(engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .
(geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
(medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
noun
(grammar) The ablative case.
An ablative material.
actively
actively
adv
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
In an active manner.
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
alevitsa
algovite
allative
allative
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards a place.
noun
(grammar) The allative case, or a word in that case.
anviltop
aventail
aventail
noun
A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).
aviolite
bivalent
bivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
(genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against two different viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
calvatia
celative
clavatin
clavatin
noun
patulin
cultivar
cultivar
noun
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
curvital
curvital
adj
Of or relating to curvature.
datively
datively
adv
(rare) As a gift.
delative
delative
noun
(grammar) A grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").
dilative
dilative
adj
That dilates, or causes dilation
divalent
divalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 2.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 2.
noun
(chemistry) Any divalent substance.
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.
elatives
elatives
noun
plural of elative
eluviate
eluviate
verb
To cause eluviation.
elvanite
elvanite
noun
elvan
eventail
evitable
evitable
adj
(uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible.
festival
festival
adj
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
floative
galivant
gallivat
gallivat
noun
(nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
gigavolt
gigavolt
noun
One billion (10⁹) volts. Symbol: GV.
helvetia
helvetia
Proper noun
an ancient Celtic country in central Europe
Switzerland; the national personification of Switzerland
illative
illative
adj
(grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.
of, or relating to an illation.
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).
(grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case.
an illation.
interval
interval
noun
(chiefly Britain) An intermission.
(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
(mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
(music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
(sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
A distance in space.
A period of time.
jovialty
jovialty
noun
Archaic form of joviality.
kostival
latvians
lavation
lavation
noun
(obsolete) A washing or cleansing.
lavenite
laxative
laxative
adj
Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
noun
Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.
leaviest
legative
levation
levation
noun
The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle
levigate
levigate
adj
(rare) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Smooth.
verb
(transitive) To make into a smooth paste or fine powder.
(transitive) To make smooth or polish.
(transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
(transitive, rare) To belittle.
(transitive, rare) To lighten.
levirate
levirate
adj
Having to do with one's husband's brother.
noun
(anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage.
(countable) A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.
levitant
levitant
adj
(figurative) that rises or floats in the air
that levitates
noun
one who practices levitation
levitate
levitate
verb
(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
ligative
ligative
adj
(grammar) Serving to connect separate elements.
livetrap
livetrap
verb
Alternative spelling of live-trap
locative
locative
adj
(grammar) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
noun
(grammar) The locative case.
mantevil
natively
natively
adv
(computing, of software) Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question; without the use of emulation, etc.
In the manner of a native, especially a native speaker
navalist
navalist
noun
An advocate of the navy or of naval power.
nonvital
nonvital
adj
(dentistry) Not containing living nerve tissue
Not vital (in various senses); thus, often not essential for life
novitial
novitial
adj
(obsolete) novice; of or relating to a beginner
olivetan
outcavil
outrival
outrival
verb
(transitive) To outperform; to outdo.
palative
palative
adj
(obsolete) Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
pelvetia
relative
relative
adj
(computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
(grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
Relevant; pertinent; related.
noun
(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
rivality
rivality
noun
(obsolete) equality, as of right or rank
(obsolete) rivalry; competition
salivant
salivant
adj
Producing salivation.
noun
A drug or agent that induces salivation.
salivate
salivate
verb
(intransitive) To produce saliva.
(intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.
sylvatic
sylvatic
adj
Of or pertaining to wild rather than domestic animals
Of or pertaining to woods or woodland organisms; sylvan
travails
travails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of travail
trivalve
trivalve
noun
Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
vagility
vagility
noun
(biology) The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment.
valentia
valentia
noun
Alternative form of valencia
valentin
valeting
valeting
verb
present participle of valet
valetism
valiants
valiants
noun
plural of valiant
validate
validate
verb
(ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.
(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
(transitive) To render valid.
validity
validity
noun
(Christianity, theology) The genuinity - as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity - of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.
A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).
State of having legal force.
The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
valliant
varietal
varietal
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism.
(linguistics) Of or relating to a variety of a language.
Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine).
noun
(by extension) A coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean.
A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape.
vaultier
vaulting
vaulting
adj
(figurative) Exaggerated or overreaching.
Leaning upward or over.
performing
noun
A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.
verb
present participle of vault
vealiest
vectigal
vectigal
noun
(obsolete) A tax.
veiltail
veiltail
noun
A variety of goldfish with a long, flowing double tail and high sail-like dorsal fin.
velating
velation
velation
noun
A veiling; concealment; mystery.
velicate
velutina
venality
venality
noun
The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
ventails
ventails
noun
plural of ventail
vertical
vertical
adj
(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
(music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.
(wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
noun
(marketing) A vertical market.
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical component of a structure.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
vestalia
vestigal
viatical
viatical
adj
Of or pertaining to a journey; viatic.
Of or pertaining to a life insurance policy held by someone who is dying, or to the sale of such a policy.
victrola
victrola
noun
Any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.
victuals
victuals
noun
plural of victual
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of victual
vigilant
vigilant
adj
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
vigilate
vigilate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) to monitor, watch over, control
vilayets
vilayets
noun
plural of vilayet
vilicate
villaget
villaget
noun
A little village.
villatic
villatic
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to a farm or village; rural.
villayet
vinylate
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
violator
violator
noun
In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.
One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender
violetta
violotta
violotta
noun
A kind of tenor viola or tenor violin tuned an octave below the violin.
vitalian
vitalise
vitalise
verb
To give life to something; to animate.
To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate.
vitalism
vitalism
noun
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
vitalist
vitalist
adj
Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors.
noun
Someone who believes in vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors.
vitality
vitality
noun
Energy or vigour.
That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
The capacity to live and develop.
vitalize
vitalize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of vitalise
vitiable
vitilago
vitrella
vitrella
noun
(zoology) One of the transparent lens-like cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
vitulary
vitulary
adj
Alternative form of vitular
vocalist
vocalist
noun
A singer; a person who likes to sing.
vocality
vocality
noun
The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
The quality or degree of being vocal.
volantis
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.
volation
volatize
volitant
volitant
adj
flying; capable of flight.
volitate
volitate
verb
(intransitive, formal, obsolete) To fly.
voltaire
voltaism
voltaism
noun
(obsolete) galvanism
voltaite
voltaite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
vortical
vortical
adj
Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex.