(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
achievability
achievability
noun
The state or condition of being achievable.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
addictiveness
addictiveness
noun
The characteristic of being addictive.
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventureship
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresses
adventuresses
noun
plural of adventuress
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adversatively
adversatively
adv
In an adversative manner
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertizement
advertizement
noun
Alternative spelling of advertisement
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
agglomerative
agglomerative
adj
Having a tendency to agglomerate
agglutinative
agglutinative
adj
(grammar) having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning
sticky, tacky, adhesive
noun
(grammar) A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.
A sticky material; an adhesive.
aggravatingly
aggravatingly
adv
In an aggravating manner.
aggregatively
aggregatively
adv
In an aggregative manner.
alcovinometer
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
alternatively
alternatively
adv
(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities
in an alternative way
alternativity
alternativity
noun
(mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure.
A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.
The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable.
alveolodental
alveolodental
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the teeth
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
antecurvature
anteroventral
anteroventral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the underside of the front of the head.
noun
Any structure situated under the front of the head (especially of an insect).
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
antievolution
antievolution
adj
Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection
antigravitate
antigravitate
verb
(physics, intransitive) To exert negative gravity.
antilevelling
antilevelling
adj
Alternative form of antileveling
antimediaeval
antimediaeval
adj
Alternative form of antimedieval
antinarrative
antinarrative
noun
(narratology) A narrative (as of a play or novel) that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the narrative, such as a coherent plot and resolution.
antireductive
antireflexive
antisiccative
antisilverite
antivaccinist
antivaccinist
noun
One opposed to vaccination.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivibrating
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
appellatively
appellatively
adv
(grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appropriative
appropriative
adj
Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation.
approvability
approximative
approximative
adj
Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation.
archdetective
archvestryman
aregenerative
argumentative
argumentative
adj
Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
Prone to argue or dispute.
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
arterioverter
assassinative
assassinative
adj
Characterized by assassination; inclined to murder.
assentiveness
assentiveness
noun
The state or quality of being assentive.
assertiveness
assertiveness
noun
The quality of being self-assured and assertive.
asseverations
asseverations
noun
plural of asseveration
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
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.
assortatively
assortatively
adv
In an assortative way.
atavistically
atavistically
adv
In an atavistic manner.
attentiveness
attentiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attentive.
attributively
attributively
adv
In an attributive manner.
authoritative
authoritative
adj
Arising or originating from a figure of authority
Having a commanding style.
Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority
autoconverter
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoelevation
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
autonavigator
avanguardisti
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
aviatoriality
avocationally
avocationally
adv
In an avocational manner.
basivertebral
basivertebral
adj
Of or pertaining to the base or centrum of a vertebral structure
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
believability
believability
noun
The state or quality of being believable.
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
bioactivities
bioactivities
noun
plural of bioactivity
bonaventurism
brackettville
brevirostrate
brevirostrate
adj
Short-beaked; having a short bill.
calvinistical
cantilevering
cantilevering
noun
The motion or use of a cantilever.
verb
present participle of cantilever
capacitativly
captivatingly
captivatingly
adv
In a captivating manner.
carnivoracity
carnivoracity
noun
(obsolete, humorous) greedy appetite for flesh
carvomenthene
carvomenthene
noun
(organic chemistry) The monoterpene (4R)-1-methyl-4-propan-2-ylcyclohexene
causativeness
causativeness
noun
The quality of being causative.
cauthornville
certificative
certificative
adj
That certifies.
circumaviator
circumvallate
circumvallate
adj
(anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
verb
(transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
cirrostrative
cirrostrative
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of cirrostratus clouds
civilisations
civilisations
noun
plural of civilisation
civilizations
civilizations
noun
plural of civilization
clairvoyantly
clairvoyantly
adv
In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
clavelization
clavelization
noun
inoculation (of an animal) against sheeppox
clavichordist
clavichordist
noun
Someone who plays the clavichord.
clavicytheria
clavipectoral
clavipectoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the chest
cleavelandite
cleavelandite
noun
(mineralogy) A white lamellar variety of albite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventuress
coadventuring
coalternative
coalternative
adj
Alternative form of coalternate
collaborative
collaborative
adj
Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
noun
(management) An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal
combativeness
combativeness
noun
the state of being combative
commemorative
commemorative
adj
Serving to commemorate something.
noun
(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues.
An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc.
commiserative
commiserative
adj
Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy
communicative
communicative
adj
Eager to communicate; talkative.
commutatively
commutatively
adv
In a commutative manner.
commutativity
commutativity
noun
(mathematics, physics) The state of being commutative.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
comparativist
comparativist
noun
Alternative form of comparatist
computatively
concentrative
concentrative
adj
Characterised by concentration.
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conneautville
connotatively
connotatively
adv
In a way that connotes.
conservations
conservations
noun
plural of conservation
conservatisms
conservatisms
noun
plural of conservatism
conservatives
conservatives
noun
plural of conservative
conservatoire
conservatoire
noun
(music) A music academy.
conservatorio
considerative
considerative
adj
(archaic) considerate; careful; thoughtful
consolidative
consolidative
adj
Tending or having power to consolidate.
contaminative
contaminative
adj
That contaminates
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contraceptive
contraceptive
adj
That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
noun
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
contractively
contradictive
contradictive
adj
(now rare) Contradictory.
contrastively
contrastively
adv
In a contrastive manner.
contravalence
contravariant
contravariant
adj
(category theory, of a functor) which reverses composition
(object-oriented programming) Using or relating to contravariance.
noun
(algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in dual variables of x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
contravention
contravention
noun
The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.
contraversion
contraversion
noun
A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
controversial
controversial
adj
Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
convalescents
convalescents
noun
plural of convalescent
conventically
conventicular
conventionary
conventionary
adj
(obsolete) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement.
conversations
conversations
noun
plural of conversation
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conversation
convertaplane
convertaplane
noun
Alternative form of convertiplane
convertiplane
convertiplane
noun
Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate