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.
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
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.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
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
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.
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.
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
bolivarite
bolivarite
Noun
An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bolshevist
bolshevist
Noun
A Bolshevik (also used attributively).
boothville
bovinities
bovinities
noun
plural of bovinity
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.
coactively
coactively
adv
In a coactive manner.
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)
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dovetail
dovetailer
dovetailer
noun
One who or that which dovetails.
eatonville
elevations
elevations
noun
plural of elevation
elongative
elongative
adj
That produces elongation
eluviation
eluviation
noun
(geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation.
(soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall
enervation
enervation
noun
Act of enervating; debilitation.
State of being enervated; debility.
enviroment
equivocate
equivocate
verb
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.
(transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
estivation
estivation
noun
Alternative spelling of aestivation
evacuation
evacuation
noun
Abolition; nullification.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
evaluation
evaluation
noun
(computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
(mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
evectional
evectional
adj
(astronomy) Relating to evection.
evocations
evocations
noun
plural of evocation
evolutions
evolutions
noun
plural of evolution
evulgation
evulgation
noun
(obsolete) A divulging.
excavation
excavation
noun
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
exploitive
exploitive
adj
Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
extroitive
extroitive
adj
(obsolete) Seeking or going out after external objects.
exuviation
exuviation
noun
The act of exuviating.
The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
fivestones
fivestones
noun
The game of jacks.
floatative
fortyfives
goetzville
greenovite
holtsville
hovertrain
hovertrain
noun
A train that uses hovercraft technology to take advantage of lower friction to deliver high speeds; an aerotrain.
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
impositive
inchoative
inchoative
adj
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
(grammar) Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
noun
(grammar) An inchoative construction.
indevotion
indevotion
noun
(archaic) Lack of devotion; impiety; irreligion.
indevoutly
indevoutly
adv
In an indevout manner.
innovative
innovative
adj
Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.