(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
algovite
aviolite
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bravoite
caviteno
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
civetone
civetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone 1-cycloheptadec-9-enone that is a pheromone produced by the civet cat, and is used to add a musky tone to perfumes
coactive
coactive
adj
(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
coinvent
coinvent
verb
To invent jointly.
conative
conative
adj
Of or pertaining to a striving action.
contrive
contrive
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period).
To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
cooptive
cooptive
adj
Relating to cooption
coveting
coveting
noun
The act of one who covets.
verb
present participle of covet
covetise
covetise
noun
(obsolete) Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
demivolt
demivolt
noun
A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his forelegs in a particular manner.
denotive
denotive
adj
Serving to denote something.
deviator
deviator
noun
That which deviates, or causes deviation
devonite
devoting
devoting
verb
present participle of devote
devotion
devotion
noun
(countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
(in the plural, obsolete) Religious offerings; alms.
(uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
divertor
divertor
noun
Alternative form of diverter
donative
donative
adj
Being or relating to a donation.
noun
(ecclesiastical law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders.
A gift; a largess; a gratuity.
dovetail
dovetail
noun
(heraldry) A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
verb
(chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
(computing) To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
To combine or fit (things) together well.
eightvos
equivote
equivote
noun
(obsolete, rare) A hung vote, one having an equal number of votes cast on each side of the question.
evection
evection
noun
(astronomy) Modification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
eviction
eviction
noun
The act of evicting.
The state of being evicted.
evictors
evictors
noun
plural of evictor
evington
evinston
favorite
favorite
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
favosite
favosite
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
floative
iconvert
immotive
indevote
indevote
adj
(obsolete) Not devoted.
indevout
indevout
Adjective
Not devout.
innovate
innovate
verb
(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
(obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
(transitive) To introduce (something) as new.
invector
inventor
inventor
noun
One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.
invertor
invertor
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that turns a body part inwards.
(electricity) A device that converts direct current into alternating current.
That which inverts.
investor
investor
noun
A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
invocate
invocate
verb
To invoke or implore
To summon or conjure up
involute
involute
adj
(biology) Rolled inward spirally.
(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
(biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
(botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated.
noun
(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
verb
To roll or curl inwards.
javitero
jehovist
jehovist
Proper noun
The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
Noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; opposed to adonist.
A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Anyone who uses the word "Jehovah" as the name of God in worship.
levation
levation
noun
The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle
locative
locative
adj
(grammar) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
noun
(grammar) The locative case.
miscovet
monitive
monitive
adj
Conveying admonition; admonitory.
moravite
motivate
motivate
verb
(transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
nitchevo
nitchevo
intj
(in Russian contexts) never mind; no matter
notative
notative
adj
Of or relating to notation.
novative
novative
adj
(law) Of or relating to novation.
novelist
novelist
noun
(obsolete) An innovator; one who introduces something new; one who favours novelty.
An author of novels.
noverint
noverint
noun
(obsolete) A lawyer's clerk, or scrivener.
obviated
obviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obviate
obviates
obviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate
oilstove
oilstove
noun
A stove or heater that burns kerosene.
olivetan
olivette
olivetti
optative
optative
adj
(grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Expressing a wish or a choice.
noun
(grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
(grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
orective
orective
adj
Synonym of orectic
orvietan
orvietan
noun
(historical) A medicinal preparation thought to be an antidote for any poison.
outdevil
outdevil
verb
(transitive) To surpass in devilry.
outdrive
outdrive
verb
(transitive) To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
(transitive, archaic, poetic) To drive out; to repel.
(transitive, golf) To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.
outgiven
outgiven
verb
past participle of outgive
outgives
outgives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgive
outlived
outlived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outlive
outliver
outliver
noun
(obsolete) A survivor.
outlives
outlives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive
outvoice
outvoice
verb
(transitive) To exceed in noise.
overbait
overbite
overbite
noun
(dentistry) A malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones.
verb
To use excessive acid in an etching process, so that the result is too deep.
overedit
overedit
verb
To edit something too much.
overgilt
overgilt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overgild
overgirt
overlift
overriot
overstir
overstir
verb
(transitive) To stir too much.
overthin
overthin
adj
Excessively thin.
verb
(transitive) To make too thin.
overtide
overtill
overtill
verb
(transitive, intransitive, agriculture) To till too much.
overtilt
overtilt
verb
(transitive) To tilt too far.
(transitive) To tip over; to upset.
overtime
overtime
adv
Beyond the normal or usual extent.
Exceeding regular working hours.
noun
(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
(uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.
A period of time longer than scheduled.
prep_phrase
Misspelling of over time.
verb
(transitive) To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.
overtint
overtint
noun
A tint layered over another.
verb
(transitive) To apply another tint over.
(transitive) To tint excessively.
overtips
overtips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtip
overtire
overtire
verb
(intransitive) To become excessively tired.
(transitive) To tire excessively.
overtoil
overtoil
verb
(transitive) To weary (someone or something) excessively; to exhaust.
overtrim
overtrim
verb
(transitive) To trim too much.
pivotmen
pivotmen
noun
plural of pivotman
positive
positive
adj
(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
(chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
(chemistry) electropositive
(chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
(grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
(law) Formally laid down.
(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
(physics) Having more protons than electrons.
(slang) HIV positive.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Fully assured in opinion.
Not negative or neutral.
Optimistic.
Overconfident, dogmatic.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
noun
(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
A favourable point or characteristic.
A positive result of a test.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
postdive
postdive
adj
After a dive.
postvide
potative
potative
adj
Relating to potation, or drinking.
ravigote
ravigote
noun
A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
remotive
revolite
revoting
revoting
verb
present participle of revote
riverton
riverton
Proper noun
A village in Illinois
an unincorporated area in Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA
A city in Iowa
A village in Manitoba, Canada
A city in Minnesota
A village in Nebraska
A borough in New Jersey
A town in New Zealand
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
A town in South Australia
A city in Utah
A city in Wyoming
rogative
rotative
rotative
adj
Turning like a wheel; rotary; rotational.
servitor
servitor
noun
(historical) An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University.
One who performs the duties of a servant.
One who serves in an army; a soldier.
solutive
solutive
adj
(rare) Tending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
loosening (of strictness of contractual terms), through gradual dissolution of binding obligations (as of a previously agreed-upon contract)
sorptive
sorptive
adj
Relating to sorption or sorptivity
sovietic
sportive
sportive
adj
(archaic) lively; merry; spritely
Interested in sport.
Playful, coltish.
Sporty, good at sport.
noun
(cycling) cyclosportive
stovaine
stovaine
noun
Alternative form of stovain
tiverton
tiverton
Proper noun
a town in Devon, England.
tolliver
totitive
totitive
noun
(mathematics) Alternative form of totative
travoise
velation
velation
noun
A veiling; concealment; mystery.
velocity
velocity
noun
(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
Rapidity of motion.
The rate of occurrence.
venation
venation
noun
(botany, entomology) The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
(obsolete) The hunting of wild animals.
venditor
venosity
venosity
noun
A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.
The quality of being venous or venose.
vermetio
vertigos
vertigos
noun
plural of vertigo
vexation
vexation
noun
Something that vexes or irritates.
The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
The state of being vexed or irritated.
viatores
vicomtes
vicomtes
noun
plural of vicomte
victoire
victorie
victorie
noun
Obsolete spelling of victory
videotex
videotex
noun
Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.
vietcong
viewport
viewport
noun
(computer graphics) A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).
A viewing window.
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.
viewtown
vinemont
vinolent
vinolent
adj
fond of drinking wine, especially to excess
violante
violated
violated
adj
(by extension) Abused, harmed or sexually victimized.
(of a rule or law) Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of violate
violater
violater
noun
Alternative spelling of violator
violates
violates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of violate
violetta
violette
virtuose
virtuose
adj
Exhibiting the qualities and skill of a virtuoso; virtuosic.
Obsolete form of virtuous.
noun
plural of virtuosa
vitreous
vitreous
adj
(chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
(of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
(physics, dated) Positive (of electric charge).
Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
Of or resembling glass; glassy.
noun
(by elision) The vitreous humor.
vocative
vocative
adj
(grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
noun
(grammar) A word in the vocative case
(grammar) The vocative case
(rare) Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
vogesite
vogesite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre mineral containing hornblende and orthoclase.
voicelet
voicelet
noun
A quiet voice
voitures
voitures
noun
plural of voiture
volatile
volatile
adj
(computing, of a variable) Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
(computing, of memory) Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
(of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.
(of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
(of a situation) Potentially violent.
(of a substance, informal) Explosive.
(physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
Fickle.
Temporary or ephemeral.
noun
(programming) A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.
A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
volatize
volemite
volitate
volitate
verb
(intransitive, formal, obsolete) To fly.
volitive
volitive
adj
(grammar, of a verb) In the volitive; expressing a wish.
Of or pertaining the will or volition.
noun
(linguistics) A specific volitive form of a verb.
(uncountable, linguistics) A verb form found in certain languages which indicates that a certain action is willed, although it may not be performed in fact.
voltaire
voltaite
voltaite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.