(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviators
abbreviators
noun
plural of abbreviator
abbreviatory
abbreviatory
adj
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
adverbiation
ambiversions
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
barbourville
barbourville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
bartonsville
basialveolar
basialveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)
bdellovibrio
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovenish
behaviorally
behaviorally
adv
With respect to behavior.
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.
benzoflavine
bioavailable
bioavailable
adj
Able to be absorbed by a living organism.
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
bivoluminous
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
boddhisattva
boddhisattva
noun
Alternative form of bodhisattva
bodhisattvas
bodhisattvas
noun
plural of bodhisattva
bolshevikian
bolshevikism
bolshevistic
bolshevizing
bolshevizing
verb
present participle of bolshevize
bougainville
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
bowmansville
brandonville
brevifoliate
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bristolville
burfordville
burtonsville
clavicembalo
clavicembalo
noun
(music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord.
combinantive
combustively
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
discoverable
discoverable
adj
(law) Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.
Able to be discovered.
discoverably
discoverably
adv
In a discoverable way.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
everblooming
everblooming
adj
Describes a plant that blooms throughout the growing season.
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
gibbonsville
graverobbing
graverobbing
noun
The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
gravicembalo
gravicembalo
noun
(music) An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord
hebbronville
immovability
immovability
noun
The state of being immovable.
inevaporable
inobservable
inobservable
adj
unobservable
inobservance
inobservance
noun
Lack of observance.
inobservancy
inobservancy
noun
Alternative form of inobservance
irreprovable
irreprovable
adj
Not reprovable; irreproachable.
irreprovably
irreprovably
adv
In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably.
irresolvable
irresolvable
adj
Impossible to resolve; insoluble.
Impossible to separate into its component parts.
labioversion
laboursaving
lovabilities
lovabilities
noun
plural of lovability
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
misbehaviors
misbehaviors
noun
plural of misbehavior
misbehaviour
misbehaviour
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior
movabilities
movabilities
noun
plural of movability
nonabusively
nonabusively
adv
In a nonabusive manner.
nonadverbial
nonadverbial
adj
Not adverbial.
nonavoidable
nonavoidable
adj
That cannot be avoided.
nonavoidably
nonbelievers
nonbelievers
noun
plural of nonbeliever
nonbelieving
nonbelieving
adj
Not a believer; in particular, not a member of a specific religious group
noncombative
noncombative
adj
Not combative.
nonderivable
nonderivable
adj
Alternative spelling of non-derivable
nondivisible
nondivisible
adj
Not divisible.
nonevincible
nonnavigable
nonnavigable
adj
Not navigable.
nonnavigably
nonobjective
nonobjective
adj
Not objective; biased.
noun
With respect to an assignment or mission, something that is not an objective or goal.
nonobserving
nonobsessive
nonobsessive
adj
Not obsessive.
nonobviously
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
nonverbosity
nonveritable
nonveritably
nonviability
nonviability
noun
The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
nonvibratile
nonvibratile
adj
Not vibratile.
nonvibrating
nonvibrating
adj
Not vibrating; that does not vibrate.
nonvibration
nonvibratory
nonvibratory
adj
Not vibratory.
objectivated
objectivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of objectivate
objectivisms
objectivisms
noun
plural of objectivism
objectivists
objectivists
noun
plural of objectivist
objectivized
objectivized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of objectivize
obliterative
obliterative
adj
Tending or serving to obliterate.
oblivescence
oblivescence
noun
(formal) forgetting; state of being forgotten
obliviscence
obliviscence
noun
(obsolete) Forgetfulness.
obliviscible
observantine
observantine
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Observant branch of Franciscan friars
Noun
A member of the Observant branch of Franciscan friars.
observantist
observations
observations
noun
plural of observation
observership
observership
noun
The office or work of an observer.
obstructives
obstructives
noun
plural of obstructive
ovariolumbar
overbeetling
overbitterly
overbitterly
adv
in an overbitter manner
overbragging
overbreeding
overbreeding
verb
present participle of overbreed
overbriefing
overbrightly
overbrightly
adv
Too brightly.
overbrimming
overbrimming
adj
(rare) Being plentiful, particularly excessively so.