The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptivities
adaptivities
noun
plural of adaptivity
additivities
additivities
noun
plural of additivity
adjectivally
adjectivally
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
adjectivitis
adjectivitis
noun
(humorous) The overuse of adjectives in writing.
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
admiratively
admiratively
adv
In an admirative manner.
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
adverbiation
adversatives
adversatives
noun
plural of adversative
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizable
advertizable
adj
Alternative spelling of advertisable
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advisability
advisability
noun
(countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability.
(uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent.
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
animadverted
animadverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animadvert
animadverter
animadverter
noun
(obsolete) One who animadverts; a censurer or chastiser.
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
antimedieval
antimedieval
adj
Opposed to the Middle Ages.
appellatived
arendtsville
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
bedevilments
bedevilments
noun
plural of bedevilment
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
boddhisattva
boddhisattva
noun
Alternative form of bodhisattva
bodhisattvas
bodhisattvas
noun
plural of bodhisattva
bravehearted
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
brevicipitid
brevicipitid
noun
(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.
breviradiate
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
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
clavodeltoid
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
condensative
condensative
adj
That tends to condense
condititivia
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
conductivity
conductivity
noun
(physics) The reciprocal of resistivity
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
contradivide
controversed
controverted
controverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of controvert
convolutedly
convolutedly
adv
In a convoluted manner.
coordinative
coordinative
adj
Of or pertaining to coordination
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
curvicaudate
curvicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.
curvidentate
daredeviltry
daredeviltry
noun
Reckless mischief; the acts of a daredevil.
deactivating
deactivating
verb
present participle of deactivate
deactivation
deactivation
noun
The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm.
deactivators
deactivators
noun
plural of deactivator
debilitative
debilitative
adj
Causing or relating to debilitation.
decaturville
decemvirates
decemvirates
noun
plural of decemvirate
declaratives
declaratives
noun
plural of declarative
decongestive
decongestive
adj
Serving to decongest.
noun
A decongestant.
decoratively
decoratively
adv
In a decorative manner.
defervescent
defervescent
adj
Causing reduction of fever.
noun
Any remedy that reduces a fever.
definitively
definitively
adv
In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.
degenerative
degenerative
adj
Characterized by or causing degeneration.
deliberative
deliberative
adj
That deliberates, considers carefully.
noun
A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
delimitative
delimitative
adj
Serving to delimit
denervations
denervations
noun
plural of denervation
denominative
denominative
adj
(grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
Being a name.
Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
noun
A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
denotatively
denotatively
adv
In a way that denotes.
denumerative
denunciative
denunciative
adj
denunciatory
deoppilative
deoppilative
noun
(medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
depreciative
depreciative
adj
Tending to depreciate (in value etc.)
noun
A statement with a tendency to deprecate.
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
deputatively
derivability
derivability
noun
The condition of being derivable
derivational
derivational
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
derivatively
derivatively
adv
In a derivative fashion
derivatizing
derivatizing
verb
present participle of derivatize
derogatively
derogatively
adv
In a derogative way or manner: derogatorily.
descriptives
descriptives
noun
plural of descriptive
desiderative
desiderative
adj
(grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
Having or indicating wish or desire.
noun
(linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
detractively
detractively
adv
In a detractive manner.
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
devaporation
devaporation
noun
The change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain.
devastations
devastations
noun
plural of devastation
developement
developement
noun
Obsolete spelling of development
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
deverbatives
deverbatives
noun
plural of deverbative
deviationism
deviationism
noun
Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism.
deviationist
deviationist
noun
One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
devirginator
devirginator
noun
One who devirginates; a deflowerer.
devisability
devitalising
devitalising
verb
present participle of devitalise
devitalizing
devitalizing
verb
present participle of devitalize
devitaminize
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
devolatilise
devolatilise
verb
Alternative form of devolatilize
devolatilize
devolatilize
verb
(intransitive) To lose volatile components
(transitive) To remove volatile components from
devolvements
devolvements
noun
plural of devolvement
devotionally
devotionally
adv
In a devotional manner.
devoutlessly
devoutnesses
devoutnesses
noun
plural of devoutness
diapositives
diapositives
noun
plural of diapositive
digitinerved
diminutively
diminutively
adv
In a diminutive manner.
diminutivize
diminutivize
verb
(linguistics, transitive) to turn into a diminutive
disadvantage
disadvantage
noun
A setback or handicap.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
Loss; detriment; hindrance.
verb
(transitive) To place at a disadvantage.
disadventure
disadventure
noun
(obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune.
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
discretively
discretively
adv
In a discretive manner.
discursative
dishevelment
dishevelment
noun
The state or quality of being disheveled.
disincentive
disincentive
noun
That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.
disinfective
disinfective
adj
That disinfects
disinvesting
disinvesting
verb
present participle of disinvest
disjunctives
disjunctives
noun
plural of disjunctive
dislevelment
dispensative
dispensative
adj
Granting dispensation.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovement
disquisitive
disquisitive
adj
Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
dissertative
dissertative
adj
Of or relating to a dissertation.
disseverment
disseverment
noun
disseverance
dissociative
dissociative
adj
(psychology) related to or caused by dissociation or dissociative disorders
causing dissociation
removing or separating from some association
noun
a dissociative drug
dissolvative
distributive
distributive
adj
(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
(logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
Relating to distribution.
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
noun
(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
(grammar) distributive case
(mathematics) A distributive numeral.
disturbative
disturbative
adj
(chiefly archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
disvaluation
disvaluation
noun
disesteem; depreciation; disrepute
ditransitive
ditransitive
adj
(linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).
noun
(linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.
divagational
divaporation
divaricately
divaricately
adv
With divarication.
divaricating
divaricating
verb
present participle of divaricate
divarication
divarication
noun
(botany) The growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace.
A divergence of opinion.
The point at which branching occurs.
diversionist
diversionist
noun
A person who deviates politically.
One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
diverticular
diverticular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.
diverticulum
diverticulum
noun
(anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
divertimenti
divertimenti
noun
plural of divertimento
divertimento
divertimento
noun
(music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.