscoverable
adj
Unable to be discovered, undiscoverable, not discoverable.
indiscoverably
indiscoverably
adv
So that it cannot be discovered.
indissolvability
indissolvable
indissolvable
adj
Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
indissolvableness
indissolvableness
noun
The quality of not being dissolvable.
indissolvably
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.
insolvability
insolvable
insolvable
adj
Impossible to solve; insoluble.
Incapable of being paid or discharged.
Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
insolvably
insolvably
adv
In an insolvable manner.
inventoriable
inventoriable
adj
(accounting) Of costs: being those directly associated with the manufacture of products to be sold.
Able to be held in an inventory.
inviolabilities
inviolabilities
noun
plural of inviolability
inviolability
inviolability
noun
The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
inviolable
inviolable
adj
Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.
Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
Not violable; not to be infringed.
inviolableness
inviolableness
noun
The quality or state of being inviolable.
inviolably
inviolably
adv
In an inviolable manner; without violation or violence of any kind.
invocable
invocable
adj
Alternative spelling of invokable
irrecoverableness
irrecoverableness
noun
irrecoverability; the state or quality of being irrecoverable.
irremovableness
irremovableness
noun
The quality of being irremovable.
irreprovableness
irreprovableness
noun
The quality of being irreprovable.
irresolvableness
irresolvableness
noun
The state or quality of being irresolvable.
irrevocableness
irrevocableness
noun
Quality of being irrevocable.
labiovelarisation
labiovelarising
labiovelarization
labiovelarizing
labiovelarizing
verb
present participle of labiovelarize
labioversion
laborsaving
laborsaving
adj
Alternative form of labor-saving.
laboursaving
laryngovestibulitis
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
malobservation
malobservation
noun
An erroneous observation.
misobservance
misobservance
noun
The custom of not celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
The instance or practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule.