(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.
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.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adverbiation
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
antananarivo
antananarivo
Proper noun
The capital city of Madagascar.
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
averrhoistic
bartonsville
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
brevifoliate
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bristolville
burtonsville
cervicectomy
cervicectomy
noun
(medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
civilisatory
civilizatory
civilizatory
adj
That tends to civilize
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavicornate
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.
coazervation
coercivities
coercivities
noun
plural of coercivity
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
comparatival
comparatival
adj
(grammar) Expressing or relating to a comparison.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
concretively
concretively
adv
In a concretive manner.
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
congregative
congregative
adj
That congregates
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
consecrative
consecrative
adj
Relating to consecration.
conservation
conservation
noun
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
(physics) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatist
conservative
conservative
adj
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Cautious, moderate.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
noun
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
conservatize
conservatize
verb
To make or become conservative.
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
constrictive
constrictive
adj
That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
contortively
contradivide
contravening
contravening
verb
present participle of contravene (to act contrary or to deny something.)
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
contrivances
contrivances
noun
plural of contrivance
contrivement
contrivement
noun
(obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan
conventicler
conventicler
noun
One who supports or frequents conventicles.
conventioner
conventioner
noun
One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
conversation
conversation
noun
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
(computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
conversative
conversative
adj
(dated) Chatty; inclined to talk.
(dated) Relating to conversation with others; social.
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
coordinative
coordinative
adj
Of or pertaining to coordination
corelatively
correctively
correctively
adv
In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
correlatives
correlatives
noun
plural of correlative
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
coulterville
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
covariations
covariations
noun
plural of covariation
crocketville
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvirostral
curvirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a crooked beak
curvirostres
deactivators
deactivators
noun
plural of deactivator
decoratively
decoratively
adv
In a decorative manner.
denervations
denervations
noun
plural of denervation
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
derivational
derivational
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
derogatively
derogatively
adv
In a derogative way or manner: derogatorily.
devaporation
devaporation
noun
The change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain.
devirginator
devirginator
noun
One who devirginates; a deflowerer.
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovement
divaporation
divarication
divarication
noun
(botany) The growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace.
A divergence of opinion.
The point at which branching occurs.
diversionist
diversionist
noun
A person who deviates politically.
One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
divertimento
divertimento
noun
(music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
divorcements
divorcements
noun
plural of divorcement
dorsiventral
dorsiventral
adj
Alternative form of dorsoventral
earthmovings
edulcorative
edulcorative
adj
Tending to sweeten or purify by affusions of water.
eigenvectors
eigenvectors
noun
plural of eigenvector
electromotiv
electrovital
electrovital
adj
Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.
environments
environments
noun
plural of environment
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
evaporimeter
evaporimeter
noun
An atmometer
eversporting
evisceration
evisceration
noun
(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
evolutionary
evolutionary
adj
Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
exacervation
exacervation
noun
(medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm.
(obsolete) The act of heaping up.
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
extraversion
extraversion
noun
Alternative spelling of extroversion
extroversion
extroversion
noun
(informal psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
(medicine) The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
(religion, obsolete) Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
extroversive
extroversive
adj
(psychology) Synonym of extroverted
extrovertish
extrovertish
adj
Somewhat extroverted.
extrovertive
factoryville
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
forecontrive
fructivorous
fructivorous
adj
fruit-eating
gravitations
gravitations
noun
plural of gravitation
gravitometer
gravitometer
noun
densitometer
gravimeter
hydrometer
homoveratric
homoveratric
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to homoveratric acid or its derivatives
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
iarovization
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
improvisator
improvisator
noun
An improvvisatore.
inconversant
inconversant
adj
Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
incorruptive
incorruptive
adj
(archaic) incorruptible; not liable to decay
incurvations
incurvations
noun
plural of incurvation
individuator
individuator
noun
One who, or that which, individuates.
innervations
innervations
noun
plural of innervation
insectivores
insectivores
noun
plural of insectivore
interconvert
interconvert
verb
To convert mutually one into another
interinvolve
interinvolve
verb
(transitive) To involve in mutual and varied ways.
interolivary
interolivary
adj
(anatomy) Between the olivary bodies
interveinous
intervention
intervention
noun
(US, law) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
(medicine) An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.
An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
interversion
interversion
noun
(law) The process of changing a subsidiary title, such as that of a tenant, to one that is independently held.
(music) A composition technique in which a sequence of elements composed of notes or rhythms is repeated in permuted orders.
The swapping of positions within a sequence; transposition or permutation.