(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
accoville
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
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.
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
allgovite
alveolite
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
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.
applosive
applosive
noun
(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
ardenvoir
assortive
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
avenolith
averroism
averroism
Noun
The tenets of the Averroists, having to do with the doctrine of monopsychism.
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
aversions
aversions
noun
plural of aversion
avicebron
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avoidable
avoidable
adj
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
noun
Something that can or should be avoided.
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.
avoidless
avoidless
adj
(rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.
avoidment
bavaroise
bavaroise
noun
(sometimes proscribed) A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.
A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
behaviors
behaviors
noun
plural of behavior
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
bellovaci
bercovici
beriosova
berkovtsi
bevington
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
biovulate
biplosive
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bivouaced
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
boerhavia
bolivares
bolivares
noun
plural of bolivar
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bonaveria
bondville
boneville
boonville
broadview
brookview
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.
cazenovia
cervicorn
cervicorn
adj
(rare) Having the form of antlers; branched
chervonei
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
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.
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
colluvies
colluvies
noun
effluvium
medley, hotchpotch
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
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
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
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
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
cookville
coolville
copeville
cornville
corrasive
corrasive
adj
Obsolete form of corrosive.
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.
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
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
crowville
declivous
declivous
adj
sloping downward
decoctive
decoctive
adj
Serving to decoct.
deliveror
demivoice
demivolte
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
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.
devilhood
devilwood
devilwood
noun
A tree (Cartrema americana, syn. Osmanthus americanus), allied to the European olive.
deviously
deviously
adv
In a devious manner.
devoicing
devoicing
noun
(phonetics) The process by which a sound is devoiced.
verb
present participle of devoice
devolving
devolving
verb
present participle of devolve
devotions
devotions
noun
plural of devotion
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
disavowed
disavowed
adj
Strongly disowned or denied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disavow
disavower
disavower
noun
One who disavows.
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.
disproved
disproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disprove
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
disprover
disprover
noun
One who disproves.
disproves
disproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprove
dissolved
dissolved
adj
that has been disintegrated in a solvent
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dissolve
dissolver
dissolver
noun
One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
dissolves
dissolves
noun
plural of dissolve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissolve
diversion
diversion
noun
(law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
(transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
(transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
Removal of water via a canal.
The act of diverting.
diversory
diversory
adj
Tending to divert; causing diversion.
noun
(obsolete, rare) A wayside inn.
divorcees
divorcees
noun
plural of divorcee
divorcers
divorcers
noun
plural of divorcer
divorcive
divorcive
adj
(archaic) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
doraville
dormitive
dormitive
adj
Causing sleep.
noun
A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
dovetails
dovetails
noun
plural of dovetail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail
downriver
downriver
adj
Closer to the mouth of a river
adv
Travelling in the direction of the river current.
driveboat
drivebolt
drivebolt
noun
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
echovirus
echovirus
noun
A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
eindhoven
eindhoven
Proper noun
A city and municipality in North Brabant, the Netherlands.