(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
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adverbiation
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
aftervision
alcovinometer
alternativo
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversions
aminovaleric
anchorville
andersonville
angiocavernous
animadversion
animadversion
noun
(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
anticovenanter
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antieavesdropping
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antierosive
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiprogressive
antiprogressive
noun
One who opposes progress.
antiprojectivity
antireservationist
antireservationist
noun
A person of antireservation beliefs (in either sense).
antirevisionist
antirevisionist
noun
(historiography) One who opposes revisionism.
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.
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
appropriativeness
appropriativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appropriative.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
ardenvoir
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arnoldsville
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
arterioversion
arvicolinae
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverations
asseverations
noun
plural of asseveration
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.
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
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
avicebron
azovernine
bacteriosolvent
bartonsville
bartonville
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bonaventurism
bonaveria
bordelonville
bourneville
brandonville
breviconic
breviconic
adj
(malacology) Relating to, or composed of, brevicones.
breviloquence
breviloquence
noun
A pertinent and terse style of speech.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostrines
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
bronxville
brooklandville
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
brownville
bucorvinae
burtonsville
caernarvonshire
calcaneonavicular
calcaneonavicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the navicular bone.
carnarvonshire
carnivore
carnivore
noun
(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
(zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
A follower of the carnivore diet (consuming only animal-based products, such as meat, eggs and dairy)
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
carnivores
carnivores
noun
plural of carnivore
carnivories
carnivorousness
carnivorousness
noun
The quality of being a carnivore.
carnivorousnesses
carsonville
cauthornville
cavernicolous
cavernicolous
adj
(rare) that inhabits caverns or caves
cervicodynia
cervicodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the neck
cervicolingual
cervicolingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lingual region of the neck of a tooth
cerviconasal
cervicorn
cervicorn
adj
(rare) Having the form of antlers; branched
cervicovaginal
cervicovaginal
adj
(biology) Pertaining to the cervix and vagina.
chancellorsville
chervonei
chervontsi
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chevrotain
chevrotain
noun
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
chivalrousness
chivalrousness
noun
The state of being chivalrous.
chivalrousnesses
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
clairvoyance
clairvoyance
noun
(parapsychology) The power to see the future.
clairvoyances
clairvoyances
noun
plural of clairvoyance
clairvoyancies
clavicornate
clavicornes
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.