(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
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
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adventurousness
adventurousness
noun
The quality of being adventurous.
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
alviducous
anarchoindividualist
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
audiovisuals
audiovisuals
noun
audiovisual material
audivision
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avidous
avidous
adj
(obsolete) avid; keen; desirous
avoidupois
avoidupoises
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
bivouaced
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
bougainvilliidae
boulevard
boulevard
noun
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardiers
boulevardiers
noun
plural of boulevardier
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
boulevards
boulevards
noun
plural of boulevard
bouvard
bouvardia
budennovsk
burfordville
cadaverous
cadaverous
adj
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
cadaverousness
cadaverousness
noun
The state or quality of being cadaverous.
cardiovascular
cardiovascular
adj
Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.
carludovica
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
clavodeltoideus
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjuvancy
coadjuvancy
noun
(rare) cooperation; mutual effort
coadjuvant
coadjuvant
adj
cooperating
noun
(medicine) An adjuvant.
coadjuvate
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coadventuress
coadventuring
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
conditivium
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
conduciveness
conduciveness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being conducive.
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
conductivity
conductivity
noun
(physics) The reciprocal of resistivity
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
convoluted
convoluted
adj
(chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
convolutedly
convolutedly
adv
In a convoluted manner.
convolutedness
convolutedness
noun
The quality of being convoluted.
convolvulad
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
convulsedly
counteradvance
counteradvance
noun
An advance that counters or goes against another advance.
counteradvantage
counteradvantage
noun
A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.
An advantage held by an opponent.
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
counterevidence
counterevidence
noun
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
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.
countervailed
countervailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countervail
countervindication
couvade
couvade
noun
A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman.
Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.
(mathematics) The inversion of a convolution equation; does not normally have unique solution
decorrugative
decurvation
deindividualization
deindividualization
noun
The act or process of deindividualizing.
deorsumvergence
deorsumversion
deorsumversion
noun
(medicine) lowering of the eyes; downward gaze
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
desoeuvre
desulfovibrio
detritivorous
detritivorous
adj
(ecology) That feeds on detritus; saprophagous
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
deuterovitellose
deutovum
deutovum
noun
The incompletely developed larva of a mite after shedding of the chorion
devaluation
devaluation
noun
(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
Depreciation.
The removal or lessening of something's value.
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
devious
devious
adj
Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
deviously
deviously
adv
In a devious manner.
deviousness
deviousness
noun
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
devolute
devolute
verb
(obsolete) To devolve.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devolutionary
devolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
devolutionist
devolutionist
adj
Supporting or relating to a policy of devolution.
noun
A proponent of devolution.
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devolutive
devour
devour
verb
To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
devourable
devourable
adj
Able to be devoured.
devoured
devoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devour
devourer
devourer
noun
One who devours.
devourers
devourers
noun
plural of devourer
devouress
devouress
noun
(obsolete) A female devourer.
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
devouringness
devouringness
noun
The quality of something that devours.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
devours
devours
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devour
devout
devout
adj
(archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
noun
(obsolete) A devotee.
(obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
devouter
devouter
adj
comparative form of devout: more devout
devoutful
devoutful
adj
(obsolete) Full of devotion.
(obsolete) Sacred.
devoutless
devoutless
adj
Destitute of devotion.
devoutlessly
devoutlessness
devoutly
devoutly
adv
In a devout manner.
devoutness
devoutness
noun
The state or quality of being devout.
devoutnesses
devoutnesses
noun
plural of devoutness
devulcanization
devulcanization
noun
To process of treating vulcanized rubber so as to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.