The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
abusivenesses
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accusativeness
accusativeness
noun
(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
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.
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
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
adventureship
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
allusivenesses
allusivenesses
noun
plural of allusiveness
alluvions
alluvions
noun
plural of alluvion
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
anarchoindividualist
angiocavernous
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
animalivorous
animalivorous
adj
That eats (other) animals
anticarnivorous
anticarnivorous
adj
Opposing the eating of meat.
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.
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antievolutionistic
antiproductiveness
antirevolutionaries
antirevolutionaries
noun
plural of antirevolutionary
antirevolutionist
antirevolutionist
noun
Synonym of antirevolutionary
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antisubversive
antisubversive
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.
noun
One who opposes political subversion.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antiuniversity
antiuniversity
adj
Opposing a university or universities in general.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
argumentativeness
argumentativeness
noun
the state of being argumentative
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
assumptiveness
astragalonavicular
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
audivision
austinville
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autonavigators
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avanguardisti
avanious
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
avifaunas
avifaunas
noun
plural of avifauna
avifaunistic
avulsing
avulsing
verb
present participle of avulse
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
bivoluminous
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
bonaventurism
bougainvillaeas
bougainvillaeas
noun
plural of bougainvillaea
bouvines
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
brunsville
burnettsville
burnsville
burnsville
Proper noun
A city in Minnesota.
A town in Mississippi.
A town in North Carolina.
A town in West Virginia.
burtonsville
cancrivorous
cancrivorous
adj
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
carnivalesque
carnivalesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a carnival.
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
causativeness
causativeness
noun
The quality of being causative.
cavernicolous
cavernicolous
adj
(rare) that inhabits caverns or caves
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
chauvinist
chauvinist
adj
(derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
Pertaining to chauvinism.
noun
(derogatory) A chauvinistic person.
chauvinistic
chauvinistic
adj
(derogatory) Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.
chauvinistically
chauvinistically
adv
In a chauvinistic manner; with excessive patriotism or unwarranted bias.
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
chivalrousness
chivalrousness
noun
The state of being chivalrous.
chivalrousnesses
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumvoisin
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
colliquativeness
collusiveness
collusiveness
noun
The quality or state of being collusive.
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
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.