counteraction; action that opposes or goes against something
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterattractive
counterattractive
adj
(rare) Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting.
counterattractively
counterconversion
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
counterequivalent
counterevidence
counterevidence
noun
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
counterintuitive
counterintuitive
adj
Contrary to intuition or common sense.
counterinvective
counterinvective
noun
invective in response to prior invective
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
countermoving
countermoving
adj
That moves in opposition or retaliation
verb
present participle of countermove
counternarrative
counternarrative
noun
A narrative that goes against another narrative.
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
counterproductive
counterproductive
adj
More of a hindrance than a help.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductiveness
counterproductiveness
noun
The state or condition of being counterproductive.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
counterrevolution
counterrevolution
noun
A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.
counterrevolutionaries
counterrevolutionaries
noun
plural of counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionary
adj
In opposition to a revolution.
noun
A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.
counterrevolutionist
counterrevolutionist
noun
Synonym of counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionize
counterrevolutionize
verb
To cause or undergo a counterrevolution.
counterrevolutions
counterrevolutions
noun
plural of counterrevolution
counterservice
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervailed
countervailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countervail
countervailing
countervailing
adj
(formal) Compensating with equal force.
verb
present participle of countervail
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
countervallation
countervallation
noun
Archaic form of contravallation.
countervibration
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
countervindication
countervolition
cubicontravariant
cubicovariant
cubicovariant
noun
(mathematics) a covariant of a cubic form
cultivar
cultivar
noun
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
cultivars
cultivars
noun
plural of cultivar
cultivator
cultivator
noun
A person who cultivates.
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
curative
curative
adj
(figurative, by extension) Remediative.
(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
noun
A substance that acts as a cure.
curatively
curatively
adv
In a curative manner.
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curatives
curatives
noun
plural of curative
curtisville
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
curvative
curvative
adj
Having slightly curved margins or sides.
noun
(anatomy) One of the curved walls of the stomach.
(differential geometry) The first partial derivative of a function that describes a surface.
A convexity or concavity in a surface.
A curved deformation.
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
verb
present participle of curvet
curvetting
curvetting
noun
Alternative form of curveting
curvicaudate
curvicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvidentate
curviest
curviest
adj
superlative form of curvy: most curvy
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvilinearity
curvilinearity
noun
The state or condition of being curvilinear.
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
curvinervate
curvirostral
curvirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a crooked beak
curvirostres
curvital
curvital
adj
Of or relating to curvature.
curvities
curvities
noun
plural of curvity
curvity
curvity
noun
The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
dativogerundial
decaturville
decorrugative
decurvation
denumerantive
denumerative
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
destructive
destructive
adj
(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
Causing breakdown or disassembly.
Causing destruction; damaging.
destructively
destructively
adv
in a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction
destructiveness
destructiveness
noun
the state or quality of being destructive
destructivism
destructivism
noun
An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators.
destructivity
destructivity
noun
destructiveness
detritivorous
detritivorous
adj
(ecology) That feeds on detritus; saprophagous
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
detrusive
deuterovitellose
devolutionary
devolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
disadventure
disadventure
noun
(obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune.
disadventurous
disadventurous
adj
(obsolete) Unfortunate; calamitous.
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
discursative
discursativeness
disfigurative
disfigurative
adj
disfiguring
disinvestiture
disinvestiture
noun
The act of depriving of investiture.
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
disruptiveness
disruptiveness
noun
Quality or state of being disruptive.
distributival
distributive
distributive
adj
(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
(logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
Relating to distribution.
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
noun
(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
(grammar) distributive case
(mathematics) A distributive numeral.
distributively
distributively
adv
In a distributive manner
distributiveness
distributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being distributive or allotting.
distributivity
distributivity
noun
(mathematics) the fact of being distributive
disturbative
disturbative
adj
(chiefly archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
disventure
disventure
noun
(obsolete) A disadventure.
disvulnerability
diumvirate
diverticula
diverticular
diverticular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.
diverticulate
diverticulate
adj
Related to a diverticulum
diverticulitis
diverticulitis
noun
(medicine, pathology) An infection of the diverticulum.
diverticulosis
diverticulosis
noun
(pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.
diverticulum
diverticulum
noun
(anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
divestiture
divestiture
noun
The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization.
divestitures
divestitures
noun
plural of divestiture
divesture
divesture
noun
Obsolete form of divestiture.
divulgater
divulgater
noun
(obsolete) One who divulges.
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
durative
durative
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
Long-lasting.
noun
(linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
duratives
duratives
noun
plural of durative
duumvirate
duumvirate
noun
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
edulcorative
edulcorative
adj
Tending to sweeten or purify by affusions of water.
electroconvulsive
electroconvulsive
adj
(medicine) Causing seizures or convulsions by means of strong electrical shocks.
electropercussive
electroviscous
electroviscous
adj
(physics, chemistry) Describing the effects of electric charge on viscosity
emotiovascular
enculturative
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
equilibrative
equilibrative
adj
That equilibrates
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
eructative
eruptive
eruptive
adj
(geology) Produced by eruption.
Accompanied by eruptions.
That erupts or bursts forth.
noun
An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptiveness
eruptiveness
Noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
eruptives
eruptives
noun
plural of eruptive
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
evangelistarium
evaristus
evirtuate
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.
excitovascular
excurvation
expurgative
extrapunitive
extrapunitive
adj
(psychology) Tending to punish others.
extravehicular
extravehicular
adj
Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space
extraventricular
extraventricular
adj
(anatomy) Outside the ventricle.
extrusive
extrusive
adj
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
Jutting out; extruding.
noun
(geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.
exulcerative
exulcerative
adj
Tending to cause ulcers.
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.