Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority
authoritatively
authoritatively
adv
In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust.
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
avicularimorphae
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bronchocavernous
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
cauthornville
cervicohumeral
cervicohumeral
adj
Relating to the neck and the shoulder.
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
counteravouch
counteravouchment
culverhouse
culverhouse
noun
a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
echovirus
echovirus
noun
A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
echoviruses
echoviruses
noun
plural of echovirus
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
forevouch
forevouched
forevouched
adj
Avowed or affirmed in advance.
haviour
haviour
noun
(obsolete) Demeanour, behaviour, comportment.
havioured
haviours
heliogravure
heliogravure
noun
An engraving of this kind.
The process of photographic engraving.
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
herbivorously
herbivorously
adv
in a herbivorous manner
herbivorousness
herbivorousness
noun
The state or quality of being herbivorous.
hircocervus
hircocervus
noun
(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
hominivorous
hominivorous
adj
That devours human beings.
houvari
hyperinvolution
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperviscous
hyperviscous
adj
Excessively viscous.
hypervolume
hypervolume
noun
(geometry) A volume in more than three dimensions.
hypervoluminous
hypophyseoprivous
inauthoritative
inauthoritative
adj
Not authoritative.
inauthoritativeness
inauthoritativeness
noun
The quality of being inauthoritative.
ischiocavernosus
ischiocavernosus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle just below the surface of the perineum, used to flex the anus, stabilize the erect penis (in males), and tense the vagina (in females).
ischiocavernous
ischiocavernous
adj
Synonym of ischiocavernosal
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
lichenivorous
lichenivorous
adj
That feeds on lichens.
lithogravure
lithophotogravure
misbehaviour
misbehaviour
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior
nonauthoritative
nonauthoritative
Adjective
Not authoritative.
nonauthoritatively
nonauthoritativeness
nonchivalrous
nonchivalrously
nonchivalrousness
olivehurst
ornithivorous
ornithivorous
adj
feeding on birds
ornithvrous
overbashful
overbashful
adj
Excessively bashful.
overbashfully
overbashfulness
overbashfulness
noun
Excessive bashfulness.
overbought
overbought
adj
(finance) Of a stock or commodity market condition: where there has been significant trading bidding up prices to higher levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis.
overbrush
overbrush
verb
to brush excessively
overburthen
overburthen
noun
Archaic form of overburden.
overchurch
overdistraught
overdraught
overdraught
noun
(chiefly Britain) An overdraft.
overenthusiasm
overenthusiasm
noun
Excessive enthusiasm.
overenthusiastic
overenthusiastic
adj
excessively enthusiastic
overenthusiastically
overenthusiastically
adv
With excessive enthusiasm.
overexhaust
overexhausted
overexhausting
overexhausts
overfaithful
overfaithful
adj
Too faithful.
overfaithfully
overfaithfully
adv
In an overfaithful manner.
overfaithfulness
overflourish
overflourish
verb
(obsolete) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
(obsolete) To make excessive display or flourish of.
overflush
overflush
verb
To flush to excess.
overfought
overfraught
overfraught
adj
Full of distress; overloaded with cares or worries.
verb
past participle of overfreight
overfurnish
overfurnish
verb
(transitive) To furnish excessively.
overfurnished
overfurnished
adj
cluttered
pretentiously or ostentatiously decorated.
overfurnishes
overfurnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overfurnish
overfurnishing
overfurnishing
verb
present participle of overfurnish
overhaughtily
overhaughtiness
overhaughty
overhaughty
adj
Excessively haughty.
overhaul
overhaul
noun
(firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul.
A major repair, renovation, or revision.
verb
(nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
(transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
To pass, overtake, or travel past.
overhauled
overhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhaul
overhauler
overhauler
noun
One who overhauls.
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overhauls
overhauls
noun
(colloquial, US) An overall.
plural of overhaul
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhaul
overheinous
overhelpful
overhelpful
adj
Excessively helpful.
overhelpfully
overhelpfulness
overhour
overhouse
overhouse
adj
Stretched along the roofs of buildings, rather than on poles or underground.
overhuge
overhuge
adj
Excessively huge.
overhugely
overhugeness
overhuman
overhumane
overhumanity
overhumanize
overhumanize
verb
(transitive) To overly humanize a nonhuman or subhuman entity.
overhumanized
overhumanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhumanize
overhumanizing
overhumanizing
verb
present participle of overhumanize
overhumble
overhumbleness
overhumbly
overhung
overhung
adj
Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
Suspended from above or from the top.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhang
overhunt
overhunt
verb
(transitive) To hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.
overhunted
overhunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhunt
overhunting
overhunting
noun
Hunting at unsustainable levels
overhuntings
overhunts
overhunts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhunt
overhurl
overhurried
overhurried
adj
Excessively hurried.
overhurriedly
overhurriedly
adv
Too hurriedly.
overhurry
overhurry
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To hurry excessively.
overhurrying
overhurrying
verb
present participle of overhurry
overhusk
overlaugh
overlaunch
overlaunch
verb
(shipbuilding, transitive) To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance beyond the adjacent ones, in order to strengthen the work.
overlush
overlush
adj
Excessively lush.
overlushly
overlushness
overmuch
overmuch
adj
Excessive
adv
(chiefly Britain) Too much; overly much
det
(chiefly Britain) Very much; too much
pron
Too much
overmuches
overmuchness
overmuchness
noun
The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.
overnourish
overnourish
verb
(transitive) To nourish excessively.
overnourishingly
overnourishment
overnourishment
noun
Excessive nourishment.
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
overpunishment
overpunishment
noun
Excessive punishment.
overpurchase
overpurchase
noun
An expensive purchase.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To pay too dear a price.
To buy too much of something.
overpurchased
overpurchased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpurchase
overpurchasing
overpurchasing
verb
present participle of overpurchase
overraught
overraught
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of overreach