(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
noun
(grammar) The accusative case.
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
activities
activities
noun
plural of activity
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
adventists
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
aestivates
aestivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aestivate
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
aftershave
aftershave
noun
a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
aggravates
aggravates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate
alleviates
alleviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
antivenins
antivenins
noun
plural of antivenin
appositive
appositive
adj
of or being in apposition
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
arrivistes
arrivistes
noun
plural of arriviste
ascriptive
ascriptive
adj
ascribing; relating to ascription
noun
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
assaultive
assaultive
adj
Confrontational; tending or seeming to assault; characterized by assault.
noun
(psychiatry, criminology) A person who assaults others.
asseverate
asseverate
verb
(transitive) To assert earnestly, seriously, and confidently
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
astrictive
astrictive
adj
binding; astringent
noun
An astringent.
astructive
astructive
adj
(obsolete) Building up; constructive.
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
averrhoist
aversation
aversation
noun
(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
aviatrices
aviatrices
noun
plural of aviatrix
aviatrixes
batesville
batesville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA
a city in and Indiana, USA.
a city in Mississippi, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a CDP in Texas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
beltsville
benevolist
bettsville
bolshevist
bolshevist
Noun
A Bolshevik (also used attributively).
bovinities
bovinities
noun
plural of bovinity
brevetcies
brevetcies
noun
plural of brevetcy
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
cavernitis
cavernitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the corpus cavernosum
cervantist
cervicitis
cervicitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the cervix.
chernovtsy
chervonets
chervonets
noun
Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.
chervontsi
chevrolets
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
civilities
civilities
noun
plural of civility
clavierist
clavierist
noun
A musician who plays the clavier.
coatsville
cognitives
cognitives
noun
plural of cognitive
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
congestive
congestive
adj
Characterized by congestion
consentive
conservant
conservant
adj
Having the power or quality of conservation; conserving.
conservate
conservate
verb
(dated, transitive) To conserve.
(nonstandard, intransitive) To practice conservation.
constative
constative
adj
(linguistics) Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
noun
(linguistics) An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
contorsive
contrivers
contrivers
noun
plural of contriver
conversant
conversant
adj
(obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
noun
One who converses with another.
converters
converters
noun
plural of converter
convertise
convertism
convertors
convertors
noun
plural of convertor
covariates
covariates
noun
plural of covariate
coventries
covertness
covertness
noun
The characteristic of being covert.
covetously
covetously
adv
In a covetous manner
cultivates
cultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cultivate
curvatures
curvatures
noun
plural of curvature
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
deatsville
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
derivatist
desolative
detectives
detectives
noun
plural of detective
devaluates
devaluates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate
devastated
devastated
adj
Extremely upset and shocked.
Ruined, ravaged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devastate
devastates
devastates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devastate
devastator
devastator
noun
one who devastates.
devastavit
devastavit
noun
(property law) In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.
(property law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
developist
deviations
deviations
noun
plural of deviation
devilments
devilments
noun
plural of devilment
deviltries
deviltries
noun
plural of deviltry
devitalise
devitalise
verb
Alternative form of devitalize
devoteeism
devoteeism
noun
The role or state of a devotee.
devoutless
devoutless
adj
Destitute of devotion.
devoutness
devoutness
noun
The state or quality of being devout.
directives
directives
noun
plural of directive
discretive
discretive
adj
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
disportive
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
dissective
dissective
adj
(grammar) Referring to a number of individual or separate things rather than a mass (e.g. snowflakes rather than snow).
Tending to dissect.
dissentive
dissentive
adj
(obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent
dissolvent
dissolvent
adj
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve a solid body.
noun
A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
distensive
distensive
adj
distending, or capable of being distended
distortive
distortive
adj
Causing distortion.
disvantage
disventure
disventure
noun
(obsolete) A disadventure.
divestible
divestible
adj
Capable of being divested.
divestment
divestment
noun
(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
divinister
divinistre
divinistre
Noun
A diviner.
divinities
divinities
noun
plural of divinity
dostoevski
dostoevsky
elastivity
electivism
elevations
elevations
noun
plural of elevation
emissivity
emissivity
noun
(physics) The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a specific wavelength.
enervators
enervators
noun
plural of enervator
estimative
estimative
adj
Of or pertaining to an estimate or to estimation.
estivating
estivating
verb
present participle of estivate
estivation
estivation
noun
Alternative spelling of aestivation
evacuators
evacuators
noun
plural of evacuator
evaluators
evaluators
noun
plural of evaluator
evanescent
evanescent
adj
(botany) Of plant parts: shed after a period.
(electromagnetism) Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in the vicinity of its source.
(mathematics) Of a number or value: diminishing to the point of reaching zero as a limit; infinitesimal.
Barely there; almost imperceptible.
Disappearing, vanishing.
Ephemeral, fleeting, momentary.
evangelist
evangelist
noun
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
(biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
(by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(technology) A person hired to promote a particular technology.
evaporates
evaporates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate
eventuates
eventuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eventuate
eviscerate
eviscerate
verb
(intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.
(transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
(transitive) To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
(transitive) To elicit the essence of.
(transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
evocations
evocations
noun
plural of evocation
evolutions
evolutions
noun
plural of evolution
evtushenko
excavators
excavators
noun
plural of excavator
excusative
executives
executives
noun
plural of executive
exhaustive
exhaustive
adj
(now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring
Fully comprehensive
Including every possible element
expletives
expletives
noun
plural of expletive
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
extraverts
extraverts
noun
plural of extravert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravert
extroverts
extroverts
noun
plural of extrovert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrovert
eyeservant
eyeservant
noun
A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
fervescent
fervescent
adj
Growing hot.
festivally
festivally
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.