(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
(chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
One who, or that which, activates.
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.
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
afterlove
akhmatova
allgovite
alveolate
alveolate
adj
Having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.
noun
(biology) A member of a grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates.
alveolite
alvordton
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anovulant
anovulant
noun
Any drug that prevents ovulation.
antevorta
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.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
antrovert
anviltops
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
artemovsk
artukovic
assortive
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
autovalet
autovalve
avalokita
avenolith
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
aviations
aviations
noun
plural of aviation
avigation
avigation
noun
(dated, aviation) Aerial navigation.
avigators
avigators
noun
plural of avigator
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.
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avocatory
avoidment
avolation
avolation
noun
(obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
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
berkovets
berkovets
noun
(historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
berkovtsi
bevatrons
bevatrons
noun
plural of bevatron
bevington
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
biovulate
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
botvinnik
calverton
caveators
caveators
noun
plural of caveator
cavorters
cavorters
noun
plural of cavorter
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
chevrolet
chevrolet
Proper noun
A brand of automobile, now produced by a part of the General Motors group.
A French surname.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
cloveroot
cloveroot
noun
Synonym of avens, Synonym of herb bennet
clovewort
clovewort
noun
(historical) an herb mentioned in Old English herbals, probably Ranunculus acris
Any plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.
Avens, which has clove-scented roots
Clove pink, which has clove-scented flowers
coelevate
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
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
collative
collative
adj
(ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.
Having the power of conferring.
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
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.
cookstove
cookstove
noun
A stove used for cooking, especially a primitive kind heated by burning wood, charcoal, dung, etc.
corrivate
corrivate
verb
(obsolete) To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.
corvettes
corvettes
noun
plural of corvette
corvorant
corvorant
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cormorant
coservant
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
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.
covariate
covariate
noun
(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
covellite
covellite
noun
(mineralogy) A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
covenants
covenants
noun
plural of covenant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of covenant
coverlets
coverlets
noun
plural of coverlet
coverslut
coverslut
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of cover-slut
coverture
coverture
noun
(law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Shelter, hiding place.
covetable
covetable
adj
Which may be coveted.
covibrate
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.
covisitor
covisitor
noun
A joint visitor; one who visits a place with another or others.
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
cytovirin
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
decoctive
decoctive
adj
Serving to decoct.
demivolte
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
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.
deviators
deviators
noun
plural of deviator
deviatory
deviatory
adj
Tending to deviate.
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.
devotedly
devotedly
adv
In a devoted manner.
devotions
devotions
noun
plural of devotion
devoutful
devoutful
adj
(obsolete) Full of devotion.
(obsolete) Sacred.
dimitrovo
discovert
discovert
adj
(law, obsolete) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
noun
(obsolete) An uncovered place or part.
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
dmitrovka
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
dormitive
dormitive
adj
Causing sleep.
noun
A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
dovecotes
dovecotes
noun
plural of dovecote
dovetails
dovetails
noun
plural of dovetail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail
driveboat
drivebolt
drivebolt
noun
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
earthmove
einthoven
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.
elevators
elevators
noun
plural of elevator
elevatory
elevatory
adj
Tending to raise, or having power to elevate.
elocutive
elocutive
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to elocution.
emotively
emotively
adv
In an emotive way.
emotivism
emotivism
noun
(ethics) The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own attitude and imperatives meant to change the attitudes and actions of another.
emotivity
emotivity
noun
The condition of being emotive
enervator
enervator
noun
Something or someone that causes enervation.
erosivity
erosivity
noun
A measure of the potential ability of soil, regolith, or other weathered material to be eroded by rain, wind, or surface runoff.
estivator
estivator
noun
(biology) Any animal that estivates
evacuator
evacuator
noun
An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
One who evacuates; a nullifier.
evagation
evagation
noun
A wandering about; excursion; a roving.
evaluator
evaluator
noun
Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
evanition
evanition
noun
disappearance; vanishment
evansport
evaporate
evaporate
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
(transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
(transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate
(transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
evaporite
evaporite
noun
The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates.