(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
alveololingual
alveololingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the tongue
angiocavernous
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
antievolution
antievolution
adj
Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection
antievolutional
antievolutionally
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antievolutionistic
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antirevolution
antirevolution
adj
Opposing a revolution.
antirevolutionaries
antirevolutionaries
noun
plural of antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
adj
Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
noun
One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
antirevolutionist
antirevolutionist
noun
Synonym of antirevolutionary
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autoconvection
autoconvection
noun
spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autoelevation
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
automanipulative
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
blountville
blountville
Proper noun
A in the U.S. state of that is the of
bonaventurism
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.
bougainvilliidae
bourneville
bouvines
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
bucorvinae
burtonsville
calcaneonavicular
calcaneonavicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the navicular bone.
carnivorousness
carnivorousness
noun
The quality of being a carnivore.
carnivorousnesses
cauthornville
cavernicolous
cavernicolous
adj
(rare) that inhabits caverns or caves
cervicolingual
cervicolingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lingual region of the neck of a tooth
chivalrousness
chivalrousness
noun
The state of being chivalrous.
chivalrousnesses
cimcumvention
circumvention
circumvention
noun
The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventuring
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
coevolutionary
coevolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
colliquativeness
collusiveness
collusiveness
noun
The quality or state of being collusive.
communicative
communicative
adj
Eager to communicate; talkative.
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
conclusive
conclusive
adj
Pertaining to a conclusion.
Providing an end to something; decisive.
conclusively
conclusively
adv
In a conclusive manner; with finality.
conclusiveness
conclusiveness
noun
the state of being conclusive
concussive
concussive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing concussion
concussively
concussively
adv
In a concussive manner.
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
conduciveness
conduciveness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being conducive.
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
conglutinative
conglutinative
adj
conglutinant
conjugative
conjugative
adj
Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
conjunctivae
conjunctivae
noun
plural of conjunctiva
conjunctive
conjunctive
adj
(astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
(grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
(grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
(grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
(grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
(logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
(obsolete) Closely united.
noun
(grammar) A conjunction.
(logic) A conjunction.
conjunctively
conjunctively
adv
In a conjunctive way.
conjunctiveness
conjunctiveness
noun
Synonym of conjunctivity
conjunctives
conjunctives
noun
plural of conjunctive
conneautville
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
consecutive
consecutive
adj
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
noun
(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.
consecutively
consecutively
adv
In a consecutive manner; without interruption.
consecutiveness
consecutiveness
noun
The state or quality of being consecutive.
consecutives
consecutives
noun
plural of consecutive
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constitutive
constitutive
adj
(biochemistry) (of an enzyme) that is continuously produced at a constant rate
extremely important, essential
having the power or authority to appoint someone to office
having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something
that forms a constituent part of something else
constitutively
constitutively
adv
(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand
in a constitutive manner
constitutiveness
constitutiveness
noun
The state or quality of being constitutive.
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
constructiveness
constructiveness
noun
(phrenology) Creativity, the capacity to invent.
The characteristic of being constructive.
consubstantive
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
consultively
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively
consummativeness
consummativeness
noun
The quality of being consummative.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
continuative
continuative
adj
(linguistics) durative.
Of or pertaining to continuation.
noun
(linguistics) a durative.
Something that causes a continuation.
continuatively
continuatively
adv
in continuative manner
continuativeness
continuativeness
noun
The quality of being continuative.
contrarevolutionary
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributiveness
contributiveness
noun
The quality of being contributive.
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
convallariaceous
convallariaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Convallariaceae.
conventicular
conversusi
convolutive
convolutive
adj
(botany) convolute
convulsible
convulsible
adj
Subject to convulsions.
convulsionaries
convulsionaries
noun
plural of convulsionary
convulsive
convulsive
adj
Having or producing convulsions.
Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
convulsively
convulsively
adv
In a convulsive manner.
convulsiveness
convulsiveness
noun
The state or quality of being convulsive.
couniversal
counteractive
counteractive
adj
That counteracts
counteractively
counteractively
adv
In a counteractive manner.
counteractivity
counteractivity
noun
counteraction; action that opposes or goes against something
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterattractive
counterattractive
adj
(rare) Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting.