Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
altercative
altercative
adj
(rare) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
appreciativ
architraval
architraval
adj
Of or relating to an architrave.
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
architraves
architraves
noun
plural of architrave
archvisitor
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
cakravartin
cakravartin
noun
Alternative form of chakravartin
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
captivatrix
captivatrix
noun
A female captivator.
carminative
carminative
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carpetwoven
carterville
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
castelvetro
castroville
cavillatory
celebrative
celebrative
adj
(uncommon) Involving celebration; having the nature of a celebration.
centervelic
centerville
centerville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
an unincorporated community in Alabama.
an unincorporated community in Arkansas.
a neighbourhood in California.
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in California.
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
an unincorporated community in Delaware; also spelt Centreville.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a city in Georgia.
an unincorporated community in Idaho.
a town in Indiana.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a city in Iowa
an unincorporated community in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community in Louisiana.
a former town in Maine.
a village in Massachusetts.
a city in Minnesota.
a city in Missouri
unincorporated communities in and New Jersey.
a town in New York.
a small town in North Carolina.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a village in Ohio.
a city in and Ohio.
a small borough in Pennsylvania.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a CDP in South Carolina.
a small city in South Dakota.
a town in Tennessee
a small city in Texas
a small community in Texas, also known as Little Centerville.
a city in Utah.
unincorporated communities in and Virginia.
a CDP in Washington.
unincorporated communities in and Wisconsin; both are also spelt Centreville.
a small town in Wisconsin.
an unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
centreville
centreville
Proper noun
a village in New Brunswick, Canada.
a part of a town (Centreville-Wareham-Trinity) in Newfoundland, Canada.
subdivision on Nova Scotia, Canada.
communities in and Nova Scotia.
a community on Nova Scotia.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.
a city in Alabama, USA
the alternative spelling for Delaware, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
a town in Maryland, USA
a village in Michigan, USA
a town in and Mississippi, USA.
a ghost town in Texas, USA
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
cesarevitch
charitative
cicatrisive
cicatrisive
adj
(archaic) Tending to promote scarring; good for healing a wound.
cinevariety
cinevariety
noun
(historical) A kind of variety show incorporating bioscope film.
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumviate
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clavierists
clavierists
noun
plural of clavierist
cleaverwort
cleaverwort
noun
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”)
cleverality
cleverality
noun
(formerly Scotland, now chiefly Ireland) cleverness
coacervated
coacervated
adj
That has undergone coacervation
coacervates
coacervates
noun
plural of coacervate
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
cohortative
cohortative
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.
Encouraging.
noun
(grammar) The cohortative mood.
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
conservator
conservator
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
(law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
contracivil
contractive
contractive
adj
Able to contract; contractile
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contravened
contravened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contravene
contravener
contravener
noun
One who contravenes.
contravenes
contravenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
contrayerva
contrayerva
noun
Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
contrivance
contrivance
noun
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Something overly artful or artificial.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
contrivedly
contrivedly
adv
In a contrived manner.
controverse
controverse
noun
(obsolete) Controversy.
verb
(obsolete) to controvert
controversy
controversy
noun
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
controverts
controverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of controvert
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
convertible
convertible
adj
(finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
(logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
(obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
(obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
(vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
noun
(computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
(dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
convertibly
convertibly
adv
in a convertible manner
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
correctives
correctives
noun
plural of corrective
correlative
correlative
adj
Mutually related; corresponding.
noun
(formal) Either of two correlative things.
(grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
corrivality
corrivation
corrivation
noun
(obsolete) The flowing of different streams into one.
The concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
coruscative
counterlove
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countervene
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
countervote
countervote
noun
A vote that goes against another.
verb
To balance or overcome by voting.
To vote against.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
covariation
covariation
noun
covariance
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
covibration
cravenetted
cravenetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravenette
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
cristivomer
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
curtisville
deactivator
deactivator
noun
A chamber filled with iron filings or other material used to remove excess oxygen or other substances from water.
Any device used to deactivate something.
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
declarative
declarative
adj
(grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
(programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming
(programming) That declares a construct.
Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
noun
Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
decretively
decretively
adv
In a decretive manner.
decurvation
decurvature
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
descriptive
descriptive
adj
(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
(sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
Of, relating to, or providing a description.
noun
(grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word)
destructive
destructive
adj
(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
Causing breakdown or disassembly.
Causing destruction; damaging.
deviscerate
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
directively
directively
adv
In a directive manner.
directivity
directivity
noun
(geology) Anisotropy in the propagation of earthquake waves in the direction of rupture.
(physics, electrical engineering) A measure of the performance of an antenna compared to an isotropic antenna; the ratio of the maximum value of radiation intensity to the average radiation intensity.
(rare) Directionality
discerptive
discerptive
adj
Tending to separate or disunite parts.
distractive
distractive
adj
causing distraction
divaricated
divaricated
adj
Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divaricate
divaricates
divaricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divaricate
divaricator
divaricator
noun
(zoology) One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.
diverticula
divorcement
divorcement
noun
(figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.
(obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
eigenvector
eigenvector
noun
(linear algebra) given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=𝜆x for some scalar 𝜆
(linear algebra) specifically, given a matrix A, the eigenvector of the transformation "left-side multiplication by A"
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
eradicative
eradicative
adj
Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
noun
(rare) That which eradicates.
eviscerated
eviscerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eviscerate
eviscerates
eviscerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eviscerate
eviscerator
eviscerator
noun
A device for eviscerating something.
Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
excurvation
excurvature
extractives
extractives
noun
plural of extractive
extrapelvic
extrapelvic
adj
(anatomy) External to the pelvis
fabricative
fabricative
adj
fabricating; involved in manufacture
fevertwitch
formicative
gravimetric
gravimetric
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight.
(geology) Of or pertaining to measurement of the local gravitational field.
hovercrafts
hovercrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of hovercraft
hyperactive
hyperactive
adj
having an increased state of activity
having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
imbricative
imbricative
adj
(botany) imbricate
incarnative
incarnative
adj
Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative.
noun
Any incarnative medicine.
inconverted
inconverted
adj
(archaic) Not turned or changed about.
incurvating
incurvating
verb
present participle of incurvate
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
incurvature
incurvature
noun
curvature; curving
inscriptive
inscriptive
adj
Bearing an inscription.
Of the character or nature of an inscription.
insectivora
insectivore
insectivore
noun
(zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.
Insect-eating animal or plant.
insectivory
insectivory
noun
The activity of eating insects
The condition of being an insectivore
instructive
instructive
adj
Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
noun
(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
interactive
interactive
adj
(computer science) Responding to the user.
Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.
noun
A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.