(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
achievements
achievements
noun
plural of achievement
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
activenesses
activenesses
noun
plural of activeness
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptivities
adaptivities
noun
plural of adaptivity
additivities
additivities
noun
plural of additivity
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adhesiveness
adhesiveness
noun
the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
adjectivitis
adjectivitis
noun
(humorous) The overuse of adjectives in writing.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
advancedness
advancedness
noun
The quality of being advanced.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
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.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversatives
adversatives
noun
plural of adversative
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advisiveness
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aeolsklavier
aeolsklavier
noun
(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aestivations
aestivations
noun
plural of aestivation
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
alekseyevska
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
alveolonasal
alveolonasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the nose
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambiversions
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
animadversal
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
appellatives
appellatives
noun
plural of appellative
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
apprehensive
apprehensive
adj
(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt.
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
archoverseer
arendtsville
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arnoldsville
asphyxiative
assaultively
assaultively
adv
In an assaultive manner.
asseverating
asseverating
verb
present participle of asseverate
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverative
asseverative
adj
Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
assimilative
assimilative
adj
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astrictively
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autopositive
averrhoistic
aversenesses
aversenesses
noun
plural of averseness
aversiveness
aversiveness
noun
Quality or degree of being aversive.
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
avoidupoises
avowableness
avowableness
noun
The state or quality of being avowable.
bargersville
barhamsville
bartlesville
bartonsville
basialveolar
basialveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)
bassirilievi
beaverboards
beaverboards
noun
plural of beaverboard
behaviorisms
behaviorisms
noun
plural of behaviorism
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bolshevikian
bowmansville
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bryantsville
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
caravanserai
caravanserai
noun
(humorous) An upscale hotel.
A home or shelter for caravans.
A roadside inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest.
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
cartersville
cartersville
Proper noun
definition
carversville
cavalierisms
cavalierisms
noun
plural of cavalierism
cavalierness
cavalierness
noun
The state or condition of being cavalier.
cavaliership
cavaliership
noun
The role or status of a cavalier.
cavilingness
cerviconasal
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
civilianizes
civilianizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilianize
clarkesville
clarkesville
Proper noun
A in
A in that is the of
clavieristic
clavieristic
adj
Characteristic of clavier music.
cloverleaves
cloverleaves
noun
plural of cloverleaf
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
condensative
condensative
adj
That tends to condense
consecrative
consecrative
adj
Relating to consecration.
conservation
conservation
noun
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
(physics) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatist
conservative
conservative
adj
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Cautious, moderate.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
noun
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
conservatize
conservatize
verb
To make or become conservative.
conservators
conservators
noun
plural of conservator
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
consociative
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
contraveners
contraveners
noun
plural of contravener
contrivances
contrivances
noun
plural of contrivance
controversal
controversal
adj
(obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.
(obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
convalescent
convalescent
adj
of convalescence or convalescents
recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
noun
A person recovering from illness.
convalescing
convalescing
verb
present participle of convalesce
conversances
conversances
noun
plural of conversance
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
conversation
conversation
noun
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
(computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
conversative
conversative
adj
(dated) Chatty; inclined to talk.
(dated) Relating to conversation with others; social.
conversional
conversional
adj
Relating to conversion.
conveyancers
conveyancers
noun
plural of conveyancer
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
correlatives
correlatives
noun
plural of correlative
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
cravennesses
cravennesses
noun
plural of cravenness
creativeness
creativeness
noun
The state of being creative; creativity.
creativities
creativities
noun
plural of creativity
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curvaceously
curvaceously
adv
In a curvaceous way.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
czarevitches
czarevitches
noun
plural of czarevitch
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people