(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advenient
advenient
adj
(now rare) Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
advential
adventism
adventist
adventive
adventive
adj
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
Accidental.
Adventitious.
noun
A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adversant
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
alleviant
alleviant
noun
That which alleviates
alvordton
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
animative
animative
adj
Tending to animate; causing animation.
anovulant
anovulant
noun
Any drug that prevents ovulation.
anteverts
anteverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antevert
antevorta
anticivic
anticivic
adj
Against the welfare and best interests of citizens and their citizenship.
In opposition to citizenship.
anticivil
anticivil
adj
Alternative form of anti-civil
antinovel
antinovel
noun
(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
antivenin
antivenin
noun
(medicine) Synonym of antivenom, (now) particularly for snakebites containing venin.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
antiviral
antiviral
adj
(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
(pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
noun
(pharmacology) An antiviral medication.
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antrovert
anviltops
assentive
assentive
adj
Giving assent; agreeing.
attentive
attentive
adj
Courteous; mindful.
Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avenolith
aventails
aventails
noun
plural of aventail
aventayle
aventurin
averments
averments
noun
plural of averment
aviations
aviations
noun
plural of aviation
avigation
avigation
noun
(dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
avilement
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avocation
avocation
noun
(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
avoidment
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
awunctive
beaverton
beaverton
Proper noun
The name of several places
A city in Oregon, USA
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Alabama, USA
A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
beethoven
beethoven
Proper noun
usually applying to
benevento
benvenuto
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
bevelment
bevelment
noun
(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
bevington
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
bivariant
bivariant
adj
(mathematics) Having two independent variables.
(programming) Both covariant and contravariant.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
botvinnik
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
bullivant
calverton
calvinist
calvinist
Noun
A follower of Calvinism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.
cantative
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
cavatinas
cavatinas
noun
plural of cavatina
caveating
caveating
noun
(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
verb
present participle of caveat.
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
centgrave
centgrave
noun
(historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
(historical, obsolete) Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
cervantes
cervantes
Proper noun
(1547-1616), an influential Spanish author.
cervantic
chervante
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
cognovits
cognovits
noun
plural of cognovit
concavity
concavity
noun
(countable) A concave structure or surface
(uncountable) The state of being concave
connivant
connivant
adj
(botany) Having the ends inclined towards each other
connivent
connivent
adj
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
connotive
connotive
adj
Synonym of connotative
contrived
contrived
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrive
contriver
contriver
noun
A person who contrives.
contrives
contrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
convected
convected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convect
convector
convector
noun
A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator
convented
convented
adj
(obsolete) Brought together, convened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convent
converted
converted
adj
changed in form or function etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convert
converter
converter
noun
(computing) A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
(electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
(medicine) A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
(metallurgy) A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
A person or thing that converts.
A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
convertor
convertor
noun
Alternative form of converter
convexity
convexity
noun
(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
A convex line or surface.
The state of being convex.
convicted
convicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convict
convictor
convocant
convocate
convocate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To call together (people); to convoke.
convoluta
convolute
convolute
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.
Convoluted.
verb
(transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
(transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
corvorant
corvorant
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cormorant
coservant
covariant
covariant
adj
(category theory) (Of a functor) which preserves composition.
(object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
noun
(algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
(algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
covenants
covenants
noun
plural of covenant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of covenant
covington
covington
Proper noun
a village in district, Cambridgeshire, England
a city in Georgia, USA
a city in Indiana, USA
a city in Kentucky, USA
a city in Louisiana, USA
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a ghost town in Nebraska, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a town in Oklahoma, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
a small city in Texas, USA.
an independent city in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
a city in Washington, USA.
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
verb
present participle of curvet
cytovirin
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
decalvant
declivent
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
detentive
devesting
devesting
verb
present participle of devest
deviating
deviating
verb
present participle of deviate
deviation
deviation
noun
(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
A detour in a road or railway.
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
devilment
devilment
noun
(often humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
Something cleverly constructed.
Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
devotions
devotions
noun
plural of devotion
disinvest
disinvest
verb
To reduce investment, or cease to invest.
disinvite
disinvite
verb
(transitive) To cancel an invitation to (someone).
divariant
divariant
noun
(mathematics) Synonym of concomitant
divellent
divellent
adj
(obsolete) drawing asunder
divergent
divergent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Causing divergence of rays.
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Growing further apart; diverging.
diverting
diverting
verb
present participle of divert
divesting
divesting
verb
present participle of divest
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
duvetines
duvetynes
duvetynes
noun
plural of duvetyne
einthoven
elevating
elevating
verb
present participle of elevate
elevation
elevation
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
elevenths
elevenths
noun
plural of eleventh
elvanitic
elvanitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral elvanite.
emanative
emanative
adj
That emanates, or causes emanation
encaptive
enervated
enervated
adj
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enervate
enervates
enervates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enervate
enervator
enervator
noun
Something or someone that causes enervation.
enventual
equvalent
evacuants
evacuants
noun
plural of evacuant
evagation
evagation
noun
A wandering about; excursion; a roving.
evaginate
evaginate
adj
Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.
verb
(intransitive) To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
(transitive) To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.
evanition
evanition
noun
disappearance; vanishment
evansport
evections
evections
noun
plural of evection
evenforth
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
eventides
eventides
noun
plural of eventide
eventless
eventless
adj
Without events; uneventful.
eventuate
eventuate
verb
(intransitive) To happen as a result; to come about.
(intransitive) To have a given result; to turn out (well, badly etc.); to result in.