(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
accoville
accretive
accretive
adj
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
acervatim
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
acquaviva
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
activated
activated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activate
activates
activates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate
activator
activator
noun
(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
(chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
One who, or that which, activates.
activisms
activisms
noun
plural of activism
activists
activists
noun
plural of activist
activital
activital
adj
Relating to activity, especially (anthropology) the complex activities of human beings within a culture.
activized
activized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activize
acurative
addictive
addictive
adj
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Enjoyable.
noun
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
advancing
advancing
noun
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
verb
present participle of advance
advancive
advancive
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advective
advective
adj
Relating to advection.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anticivic
anticivic
adj
Against the welfare and best interests of citizens and their citizenship.
In opposition to citizenship.
anticivil
anticivil
adj
Alternative form of anti-civil
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
arrivance
arrivance
noun
(obsolete) Arrival
artukovic
ascensive
ascensive
adj
(grammar) Augmentative; intensive.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
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.
aviatrice
avicebron
avicennia
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
avocation
avocation
noun
(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
awunctive
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
beckville
bellovaci
bercovici
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
bicalvous
biclavate
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
bivalence
bivalence
noun
The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
bivalency
bivalency
noun
The quality of being bivalent.
bivouaced
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
boscovich
cabdriver
cabdriver
noun
One who drives a carriage for a living.
One who drives a taxi for a living.
cadaveric
cadaveric
adj
Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
Pertaining to a corpse.
cadaverin
cadaverin
noun
Alternative form of cadaverine
cadyville
callovian
callovian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
calmative
calmative
adj
Calming.
noun
A drug with calming effects.
calvarial
calvarial
adj
Of or pertaining to the calvaria
calvarias
calvaries
calvaries
noun
plural of calvary
calvarium
calvarium
noun
(anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
calvinian
calvinism
calvinism
Noun
The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
calvinize
calvinize
Verb
To convert to Calvinism.
calvities
calvities
noun
Baldness, the condition of being bald.
plural of calvity
canavalia
canavalin
canavalin
noun
(biochemistry) A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.
cantative
canvasing
canvasing
noun
The act of one who canvases or solicits.
verb
present participle of canvas
capeville
captivate
captivate
verb
(obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
To attract and hold (someone's) interest and attention; to charm.
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
cardville
caressive
caressive
adj
(linguistics) Of a diminutive: indicating affection or endearment.
Having the nature of a caress; gentle, soothing.
noun
(linguistics) A type of diminutive indicating affection or endearment.
carnivals
carnivals
noun
plural of carnival
carnivora
carnivore
carnivore
noun
(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
(zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
A follower of the carnivore diet (consuming only animal-based products, such as meat, eggs and dairy)
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
carvoeira
caryville
caseville
cassville
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).
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
cavaliere
cavalieri
cavaliero
cavaliero
noun
(archaic) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.
cavaliers
cavaliers
noun
plural of cavalier
cavallies
cavallies
noun
plural of cavally
cavalries
cavalries
noun
plural of cavalry
cavatinas
cavatinas
noun
plural of cavatina
caveating
caveating
noun
(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
verb
present participle of caveat.
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
caverning
caverning
verb
present participle of cavern
cavillers
cavillers
noun
plural of caviller
cavilling
cavilling
noun
cavillation
verb
present participle of cavil
cavillous
cavillous
adj
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
cavitated
cavitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavitate
cavitates
cavitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavitate
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
cazenovia
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
cervantic
cervicide
cervicide
noun
(rare) The killing of deer.
cervicorn
cervicorn
adj
(rare) Having the form of antlers; branched
cervisial
cervuline
cessative
cessative
adj
(grammar) Indicating cessation.
cevadilla
cevadilla
noun
Archaic form of sabadilla.
cevennian
cevitamic
cevitamic
adj
Synonym of ascorbic
chakavski
charivari
charivari
noun
(by extension) Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.
The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
chavicine
chavicine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in Piper species such as black pepper; one of the four diastereomeric geometric isomers of piperine.
chavignol
chervonei
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chevachie
chevalier
chevalier
noun
(card games) In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
(historical) A cavalier; a knight.
chevaline
chevreuil
chevreuil
noun
A roe deer, a roebuck.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
chiavetta
chievance
chievance
noun
(obsolete) An unlawful bargain; trade in which money is extorted as discount.
chinovnik
chinovnik
noun
A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
chirivita
chivachee
chivalric
chivalric
adj
gallant and respectful, especially to women
of, or relating to chivalry
chivareed
chivareed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivaree
chivarees
chivarees
noun
plural of chivaree
chivaried
chivaried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivari
chivaring
chivarras
chivarras
noun
(US) Leather leggings of a sort worn by people in or from Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
chivvying
chivvying
noun
The act of one who chivvies, or hurries somebody along; an urging.