(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.
adverbiation
ambiversions
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
archvagabond
bananivorous
bananivorous
adj
(rare) Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.
bartonsville
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
brandonville
breviloquent
breviloquent
adj
Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
burtonsville
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
everblooming
everblooming
adj
Describes a plant that blooms throughout the growing season.
graverobbing
graverobbing
noun
The practice of illegally removing corpses (or other items) from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study.
hebbronville
inevaporable
inobservable
inobservable
adj
unobservable
inobservance
inobservance
noun
Lack of observance.
inobservancy
inobservancy
noun
Alternative form of inobservance
labioversion
laboursaving
nonadverbial
nonadverbial
adj
Not adverbial.
nonbelievers
nonbelievers
noun
plural of nonbeliever
nonderivable
nonderivable
adj
Alternative spelling of non-derivable
nonfavorable
nonfavorable
adj
Not favorable
nonfavorably
nonobservant
nonobservant
adj
Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
nonobserving
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
nonremovable
nonremovable
adj
Not removable.
nonrevocable
nonrevocable
adj
Not revocable.
nonrevocably
nonrevokable
nonrevokable
adj
Not revokable.
nonseverable
nonverbosity
nonveritable
nonveritably
nonvertebral
nonvertebral
adj
Not vertebral.
nonvibratile
nonvibratile
adj
Not vibratile.
nonvibrating
nonvibrating
adj
Not vibrating; that does not vibrate.
nonvibration
nonvibratory
nonvibratory
adj
Not vibratory.
observantine
observantine
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Observant branch of Franciscan friars
Noun
A member of the Observant branch of Franciscan friars.
observantist
observations
observations
noun
plural of observation
overabounded
overabounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overabound
overabundant
overabundant
adj
excessively abundant.
overbalanced
overbalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbalance
overbalances
overbalances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance
overbaseness
overbearance
overbearance
noun
(rare or obsolete) Overbearing behaviour; arrogance; imperiousness.
overbeetling
overboldness
overboldness
noun
The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
overbragging
overbreeding
overbreeding
verb
present participle of overbreed
overbriefing
overbrimming
overbrimming
adj
(rare) Being plentiful, particularly excessively so.
verb
present participle of overbrim
overbrowsing
overbrowsing
verb
present participle of overbrowse
overbubbling
overbubbling
verb
present participle of overbubble
overbuilding
overbuilding
verb
present participle of overbuild
overburdened
overburdened
adj
Excessively burdened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overburden
overbusiness
overbusyness
overdebating
overgambling
overgambling
verb
present participle of overgamble
overimbibing
overindebted
overindebted
adj
Too deeply in debt.
overlaboring
overlaboring
verb
present participle of overlabor
overobedient
overobedient
adj
Excessively obedient.
oversensible
oversensible
adj
Excessively sensible.
oversensibly
overturnable
overturnable
adj
Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.
overurbanize
preobserving
preobviating
provableness
provableness
noun
The quality of being provable.
robbinsville
robbinsville
Proper noun
a CDP in Robbinsville Township, New Jersey, USA.
a town in North Carolina, USA
subgoverness
subgoverness
noun
Synonym of undergoverness
subprovinces
subprovinces
noun
plural of subprovince
subsovereign
unabortively
unabrogative
unabsorptive
unapprovable
unapprovable
adj
Not approvable.
unapprovably
unfavourable
unfavourable
adj
Not auspicious; ill-boding.
Of a belief, state of mind, etc.: not favourable; disapproving.
Of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable.
unfavourably
unfavourably
adv
(British spelling) In an unfavourable manner.
unforgivable
unforgivable
adj
Not forgivable; inexcusable.
unforgivably
unforgivably
adv
In an unforgivable manner.
ungovernable
ungovernable
adj
Not governable
ungovernably
ungovernably
adv
In an ungovernable manner.
unimprovable
unimprovable
adj
Not capable of being improved
unimprovably
unimprovably
adv
In a way that does not allow improvement.
unobservable
unobservable
adj
That cannot be observed.
noun
Something that cannot be observed.
unobservance
unobservance
noun
Lack or neglect of observance.
unobservedly
unobservedly
adv
In a way that is unobserved.
unproverbial
unproverbial
adj
Not proverbial.
unprovidable
unprovidable
adj
Not providable.
unprovokable
unprovokable
adj
That cannot be provoked.
unreprovable
unreprovable
adj
Alternative spelling of unreproveable
unreprovably
unreprovably
adv
In an unreprovable manner.
unresolvable
unresolvable
adj
not able to be resolved
vagabondager
vagabondizer
vagabondizer
noun
A vagabond or wanderer.
vallombrosan
verbenaceous
verbenaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Verbenaceae of mainly tropical flowering plants.