Pertaining to Aventine Hill, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
Noun
A post of security or defense.
aventure
aventure
noun
(obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire
(obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
verb
Obsolete form of adventure.
averaged
averaged
adj
(of a set of numbers) replaced by an average value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of average
averager
averager
noun
A system or process for computing averages.
averages
averages
noun
plural of average
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of average
averment
averment
noun
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
averrhoa
averring
averring
verb
present participle of aver
averroes
aversant
aversant
adj
(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a right hand.
aversely
aversely
adv
Backward; in a backward direction
With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversive
aversive
adj
Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)
noun
(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
(psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
avertive
avestruz
avgasses
avianize
avianize
verb
(medicine) To attenuate (something such as a virus, for example for use in a vaccine) by repeatedly culturing it in bird embryos.
(rare) To make avian; to make bird-like or into a bird.
aviaries
aviaries
noun
plural of aviary
aviarist
aviarist
noun
A person who keeps an aviary
aviating
aviating
verb
present participle of aviate
aviation
aviation
noun
(collectively, military) aircraft
A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice
Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
Industry that produces aircraft.
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
aviatory
aviatory
adj
Of or relating to aviation.
aviatrix
aviatrix
noun
(dated) A female aviator.
avicenna
avicenna
Proper noun
Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath
avicular
avicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidness
avidness
noun
The characteristic of being avid.
aviemore
avifauna
avifauna
noun
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
avilaria
aviolite
avionics
avionics
noun
(aviation) The devices used in avionics.
(aviation) The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
avocados
avocados
noun
plural of avocado
avodires
avogadro
avogadro
Proper noun
Italian physicist
avoidant
avoidant
adj
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
noun
A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avoiding
avoiding
noun
Avoidance.
verb
present participle and gerund of avoid
avondale
avondale
Proper noun
A city in Arizona.
A in Colorado.
A in Louisiana.
A city in Missouri.
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
A village in New South Wales, Australia.
One of two communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
avonmore
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
avowable
avowable
adj
Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
avowably
avowably
adv
In an avowable manner.
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
avowedly
avowedly
adv
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
avulsing
avulsing
verb
present participle of avulse
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
ayurveda
aznavour
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
bakeoven
baklavas
baklavas
noun
plural of baklava
bandhava
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
banville
batavian
batavian
Adjective
From Batavia; Jakartan.
From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
Noun
Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
batsheva
bavarian
bavarian
noun
A type of custard-like food, made with fruit.
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
bavenite
bavenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
bayville
beauvais
beauvoir
beavered
beavered
adj
(historical) Having or wearing a beaver (part of a helmet covering the lower face).
Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
Synonym of bearded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beaver
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bedevils
bedevils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil
bedivere
bedravel
bedrivel
bedrivel
verb
(transitive) to drivel on, to put or spill saliva on
beehives
beehives
noun
plural of beehive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beehive
beetrave
beetrave
noun
(archaic) The common beet, Beta vulgaris.
beeville
befavour
behalves
behalves
noun
plural of behalf
behavers
behavers
noun
plural of behaver
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
behavior
behavior
noun
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
behooved
behooved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behoove
behooves
behooves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behoove
behovely
behovely
adj
(archaic) Necessary; advantageous.
(archaic) Useful.
adv
(archaic) Usefully.
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beknived
believed
believed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of believe
believer
believer
noun
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
believes
believes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of believe
bellevue
bellevue
Proper noun
a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
a locality in northern Queensland, Australia.
an urban community in the municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada.
a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta.
a community at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
a community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
a village in French Guiana.
a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway.
a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden.
a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
settlements on the islands of Saint Croix and Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.
various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in Merced County, California.
an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
a neighbourhood in Georgia.
a city in Blaine County, Idaho.
a village in Peoria County, Illinois.
a city in Jackson County, Iowa.
a home-rule class city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
unincorporated communities in Bossier, Calcasieu, Caldwell and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana.
an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
a village in Eaton County, Michigan.
an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Mississippi.
a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
a neighbourhood in Schenectady, New York.
a city in Erie, Huron and Sandusky Counties, Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon.
a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
a neighbourhood in Nashville, Tennessee.
a small city in Clay County, Texas.
a city in King County, Washington State.
a neighbourhood in Washington, D.C.
a village in Brown County, Wisconsin.
bellvale
beloveds
beloveds
noun
plural of beloved
berdyaev
bereaved
bereaved
adj
having suffered the death of a loved one
bereaven
bereaven
adj
(obsolete) bereft
bereaver
bereaver
noun
Someone who bereaves.
bereaves
bereaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bereave
berreave
bescurvy
beshiver
besilver
besilver
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with silver.
beslaved
beslaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslave
beslaver
beslaver
verb
(transitive) To cover with slaver, or anything suggesting slaver.
(transitive, figuratively) To cover with fulsome flattery.
besleeve
besleeve
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take the sleeves from (a bishop).
besnivel
bestarve
betravel
betravel
verb
(transitive) To travel over; overrun with travellers.
bevaring
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevelers
bevelers
noun
plural of beveler
beveling
beveling
noun
Alternative spelling of bevelling
bevelled
bevelled
adj
Having a bevel, especially at an edge
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevel
beveller
beveller
noun
A tool or machine used for bevelling.
One who bevels.
beverage
beverage
noun
(Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.
(chiefly Canada, US) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
beverlee
beverley
beverley
Proper noun
name, a mostly British spelling variant of Beverly.
a market town, and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
beverlie
bevilled
bevilled
adj
(heraldry) Notched with an angle like that enclosed by a carpenter's bevel; said of a partition line of a shield.
bevoiled
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
bhagavat
bhairava
bhairavi
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
bienvenu
biovular
biovular
adj
(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
bivalent
bivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
(genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against two different viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
bivalved
bivalved
adj
Having two valves.
bivalves
bivalves
noun
plural of bivalve
bivalvia
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
biverbal
biverbal
adj
Of or pertaining to two verbs
Of or pertaining to two words
punning
bivinyls
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
blauvelt
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bohuslav
boilover
boilover
noun
A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
bolivars
bolivian
bolivias
bolivias
noun
plural of bolivia
bonavist
bonnyvis
borislav
boshvark
bouviers
bouvines
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarist
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.