(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.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adverbiation
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
ambiversions
aminovaleric
angulinerved
animadversal
animadverted
animadverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animadvert
animadverter
animadverter
noun
(obsolete) One who animadverts; a censurer or chastiser.
antananarivo
antananarivo
Proper noun
The capital city of Madagascar.
anthraflavic
anticreative
anticreative
adj
Opposing creativity.
antireactive
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
antivenereal
antivenereal
adj
(medicine) That is used to treat or cure venereal disease
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
apperceiving
apperceiving
verb
present participle of apperceive
apprehensive
apprehensive
adj
(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt.
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
archvagabond
archvillainy
archvillainy
noun
Supreme villainy.
arendtsville
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arnoldsville
asseverating
asseverating
verb
present participle of asseverate
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
aversenesses
aversenesses
noun
plural of averseness
aversiveness
aversiveness
noun
Quality or degree of being aversive.
avuncularity
avuncularity
noun
The condition of being an uncle.
The condition of being avuncular.
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
bartonsville
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedrivelling
belavendered
bendersville
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
brandonville
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
bryantsville
buenaventura
burtonsville
cancrivorous
cancrivorous
adj
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
cantilevered
cantilevered
adj
Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cantilever
caravanserai
caravanserai
noun
(humorous) An upscale hotel.
A home or shelter for caravans.
A roadside inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest.
carlovingian
carlovingian
Adjective
Relating to or descended from Frankish dynasty of
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
carnivallike
carnivallike
adj
Like a carnival; festive.
cavalierness
cavalierness
noun
The state or condition of being cavalier.
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
cervicaprine
cervicodynia
cervicodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the neck
cerviconasal
chakravartin
chakravartin
noun
(India, religion) An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world.
charivariing
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvoisin
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
clairvoyance
clairvoyance
noun
(parapsychology) The power to see the future.
clairvoyancy
clairvoyancy
noun
(nonstandard) Clairvoyance.
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavicithern
clavicittern
clavicornate
clevernesses
clevernesses
noun
plural of cleverness
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.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coazervation
cochranville
cocovenantor
coerciveness
coerciveness
noun
The state or quality of being coercive.
cogovernment
concatervate
concordville
concretively
concretively
adv
In a concretive manner.
confervaceae
confervalike
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
congregative
congregative
adj
That congregates
connersville
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.
conservators
conservators
noun
plural of conservator
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
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
contraoctave
contraoctave
noun
Alternative form of contra-octave
contraveners
contraveners
noun
plural of contravener
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
controversal
controversal
adj
(obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.
(obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
controversed
controverted
controverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of controvert
controverter
controverter
noun
One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
convenership
conventicler
conventicler
noun
One who supports or frequents conventicles.
conventioner
conventioner
noun
One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
convergement
convergement
noun
The act of converging or coming closer together.
convergences
convergences
noun
plural of convergence
convergently
convergently
adv
In a convergent manner
With regard to convergence
conversances
conversances
noun
plural of conversance
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
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.
conversional
conversional
adj
Relating to conversion.
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
conveyancers
conveyancers
noun
plural of conveyancer
conveyorised
conveyorised
adj
(UK) Alternative spelling of conveyorized
verb
(UK) simple past tense and past participle of conveyorise
conveyorises
conveyorises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conveyorise
conveyorized
conveyorized
adj
Having been conveyorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conveyorize
conveyorizer
conveyorizes
conveyorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conveyorize
coordinative
coordinative
adj
Of or pertaining to coordination
cornersville
corycavamine
corycavidine
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
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.
countervalue
countervalue
adj
(military) Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
verb
(military) To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.