In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abrogative
abrogative
adj
Tending or designed to abrogate.
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
activation
activation
noun
(biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react.
(marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
(physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
activators
activators
noun
plural of activator
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatrix
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
alleviator
alleviator
noun
That who or which alleviates.
allocutive
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
annotative
annotative
adj
Relating to annotation.
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antonovich
antonovics
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
appointive
appointive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
appositive
appositive
adj
of or being in apposition
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
arborvitae
arborvitae
noun
(anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
ariovistus
arrogative
arrogative
adj
Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
autoactive
autoactive
adj
spontaneously active (without any external stimulus)
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
averrhoist
aversation
aversation
noun
(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
aviational
aviatorial
aviatorial
adj
Relating to aviation.
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
beethovian
beethovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
benediktov
benevolist
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bloviating
bloviating
verb
present participle of bloviate
bolivarite
bolivarite
Noun
An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bolshevist
bolshevist
Noun
A Bolshevik (also used attributively).
boothville
bovaristic
bovinities
bovinities
noun
plural of bovinity
captivator
captivator
noun
A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
cavitation
cavitation
noun
(biology) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis.
(fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.
The formation of pits on a surface.
chavibetol
chavibetol
noun
(organic chemistry) A phenylpropanoid that is one of the primary constituents of the essential oil from the leaves of the betel plant.
chervontsi
chevrotain
chevrotain
noun
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.
chivington
christoval
coactively
coactively
adv
In a coactive manner.
coactivity
coactivity
noun
acting together or in concert; unity of action
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coatsville
coercitive
coercitive
adj
Obsolete form of coercive.
coercivity
coercivity
noun
(physics, materials science) The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation
(uncountable) The quality of being coercive
cogitative
cogitative
adj
Of, pertaining to, inclined to or capable of cogitation.
cognitives
cognitives
noun
plural of cognitive
cohibitive
coinventor
coinventor
noun
One who invents something jointly with another person or persons.
collective
collective
adj
(grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
Having plurality of origin or authority.
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
noun
(by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
(especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
(grammar) A collective noun or name.
A farm owned by a collection of people.
The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.
colorative
colorative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing coloration.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
comitative
comitative
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
noun
The comitative case, or a word in this case.
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
concaptive
concentive
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
conclavist
conclavist
noun
The personal aide of a cardinal at a papal conclave.
concoctive
concoctive
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to digestion; digestive.
(obsolete) Ripening or maturing by heat.
Of or pertaining to the concoction of a mixture etc.
concretive
concretive
adj
Promoting concretion.
conditivia
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
congestive
congestive
adj
Characterized by congestion
conjective
conjuctiva
connective
connective
adj
Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
noun
(anatomy, zoology) A connective tissue.
(botany) The tissue which connects the locules of an anthers together.
(grammar) A word used to connect words, clauses and sentences, most commonly applied to conjunctions.
(logic) A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.
That which connects.
consentive
constative
constative
adj
(linguistics) Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
noun
(linguistics) An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
contextive
contorsive
contortive
contortive
adj
Showing contortion.
contrivers
contrivers
noun
plural of contriver
contriving
contriving
noun
The act of one who contrives.
verb
present participle of contrive
convecting
convecting
adj
That which convects.
verb
present participle of convect
convection
convection
noun
(meteorology) The vertical movement of heat and moisture, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable air mass. The terms convection and thunderstorm are often used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Towering cumulus clouds are visible forms of convection.
(obsolete) The process of conveying something.
(physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.
convective
convective
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional
convenient
convenient
adj
(obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.
Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
conventing
conventing
verb
present participle of convent
convention
convention
noun
(international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
A meeting or gathering.
A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
The convening of a formal meeting.
converting
converting
verb
present participle of convert
convertise
convertism
convertite
convertite
noun
(obsolete) A convert.
(obsolete) A reformed prostitute.
convertive
conviciate
convicting
convicting
verb
present participle of convict
conviction
conviction
noun
(countable) A firmly held belief.
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
(uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced.
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
convictive
convictive
adj
convincing
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
corelative
corelative
adj
Alternative form of correlative
corrective
corrective
adj
(obsolete) Qualifying; limiting.
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
noun
(obsolete) Limitation; restriction.
Something that corrects or counteracts something.
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
covariates
covariates
noun
plural of covariate
coventries
coventrize
covertical
covetingly
covetingly
adv
in a coveting way
cultivator
cultivator
noun
A person who cultivates.
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
decorative
decorative
adj
That serves to decorate
noun
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
demivotary
denotative
denotative
adj
Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
That denotes or names; designative.
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
derivation
derivation
noun
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
desolative
detonative
detonative
adj
(of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously
developist
deviations
deviations
noun
plural of deviation
devitation
devitation
noun
(obsolete) A warning.
(obsolete) An avoiding or escaping.
devocation
devocation
noun
A calling off or away.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devolutive
devoration
devoration
noun
(obsolete) The act of devouring.
devorative
devoteeism
devoteeism
noun
The role or state of a devotee.
devotional
devotional
adj
(usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
noun
A brief religious service.
A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
disportive
dissolvent
dissolvent
adj
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve a solid body.
noun
A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
distortive
distortive
adj
Causing distortion.
divagation
divagation
noun
(medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
Straying off from a course or way.
divagatory
divination
divination
noun
(countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.
(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
divinatory
divinatory
adj
Pertaining to divination.
divulgator
divulgator
noun
Teacher.
dominative
dominative
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
donatively
donatively
adv
As a donation.
By means of donations.
dostoevski
dovetailed
dovetailed
adj
(carpentry) Having a dovetail joint.
(heraldry) Involving a wavy line in the form of triangles, resembling a dovetail.