(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.
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
artukovic
avicebron
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
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.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
bellovaci
bercovici
bicalvous
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
bivouaced
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
boscovich
callovian
callovian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
carnivora
carnivore
carnivore
noun
(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
(zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
A follower of the carnivore diet (consuming only animal-based products, such as meat, eggs and dairy)
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
carvoeira
cavaliero
cavaliero
noun
(archaic) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.
cavillous
cavillous
adj
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
cazenovia
cervicorn
cervicorn
adj
(rare) Having the form of antlers; branched
chavignol
chervonei
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
chinovnik
chinovnik
noun
A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
clavicorn
clavicorn
adj
(zoology) Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles
noun
(zoology) One of the Clavicornes.
claviform
claviform
adj
(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
coalville
coalville
Proper noun
a town in district, Leicestershire, England
a CDP in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Utah, USA
coderived
coderives
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
cognovits
cognovits
noun
plural of cognovit
coinvolve
cokeville
coleville
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.
collisive
collisive
adj
(obsolete) Colliding; clashing.
collusive
collusive
adj
secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose
colluvial
colluvial
adj
Of or pertaining to colluvium
colluvies
colluvies
noun
effluvium
medley, hotchpotch
colluvium
colluvium
noun
(geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
commoving
commoving
verb
present participle of commove
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
concaving
concaving
verb
present participle of concave
concavity
concavity
noun
(countable) A concave structure or surface
(uncountable) The state of being concave
conceived
conceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceive
conceiver
conceiver
noun
One who, or that which, conceives.
conceives
conceives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceive
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
connexiva
connexiva
noun
plural of connexivum
connexive
connexive
adj
(dated) connective
connivant
connivant
adj
(botany) Having the ends inclined towards each other
connivent
connivent
adj
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
connivers
connivers
noun
plural of conniver
connivery
connivery
noun
collusion
plotting, scheming
conniving
conniving
adj
That connives; conspiratorial.
verb
present participle of connive
connotive
connotive
adj
Synonym of connotative
contrived
contrived
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrive
contriver
contriver
noun
A person who contrives.
contrives
contrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
convening
convening
noun
An assembly; a meeting.
verb
present participle of convene
convexity
convexity
noun
(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
A convex line or surface.
The state of being convex.
conveying
conveying
verb
present participle of convey
convicted
convicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convict
convictor
convinced
convinced
adj
In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convince
convincer
convincer
noun
One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.
convinces
convinces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convince
convivial
convivial
adj
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
convoking
convoking
verb
present participle of convoke
convoying
convoying
verb
present participle of convoy
cookville
coolville
copeville
cornville
corrasive
corrasive
adj
Obsolete form of corrosive.
corrivals
corrivals
noun
plural of corrival.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrival
corrivate
corrivate
verb
(obsolete) To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.
corrosive
corrosive
adj
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
destroying or undermining something gradually.
noun
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
corvallis
corviform
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
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.
covelline
covelline
noun
(mineralogy) covellite
covellite
covellite
noun
(mineralogy) A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
coverings
coverings
noun
plural of covering
coverlids
coverlids
noun
plural of coverlid
coverside
coverside
noun
A region of country having covers; hunting country.
coversine
coversine
noun
(trigonometry) The coversed sine.
coverslip
coverslip
noun
A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
verb
To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
covibrate
covington
covington
Proper noun
a village in district, Cambridgeshire, England
a city in Georgia, USA
a city in Indiana, USA
a city in Kentucky, USA
a city in Louisiana, USA
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a ghost town in Nebraska, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a town in Oklahoma, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
a small city in Texas, USA.
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
a city in Washington, USA.
covisitor
covisitor
noun
A joint visitor; one who visits a place with another or others.
craigavon
crowville
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
cytovirin
declivous
declivous
adj
sloping downward
decoctive
decoctive
adj
Serving to decoct.
demivoice
devoicing
devoicing
noun
(phonetics) The process by which a sound is devoiced.
verb
present participle of devoice
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
discovers
discovers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discover
discovert
discovert
adj
(law, obsolete) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
noun
(obsolete) An uncovered place or part.
discovery
discovery
noun
(countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
(law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(uncountable) The discovering of new things.
Something discovered.
divorcees
divorcees
noun
plural of divorcee
divorcers
divorcers
noun
plural of divorcer
divorcing
divorcing
verb
present participle of divorce
divorcive
divorcive
adj
(archaic) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.
echovirus
echovirus
noun
A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
elocutive
elocutive
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to elocution.
enforcive
enforcive
adj
Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
environic
equivocal
equivocal
adj
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
noun
(philosophy) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
evections
evections
noun
plural of evection
evictions
evictions
noun
plural of eviction
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.
fivescore
fivescore
num
(archaic) hundred
havocking
incurvous
ingveonic
invection
invection
noun
(obsolete) An inveighing against; invective.
inviolacy
inviolacy
noun
The state or quality of being inviolate.
invocable
invocable
adj
Alternative spelling of invokable
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.
invoicing
invoicing
verb
present participle of invoice
involucel
involucel
noun
(botany) An involucre that forms at the base of a flower cluster within a compound inflorescence.
involucra
involucra
noun
plural of involucrum
involucre
involucre
noun
(botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
izvozchik
lemovices
livestock
livestock
noun
Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.