Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusative
accusative
adj
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
noun
(grammar) The accusative case.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accusativeness
accusativeness
noun
(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
achievements
achievements
noun
plural of achievement
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
activates
activates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
activators
activators
noun
plural of activator
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
activenesses
activenesses
noun
plural of activeness
actives
actives
noun
plural of active
activism
activism
noun
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
activisms
activisms
noun
plural of activism
activist
activist
adj
Behaving as an activist.
noun
One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
activistic
activistic
adj
Relating to the practice of activism or the behavior and beliefs of activists.
activists
activists
noun
plural of activist
activities
activities
noun
plural of activity
addictiveness
addictiveness
noun
The characteristic of being addictive.
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adjectivitis
adjectivitis
noun
(humorous) The overuse of adjectives in writing.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
advects
advects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advect
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
anarchoindividualist
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anticarnivorous
anticarnivorous
adj
Opposing the eating of meat.
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant
adj
(pharmacology) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
noun
(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.
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
anticreativeness
antievolutionistic
antiproductiveness
antisiccative
antivaccinationist
antivaccinationist
adj
Characterized by opposition to vaccination.
noun
One who opposes vaccination.
antivaccinist
antivaccinist
noun
One opposed to vaccination.
antivitalistic
antivitalistic
adj
Opposing vitalism.
antivivisection
antivivisection
adj
opposed to vivisection
antivivisectionist
antivivisectionist
adj
characterized by opposition to vivisection
of or relating to such a person
noun
an individual opposed to the practice of vivisection
antivivisectionists
antivivisectionists
noun
plural of antivivisectionist
antonovics
appreciativeness
appreciativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appreciative.
architraves
architraves
noun
plural of architrave
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archivists
archivists
noun
plural of archivist
archrepresentative
archvestryman
archvisitor
ascriptive
ascriptive
adj
ascribing; relating to ascription
noun
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
associativeness
associativeness
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being associative
associativity
associativity
noun
(algebra) The condition of being associative.
(programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses.
astragalonavicular
astrictive
astrictive
adj
binding; astringent
noun
An astringent.
astrictively
astrictiveness
astructive
astructive
adj
(obsolete) Building up; constructive.
atavistic
atavistic
adj
(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.
Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.
atavistically
atavistically
adv
In an atavistic manner.
attractiveness
attractiveness
noun
(countable) The result of being attractive.
(uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
attractivenesses
attractivenesses
noun
plural of attractiveness
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avascularity
avascularity
noun
(anatomy) The condition of being avascular.
averrhoistic
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
aviatrices
aviatrices
noun
plural of aviatrix
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
aviculturist
aviculturist
noun
A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
avifaunistic
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
avocets
avocets
noun
plural of avocet
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bacteriosolvent
bechtelsville
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
bioactivities
bioactivities
noun
plural of bioactivity
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bolshevistic
bolshevistically
bovaristic
brevetcies
brevetcies
noun
plural of brevetcy
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
calvinistic
calvinistical
calvinistically
calvinists
calvities
calvities
noun
Baldness, the condition of being bald.
plural of calvity
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
captivations
captivations
noun
plural of captivation
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
captivities
captivities
noun
plural of captivity
caravanist
caravanist
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) One who travels in a caravan (towed furnished vehicle).
A member of a caravan (convoy or procession of travellers with animals, cargo, etc.)
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
carpentersville
cartersville
cartersville
Proper noun
definition
caruthersville
caruthersville
Proper noun
a city in Missouri, USA
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
carvist
casavant
castelvetro
castigative
castigative
adj
That castigates.
castroville
catonsville
causative
causative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.
Acting as a cause.
Involving, or affected by, causality.
noun
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
causatively
causatively
adv
In a causative manner
Regarding causation
causativeness
causativeness
noun
The quality of being causative.
causativity
causativity
noun
The property of being causative.
cavatinas
cavatinas
noun
plural of cavatina
caveators
caveators
noun
plural of caveator
caveats
caveats
noun
plural of caveat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caveat