A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.
An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
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
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
angulinerved
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
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.
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
articulative
articulative
adj
Serving to articulate or express something.
assaultively
assaultively
adv
In an assaultive manner.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
attriutively
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autaugaville
autopositive
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
avoidupoises
barbourville
barbourville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
bougainville
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
brevilingual
brevilingual
adj
(rare) Having a short tongue.
buenaventura
buginvillaea
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
calumniative
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
chivalresque
chivalresque
adj
Characteristic of chivalry
circumaviate
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
conjunctivae
conjunctivae
noun
plural of conjunctiva
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
continuative
continuative
adj
(linguistics) durative.
Of or pertaining to continuation.
noun
(linguistics) a durative.
Something that causes a continuation.
conventually
conventually
adv
In a conventual manner.
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
countervalue
countervalue
adj
(military) Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
verb
(military) To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
To make a counter estimate of something's value.
countervaunt
cultivatable
cultivatable
adj
cultivable
cumulatively
cumulatively
adv
In a cumulative manner.
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curvaceously
curvaceously
adv
In a curvaceous way.
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
curvicaudate
curvicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvidentate
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvinervate
decaturville
denumerative
denunciative
denunciative
adj
denunciatory
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
deputatively
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
disadventure
disadventure
noun
(obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune.
discursative
dissuasively
dissuasively
adv
In a dissuasive manner.
disturbative
disturbative
adj
(chiefly archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
diverticular
diverticular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.
douglasville
dubitatively
duncansville
edulcorative
edulcorative
adj
Tending to sweeten or purify by affusions of water.
emasculative
emasculative
adj
Tending to emasculate.
endeavouring
endeavouring
noun
Alternative form of endeavoring
verb
present participle and gerund of endeavour
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
equivalences
equivalences
noun
plural of equivalence
equivalently
equivalently
adv
In an equivalent manner; equally.
equivalvular
equivalvular
adj
(zoology) equivalve
equivocacies
equivocacies
noun
plural of equivocacy
equivocality
equivocality
noun
The quality of being equivocal.
equivocating
equivocating
verb
present participle of equivocate
equivocation
equivocation
noun
(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
eventuations
eventuations
noun
plural of eventuation
evolutionary
evolutionary
adj
Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
exhaustively
exhaustively
adv
In an exhaustive manner.
exhaustivity
exhaustivity
noun
The condition of being exhaustive
exulcerative
exulcerative
adj
Tending to cause ulcers.
exuviability
favouredness
favouredness
noun
(chiefly in combination) Quality of being favoured.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
fluviomarine
fluviomarine
adj
(geology) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea.
foveolarious
gouvernantes
gouvernantes
noun
plural of gouvernante
hantaviruses
hantaviruses
noun
plural of hantavirus
harpursville
heliogravure
heliogravure
noun
An engraving of this kind.
The process of photographic engraving.
hulverheaded
illucidative
illuminative
illuminative
adj
of, capable of, or causing illumination
illustrative
illustrative
adj
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
imputatively
imputatively
adv
In an imputative fashion or manner.
inadequative
inaugurative
inaugurative
adj
(archaic) That inaugurates
incultivated
incultivated
adj
(obsolete) uncultivated
incurvatures
incurvatures
noun
plural of incurvature
individuated
individuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of individuate
individuates
individuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate
inequivalent
inequivalent
adj
Not equivalent
inequivalved
inequivalved
adj
Synonym of inequivalve
inexhaustive
inexhaustive
adj
Synonym of inexhaustible
interfluvial
interfluvial
adj
Between rivers or streams.
interpluvial
interpluvial
noun
(geology) A period of decreased rainfall.
intervenular
invernacular
involucelate
invulnerable
invulnerable
adj
Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
Unanswerable; irrefutable.
invulnerably
invulnerably
adv
In an invulnerable manner.
laevoduction
leavittsburg
liquefactive
liquefactive
adj
That causes, or is associated with liquefaction
lithogravure
liverpudlian
liverpudlian
Adjective
Of or relating to Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Noun
A native or resident of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
someone connected with Liverpool Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
maladjustive
maladjustive
adj
Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
maladventure
maneuverable
maneuverable
adj
(often in combination) Able to be maneuvered
manipulative
manipulative
adj
(derogatory) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.
Tending to manipulate.
Using manipulation purposefully.
noun
(mathematics) A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.
manoeuvering
manoeuvering
noun
gerund of manoeuver; an act in which something or someone manoeuvers
verb
present participle of manoeuver
manoeuvreing
manueverable
marvellously
marvellously
adv
In a marvellous manner.
To a great or impressive degree; very.
maugansville
mauriceville
misadventure
misadventure
noun
An accidental mishap or misfortune.
misbehaviour
misbehaviour
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior