A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
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.
anviltops
applosive
applosive
noun
(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
avalokita
avenolith
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
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.
avoidably
avoidably
adv
In a manner so as to be avoidable.
avoidless
avoidless
adj
(rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
bellovaci
bicalvous
biovulate
biplosive
bivalvous
bivalvous
adj
(archaic) Having two valves; bivalvular.
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
bolivares
bolivares
noun
plural of bolivar
boliviano
boliviano
noun
the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos
bolivians
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bondville
boneville
boonville
callovian
callovian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
cavaliero
cavaliero
noun
(archaic) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.
cavillous
cavillous
adj
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
chavignol
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
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
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
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
convivial
convivial
adj
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity
cookville
coolville
copeville
cornville
corrivals
corrivals
noun
plural of corrival.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrival
corvallis
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
covelline
covelline
noun
(mineralogy) covellite
covellite
covellite
noun
(mineralogy) A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
coverlids
coverlids
noun
plural of coverlid
coverslip
coverslip
noun
A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
verb
To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
crowville
declivous
declivous
adj
sloping downward
deliveror
demivolte
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
devilhood
devilwood
devilwood
noun
A tree (Cartrema americana, syn. Osmanthus americanus), allied to the European olive.
deviously
deviously
adv
In a devious manner.
devolving
devolving
verb
present participle of devolve
diluvions
disavowal
disavowal
noun
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone).
disproval
disproval
noun
The act of disproving; disproof.
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
divulsion
divulsion
noun
The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
doraville
dovetails
dovetails
noun
plural of dovetail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail
drivebolt
drivebolt
noun
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
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.
elocutive
elocutive
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to elocution.
emotively
emotively
adv
In an emotive way.
enviously
enviously
adv
in an envious manner or to an envious degree
environal
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.
evasional
evildoers
evildoers
noun
plural of evildoer
evildoing
evildoing
noun
An evil or wicked act, especially a crime.
evilproof
evolution
evolution
noun
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
(chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
(chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
(mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
(military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
(now rare) The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
(obsolete) A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
evolutive
evolutive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or advocating evolution or development; evolutionary
evolutoid
evulsions
evulsions
noun
plural of evulsion
explosive
explosive
adj
(figurative) Shocking; startling.
(slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
Having the character of an explosion.
With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
noun
(linguistics, dated) A plosive.
Any explosive substance.
exsolving
exsolving
verb
present participle of exsolve
favelloid
faveoluli
favillous
favillous
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
flavonoid
flavonoid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
flavoring
flavoring
noun
(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.
verb
present participle of flavor
flotative
footville
fordville
forkville
frivolers
frivolers
noun
plural of frivoler
frivoling
frivolism
frivolism
noun
(archaic) frivolity
frivolist
frivolist
noun
A frivolous person.
frivolity
frivolity
noun
frivolous act
state of being frivolous
frivolize
frivolize
verb
(transitive) To make frivolous, or treat frivolously.
frivolled
frivoller
frivoller
noun
Alternative form of frivoler
frivolous
frivolous
adj
(law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
gavialoid
gavialoid
noun
Any crocodylian of the superfamily Gavialoidea
glovelike
glovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glove.
gnesdilov
goodville
goreville
governail
governail
noun
(archaic) That which steers a nautical vessel; a rudder or a person employing it.
groveling
groveling
verb
(US) present participle of grovel
holtville
hordville
hotevilla
hovelling
hovelling
noun
A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
hoytville
immovable
immovable
adj
(law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed
incapable of being physically moved; fixed
not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
noun
that which can not be moved; something which is immovable
immovably
immovably
adv
In an immovable manner.
implosive
implosive
adj
Formed by implosion.
noun
(phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent.
insolvent
insolvent
adj
Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.
Owing more than one has in assets.
Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
noun
(law) One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.
inviolacy
inviolacy
noun
The state or quality of being inviolate.
inviolate
inviolate
adj
Incorruptible.
Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
invocable
invocable
adj
Alternative spelling of invokable
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.
involuted
involuted
adj
Alternative form of involute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of involute
involutes
involutes
noun
plural of involute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of involute
involvent
involvers
involvers
noun
plural of involver
involving
involving
verb
present participle of involve
isolative
isolative
adj
Relating to, characterized by, or causing isolation.
isonville
isovaline
isovaline
noun
(biochemistry) The rare amino acid 2-amino-2-methylbutanoic acid that was found in the Murchison meteorite
ivorybill
ivorybill
noun
The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis).