(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.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
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.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
aftervision
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
alternativo
ameliorativ
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antierosive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
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.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
archvisitor
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
bartonville
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
castroville
cavillatory
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
cohortative
cohortative
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.
Encouraging.
noun
(grammar) The cohortative mood.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
contracivil
contractive
contractive
adj
Able to contract; contractile
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
contrivance
contrivance
noun
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Something overly artful or artificial.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
correlative
correlative
adj
Mutually related; corresponding.
noun
(formal) Either of two correlative things.
(grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
corrivality
corrivation
corrivation
noun
(obsolete) The flowing of different streams into one.
The concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.
coruscative
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
covariation
covariation
noun
covariance
covibration
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
deactivator
deactivator
noun
A chamber filled with iron filings or other material used to remove excess oxygen or other substances from water.
Any device used to deactivate something.
decurvation
deformative
dehortative
dehortative
adj
dissuasive
denervation
denervation
noun
(medicine) The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by surgical or chemical means
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
devotionary
divaricator
divaricator
noun
(zoology) One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
efformative
elaborative
elaborative
adj
Serving to elaborate.
enervations
enervations
noun
plural of enervation
enteroviral
enteroviral
adj
relating to an enterovirus
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
evaporative
evaporative
adj
Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
eventration
eventration
noun
(medicine) A large wound in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
(medicine) A tumour containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, caused by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
The act of disembowelling.
eviscerator
eviscerator
noun
A device for eviscerating something.
Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
excurvation
exhortative
exhortative
adj
(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
noun
The exhortative mood.
exonerative
exonerative
adj
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
extraviolet
extraviolet
adj
(obsolete) ultraviolet
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
formicative
gravidation
gravidation
noun
(obsolete) gravidity
gravitation
gravitation
noun
(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all particles with mass in the universe. It is the weakest of the four forces, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.
hortatively
hortatively
adv
In a hortative way.
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
informative
informative
adj
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
(obsolete) Formative; having power to form.
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
innervation
innervation
noun
Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
The act of innervating or stimulating.
The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.
inobservant
inobservant
adj
Not observant; heedless.
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
insectivora
intraoctave
intraoctave
adj
Within an octave.
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
introactive
invalidator
invalidator
noun
One who, or that which, makes invalid.
inventorial
inventorial
adj
Of or pertaining to an inventory.
invigilator
invigilator
noun
(UK, Canada) A person who supervises students during an examination; a proctor
(chiefly UK or archaic) A person who supervises a gallery at a museum.
invigorated
invigorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invigorate
invigorates
invigorates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate
invigorator
invigorator
noun
One who, or that which, invigorates.
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
isovalerate
isovalerate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of isovaleric acid.
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
mantorville
mantorville
Proper noun
a small city in Minnesota, USA
meliorative
meliorative
adj
That meliorates; curative, salutary.
monovariant
monovariant
noun
(mathematics) A variable whose value changes in one direction only (gets either larger or smaller)
mordicative
mordicative
adj
Biting; corrosive.
multiovular
navratilova
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
nonabortive
nonabortive
adj
Not abortive.
noncreative
noncreative
Adjective
Not creative.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
nonfavorite
nonfavorite
adj
Not favorite.
nonreactive
nonreactive
adj
That will not react.
nonrelative
nonrelative
adj
Alternative spelling of non-relative
nonrotative
nonrotative
adj
Not rotative.
nonveracity
nonvertical
nonvertical
adj
Not vertical
nonvibrator
nonvortical
nonvortical
adj
Not vortical.
normatively
normatively
adv
In a normative manner or context.
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
observation
observation
noun
(stochastics) A realization of a random variable.
A judgement based on observing.
A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.
A remark or comment.
Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
Philosophically as: the phenomenal presence of human being existence.
The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
observative
observative
adj
observant; watchful
operatively
operatively
adv
In an operative manner.
operativity
operativity
noun
operativeness
orientative
orientative
adj
(grammar) Transmitting the sense of orientation towards an entity.
Serving to orient or orientate.
originative
originative
adj
That originates; creative
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outsavoring
ovariectomy
ovariectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.