(obsolete, rare) A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
evacuation
evacuation
noun
Abolition; nullification.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evaluation
evaluation
noun
(computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
(mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
eventuation
eventuation
noun
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.
eventuations
eventuations
noun
plural of eventuation
evilmouthed
evolutility
evolution
evolution
noun
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
(chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
(chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
(mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
(military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
(now rare) The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
(obsolete) A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
evolutional
evolutional
adj
Of or pertaining to evolution, or coming about as a result of the principles of evolution.
evolutionally
evolutionally
adv
In an evolutional manner
With regard to evolution
evolutionarily
evolutionarily
adv
(domain, evolutionary theory) From the perspective of evolution.
In a manner relating to evolution or slow development.
evolutionary
evolutionary
adj
Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
evolutionism
evolutionism
noun
(countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
(uncountable) The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).
(uncountable) The belief in the universal presence of evolution.
evolutionist
evolutionist
noun
A proponent or supporter of evolutionism.
evolutionistic
evolutionistic
adj
Of or pertaining to evolutionism.
evolutionistically
evolutionistically
adv
In an evolutionistic manner
evolutionists
evolutionists
noun
plural of evolutionist
evolutionize
evolutionize
verb
To cause, or to undergo change by means of evolution; to evolve
evolutions
evolutions
noun
plural of evolution
evolutive
evolutive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or advocating evolution or development; evolutionary
evolutoid
evulgation
evulgation
noun
(obsolete) A divulging.
excitovascular
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
excurvation
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
exuviation
exuviation
noun
The act of exuviating.
The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
festivous
festivous
adj
Pertaining to a feast; festive.
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
fluviation
fluviation
noun
(geology) deposition by the action of a river or stream
fluviolacustrine
fluviolacustrine
adj
Produced by rivers and lakes (especially alternately)
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
fluvioterrestrial
fluvioterrestrial
adj
Relating to land and fresh water, but not the seas.
fountainville
fructivorous
fructivorous
adj
fruit-eating
fultonville
galvanocauteries
galvanocauteries
noun
plural of galvanocautery
galvanocauterization
galvanocauterization
noun
Synonym of galvanocautery
hustonville
hutsonville
huttonsville
hyperinvolution
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
illuviation
illuviation
noun
(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum
illuviations
illuviations
noun
plural of illuviation
immunoreactive
immunoreactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
noun
Any substance that causes an immune reaction.
immunoreactivity
immunoreactivity
noun
A measure of the immune reaction caused by an antigen.
inadventurous
inadventurous
adj
Not adventurous.
inauthoritative
inauthoritative
adj
Not authoritative.
inauthoritativeness
inauthoritativeness
noun
The quality of being inauthoritative.
incommunicative
incommunicative
adj
Uncommunicative.
incommunicatively
incommunicatively
adv
In an incommunicative way.
incommunicativeness
incommunicativeness
noun
The state or condition of being incommunicative.
inconsecutive
inconsecutive
adj
Not consecutive
inconsecutively
inconsecutiveness
inconsecutiveness
noun
The state or quality of not being consecutive.
incorruptive
incorruptive
adj
(archaic) incorruptible; not liable to decay
incultivation
incultivation
noun
(obsolete) Lack of cultivation.
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
incurvations
incurvations
noun
plural of incurvation
indevout
indevout
Adjective
Not devout.
indevoutly
indevoutly
adv
In an indevout manner.
indevoutness
indevoutness
noun
The quality of being indevout.
individualisation
individualisation
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of individualization.
individualization
individualization
noun
The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.
individuation
individuation
noun
(biology) The differentiation of tissues.
(philosophy) The distinction of the individual from the general or universal.
The process of individuating or individualizing.
individuator
individuator
noun
One who, or that which, individuates.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
inobtrusively
inobtrusively
adv
In an inobtrusive manner.
inobtrusiveness
inobtrusiveness
noun
The quality of being inobtrusive.
inoculative
inoculative
adj
Relating to inoculation.
inoculativity
inoculativity
noun
The condition of being inoculative
insectivorous
insectivorous
adj
(of a plant) Capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap.
Feeding on insects.
intercavernous
intercavernous
adj
(anatomy, relational) Between the cavernous sinuses.
intercommunicative
intercommunicative
adj
Relating to intercommunication.
interdevour
interdevour
verb
(rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.
interlocutive
interlocutive
adj
Relating to interlocution.
interveinous
intervillous
intervillous
adj
Between the villi
intervolute
intervolution
intervolution
noun
(rare) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
intravenously
intravenously
adv
(medicine) In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.
intravitreous
intravitreous
adj
Within the vitreous humour of the eye
introductive
introductive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction
introductively
introductively
adv
In an introductive manner; as an introduction.
intropulsive
intropunitive
intropunitive
adj
(psychology) Tending to punish oneself.
introvolution
inventurous
involucelate
involucelated
involucellate
involucellate
adj
(botany) Furnished with involucels.
involucellated
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntarily
involuntarily
adv
In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.
involuntariness
involuntariness
noun
The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
involute
involute
adj
(biology) Rolled inward spirally.
(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
(biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
(botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated.
noun
(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
verb
To roll or curl inwards.
involuted
involuted
adj
Alternative form of involute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of involute
involutedly
involutely
involutely
adv
In an involute manner.
involutes
involutes
noun
plural of involute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of involute
involuting
involuting
verb
present participle of involute
involution
involution
noun
(economics, social sciences, of a society or nation) A cessation of development or progress despite intense inner competition.
(mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
(mathematics, obsolete) A power: the result of raising one number to the power of another.
(medicine) The shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
(neologism, slang) A state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.
(physiology) The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
A complicated grammatical construction.
Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
involutional
involutional
adj
characterized by involution
of or pertaining to involution
involutionary
involutionary
adj
Synonym of involutional
involutions
involutions
noun
plural of involution
involutorial
involutory
involutory
adj
(mathematics) Of a mapping or transformation: being its own inverse.
noun
(mathematics) A linear transformation that is its own inverse, i.e., that has period two.
invultuation
invultuation
noun
A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.
invultvation
irreproductive
isoagglutinative
isoagglutinative
adj
Of or relating to isoagglutination.
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.
Relating to juxtaposition.
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
koussevitzky
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
laevoduction
laryngovestibulitis
levoduction
lithogravure
lithophotogravure
locustville
louvertie
luteovirescent
macroevolution
macroevolution
noun
Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
macroevolutionary
macroevolutionary
adj
Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution
malcultivation
manumotive
manumotive
adj
(archaic) Which can be moved by hand.
microevolution
microevolution
noun
Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.
microevolutionary
microevolutionary
adj
Of or pertaining to microevolution
microvasculature
microvasculature
noun
(biology) The smallest vessels of the circulatory system: the capillaries, arterioles, and venules