(pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
antievolutionistic
antiproductiveness
arvicolous
arvicolous
adj
Synonym of arvicoline
astragalonavicular
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
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.
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
bicalvous
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
cancrivorous
cancrivorous
adj
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
cardiovascular
cardiovascular
adj
Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
carnivorously
carnivorously
adv
In a carnivorous manner.
carnivorousness
carnivorousness
noun
The quality of being a carnivore.
carnivorousnesses
caulivorous
cavernicolous
cavernicolous
adj
(rare) that inhabits caverns or caves
cavillous
cavillous
adj
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
cervicomuscular
cervicoscapular
cervicoscapular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone
chivalrous
chivalrous
adj
(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
involving chivalry.
chivalrously
chivalrously
adv
In a chivalrous manner.
chivalrousness
chivalrousness
noun
The state of being chivalrous.
chivalrousnesses
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumvoisin
clavariaceous
clavariaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Clavariaceae.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
clavodeltoideus
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
coexclusive
colliquativeness
collusive
collusive
adj
secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose
collusively
collusively
adv
in a collusive manner; fraudulently through collusion
collusiveness
collusiveness
noun
The quality or state of being collusive.
colluvies
colluvies
noun
effluvium
medley, hotchpotch
colluviums
comburivorous
comburivorous
adj
(obsolete) Consuming a relatively large amount of the supporter of combustion.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
combustively
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
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.
conduciveness
conduciveness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being conducive.
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
conjunctivas
conjunctiveness
conjunctiveness
noun
Synonym of conjunctivity
conjunctives
conjunctives
noun
plural of conjunctive
conjunctivitis
conjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.
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.
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
constructivist
constructivist
adj
Of or relating to constructivism.
noun
An advocate of constructivism.
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
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
continuativeness
continuativeness
noun
The quality of being continuative.
contributiveness
contributiveness
noun
The quality of being contributive.
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
convallariaceous
convallariaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Convallariaceae.
conversusi
convolutions
convolutions
noun
plural of convolution
convulsibility
convulsible
convulsible
adj
Subject to convulsions.
convulsing
convulsing
verb
present participle of convulse
convulsion
convulsion
noun
(medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
Violent turmoil.
convulsional
convulsional
adj
Pertaining to, or having, convulsions.
convulsionaries
convulsionaries
noun
plural of convulsionary
convulsionary
convulsionary
adj
Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive.
noun
A convulsionist.
convulsionism
convulsionism
noun
(historical) The practice of the convulsionists, going into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion.
convulsionist
convulsionist
noun
(historical) One of a group of eighteenth-century fanatics in France who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion.
One who has convulsions.
convulsions
convulsions
noun
plural of convulsion
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.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
coruscative
corvillosum
costoclavicular
costoclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and clavicle; applied to a ligament that connects the cartilage of the first rib with the costal tuberosity on the undersurface of the clavicle.
couniversal
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterconversion
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
counterproductiveness
counterproductiveness
noun
The state or condition of being counterproductive.
counterrevolutionaries
counterrevolutionaries
noun
plural of counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionist
counterrevolutionist
noun
Synonym of counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutions
counterrevolutions
noun
plural of counterrevolution
counterservice
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail