Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.
Shortened; made briefer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
abbreviates
abbreviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abbreviator
abbreviator
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
abstractive
abstractive
adj
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
acetylative
acetylative
adj
Causing or relating to acetylation.
achievement
achievement
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
adinvention
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adventitial
adventitial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adventitia
(obsolete) Alternative form of adventitious
adventitias
adventitias
noun
plural of adventitia
adventively
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adversative
adversative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing adverse effect.
(linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.
noun
(rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
adversities
adversities
noun
plural of adversity
advertisers
advertisers
noun
plural of advertiser
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
advertorial
advertorial
noun
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
aftervision
aggravative
aggravative
adj
Tending to aggravate.
noun
That which aggravates.
aggregative
aggregative
adj
By, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
albertville
albertville
Proper noun
A town in the département of Savoie.
alleviaters
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviation
alleviation
noun
the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
alleviative
alleviative
adj
That alleviates pain; palliative
noun
That which alleviates; a drug or remedy.
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
altercative
altercative
adj
(rare) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
alternative
alternative
adj
(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Other; different from something else.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
noun
(uncountable, music) alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
alternativo
alveolation
alveolation
noun
(geology) An eroded structure of honeycomb-like cavities
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
ameliorativ
amplicative
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anoxidative
antevenient
antevenient
adj
(formal) Coming before; preceding.
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antierosive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antivenefic
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
appellative
appellative
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
noun
a common noun
an epithet
applicative
applicative
adj
(computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
Having practical application; applicable.
Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
appreciativ
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
arbitrative
arbitrative
adj
Of or relating to arbitration.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
architraves
architraves
noun
plural of architrave
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
assertative
assertively
assertively
adv
In an assertive manner.
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
attentively
attentively
adv
In an attentive manner.
attenuative
attenuative
adj
(brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
attestative
attestative
adj
Of the nature of attestation.
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
austinville
autoceptive
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
aviatresses
aviatresses
noun
plural of aviatress
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
barkevikite
barkevikite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular hornblende mineral.
bartonville
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
bathvillite
beattyville
bedevilment
bedevilment
noun
The characteristic of being bedeviled.
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
beneceptive
benedictive
benedictive
adj
Of, relating to, or being a benediction or blessing.
noun
(linguistics) A particular verbal mood in Sanskrit language.
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
bentonville
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bijectively
bijectively
adv
In a bijective manner.
blountville
blountville
Proper noun
A in the U.S. state of that is the of
blytheville
blytheville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
bolshevists
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
bryantville
burgraviate
burgraviate
noun
The territory of a burgrave.
butlerville
calculative
calculative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
calefactive
calefactive
adj
calefactory
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
captivately
captivative
captivative
adj
captivating
captivities
captivities
noun
plural of captivity
carminative
carminative
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
carterville
castigative
castigative
adj
That castigates.
castroville
catonsville
causatively
causatively
adv
In a causative manner
Regarding causation
celebrative
celebrative
adj
(uncommon) Involving celebration; having the nature of a celebration.
centervelic
centerville
centerville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
an unincorporated community in Alabama.
an unincorporated community in Arkansas.
a neighbourhood in California.
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in California.
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
an unincorporated community in Delaware; also spelt Centreville.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a city in Georgia.
an unincorporated community in Idaho.
a town in Indiana.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a city in Iowa
an unincorporated community in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community in Louisiana.
a former town in Maine.
a village in Massachusetts.
a city in Minnesota.
a city in Missouri
unincorporated communities in and New Jersey.
a town in New York.
a small town in North Carolina.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a village in Ohio.
a city in and Ohio.
a small borough in Pennsylvania.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a CDP in South Carolina.
a small city in South Dakota.
a town in Tennessee
a small city in Texas
a small community in Texas, also known as Little Centerville.
a city in Utah.
unincorporated communities in and Virginia.
a CDP in Washington.
unincorporated communities in and Wisconsin; both are also spelt Centreville.
a small town in Wisconsin.
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
centreville
centreville
Proper noun
a village in New Brunswick, Canada.
a part of a town (Centreville-Wareham-Trinity) in Newfoundland, Canada.
subdivision on Nova Scotia, Canada.
communities in and Nova Scotia.
a community on Nova Scotia.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA
the alternative spelling for Delaware, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a town in Maryland, USA
a village in Michigan, USA
a town in and Mississippi, USA.
a ghost town in Texas, USA
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
cesarevitch
charitative
chenevixite
chenevixite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
chilacavote
cicatrisive
cicatrisive
adj
(archaic) Tending to promote scarring; good for healing a wound.
cinevariety
cinevariety
noun
(historical) A kind of variety show incorporating bioscope film.
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumviate
clavecinist
clavecinist
noun
A musician who plays the clavecin.
claviculate
claviculate
adj
Of, or relating to the clavicle.
clavierists
clavierists
noun
plural of clavierist
cleverality
cleverality
noun
(formerly Scotland, now chiefly Ireland) cleverness
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coagulative
coagulative
adj
Having the power to cause coagulation
coatesville
cocultivate
cocultivate
verb
To cultivate along with another organism
coevalities
coevalneity
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
cognitively
cognitively
adv
Relating to thinking (cognition).
cohortative
cohortative
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.