(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.
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.
allgovite
alveolite
antinovel
antinovel
noun
(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
anviltops
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
artukovic
assortive
avalokita
avenolith
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
aviations
aviations
noun
plural of aviation
avigation
avigation
noun
(dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
avigators
avigators
noun
plural of avigator
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.
avoidment
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
biovulate
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
collative
collative
adj
(ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.
Having the power of conferring.
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
concavity
concavity
noun
(countable) A concave structure or surface
(uncountable) The state of being concave
connivant
connivant
adj
(botany) Having the ends inclined towards each other
corrivate
corrivate
verb
(obsolete) To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.
covariant
covariant
adj
(category theory) (Of a functor) which preserves composition.
(object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
noun
(algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
(algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
covariate
covariate
noun
(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
covibrate
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
deviation
deviation
noun
(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
A detour in a road or railway.
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
deviators
deviators
noun
plural of deviator
deviatory
deviatory
adj
Tending to deviate.
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
dmitrovka
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
dovetails
dovetails
noun
plural of dovetail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail
driveboat
elevation
elevation
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
estivator
estivator
noun
(biology) Any animal that estivates
evagation
evagation
noun
A wandering about; excursion; a roving.
evanition
evanition
noun
disappearance; vanishment
evaporite
evaporite
noun
The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates.
eviration
eviration
noun
(now rare, historical) Emasculation; effeminacy.
evitation
evitation
noun
(obsolete) A shunning; avoidance.
evocating
evocating
verb
present participle of evocate
evocation
evocation
noun
The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
evocative
evocative
adj
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
evocatrix
evocatrix
noun
(dated) A female evocator.
favorites
favorites
noun
plural of favorite
favosites
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
flotative
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
foveation
foveation
noun
Pitting and scarring, as seen in smallpox, chickenpox, etc.
The act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).
gavotting
gavotting
verb
present participle of gavotte
gravitons
gravitons
noun
plural of graviton
grivation
grivation
noun
The angle, at any point on the surface of the Earth, between grid north and magnetic north.
hortative
hortative
adj
(comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
(grammar, not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
noun
(grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
horvatian
hotevilla
innovated
innovated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of innovate
innovates
innovates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of innovate
innovator
innovator
noun
(marketing) An early adopter.
Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
inviolate
inviolate
adj
Incorruptible.
Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
invocated
invocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invocate
invocates
invocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invocate
invocator
invocator
noun
One who invocates the spirits of the dead.
isolative
isolative
adj
Relating to, characterized by, or causing isolation.
jovialist
jovialist
noun
(archaic) One who lives a jovial life.
joviality
joviality
noun
The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.
lavations
lavations
noun
plural of lavation
lavrovite
leviation
levigator
levigator
noun
A person or tool that levigates.
levitator
levitator
noun
One who, or that which, levitates.
livistona
locatives
locatives
noun
plural of locative
mavortian
moldavite
moldavite
noun
(geology) A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
motivated
motivated
adj
Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of motivate
motivates
motivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motivate
motivator
motivator
noun
agent noun of motivate; one who motivates.
navigator
navigator
noun
(computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
(obsolete) A labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy.
A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
A sea explorer.
nervation
nervation
noun
A pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf.
nonactive
nonactive
adj
Not active; inactive; inert.
nonnative
nonnative
adj
Alternative form of non-native
normative
normative
adj
Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
Conforming to a norm or norms.
Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
noun
A regulation imposed to preserve a norm.
novations
novations
noun
plural of novation
noviciate
noviciate
noun
Alternative form of novitiate
novitiate
novitiate
noun
The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.
The place where a novice lives and studies.
obviating
obviating
verb
present participle of obviate
obviation
obviation
noun
The act of obviating; deterrence or prevention.
obviative
obviative
adj
(linguistics) Relating to such a referent or grammatical marker.
noun
(linguistics) A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively non-salient referent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one.
obviators
obviators
noun
plural of obviator
octavaria
olfactive
olfactive
adj
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory
olivaster
olivaster
adj
Of the color of the olive; tawny.
onerative
operative
operative
adj
Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
Effectual or important.
Functional, in working order.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
noun
A participant in an operation.
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
opinative
opinative
adj
(obsolete) Opinionated, maintaining one's position stubbornly.
Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
optatives
optatives
noun
plural of optative
outcavils
outraving
outraving
verb
present participle of outrave
outrivals
outrivals
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrival
outvanish
outwaving
ovalities
ovalities
noun
plural of ovality
ovational
ovational
adj
Of or relating to ovation.
overfaint
overfaint
adj
Too faint.
overfaith
overpaint
overpaint
verb
To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
To color or describe too strongly.
overstaid
overstaid
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of overstay
overstain
overstain
verb
(transitive) To stain the surface of; besmear.
overtrain
overtrain
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To train too much or too long.
oviductal
oviductal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the oviduct.
oviparity
oviparity
noun
The condition of being oviparous
ovulating
ovulating
verb
present participle of ovulate
ovulation
ovulation
noun
(physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.
oxidative
oxidative
adj
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
paviotsos
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
pivotally
pivotally
adv
In a pivotal way.
portative
portative
adj
(now rare) Portable.
(obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying.
noun
(now chiefly historical) A portative organ.
positival
privation
privation
noun
(obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.
(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
proactive
proactive
adj
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
prolative
prolative
adj
(grammar) extending or completing a predication
(obsolete) uttered
noun
(grammar) the prolative case
pronative
quinovate
quinovate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of quinovic acid
quotative
quotative
adj
(grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
(linguistics) A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
ravigotes
ravigotes
noun
plural of ravigote
reviolate
reviolate
verb
To violate again.
riverboat
riverboat
noun
A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
salivator
salivator
noun
(medicine) An agent which causes salivation.
One who salivates.
salvation
salvation
noun
(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
verb
(rare) To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.
savoriest
savoriest
adj
superlative form of savory: most savory
semiovate
semiovate
adj
Half ovate.
servation
sociative
sociative
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to the sociative case.
noun
(grammar) The sociative case.
soliative
solvating
solvating
verb
present participle of solvate
solvation
solvation
noun
(chemistry) An association, or a reaction, of a solute with a solvent