(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aminovaleric
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
avariciously
avariciously
adv
In a greedy or self-serving manner.
averrhoistic
avitaminotic
avitaminotic
adj
Having or relating to avitaminosis.
caciocavallo
caciocavallo
noun
An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.
camptonville
cancrivorous
cancrivorous
adj
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
captivations
captivations
noun
plural of captivation
carlovingian
carlovingian
Adjective
Relating to or descended from Frankish dynasty of
cervicodynia
cervicodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the neck
cerviconasal
chemicovital
chemicovital
adj
(dated) Both chemical and vital; biochemical.
chivalrously
chivalrously
adv
In a chivalrous manner.
circumjovial
circumjovial
adj
(astronomy, obsolete) In orbit around the planet Jupiter.
noun
(astronomy, obsolete) Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
civilisation
civilisation
noun
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilization
civilisatory
civilization
civilization
name
Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
noun
(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The state or quality of being civilized.
civilizatory
civilizatory
adj
That tends to civilize
clairvoyance
clairvoyance
noun
(parapsychology) The power to see the future.
clairvoyancy
clairvoyancy
noun
(nonstandard) Clairvoyance.
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavicembalo
clavicembalo
noun
(music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord.
clavicornate
clavodeltoid
claytonville
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.
coazervation
cochranville
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
cogitatively
cogitatively
adv
In a cogitative manner
cogitativity
cogitativity
noun
cogitativeness
colliquative
colliquative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
combinantive
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
commentative
commentative
adj
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.
comparatival
comparatival
adj
(grammar) Expressing or relating to a comparison.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compassivity
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
concanavalin
concanavalin
noun
(medicine) Any of a family of glycoprotein lectins found in the jack bean
conciliative
conciliative
adj
conciliatory
condensative
condensative
adj
That tends to condense
condititivia
confervalike
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
congregative
congregative
adj
That congregates
conjunctivae
conjunctivae
noun
plural of conjunctiva
conjunctival
conjunctival
adj
(relational) Of or relating to the conjunctiva.
Serving to join or connect.
conjunctivas
consecrative
consecrative
adj
Relating to consecration.
conservation
conservation
noun
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
(physics) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatist
conservative
conservative
adj
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Cautious, moderate.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
noun
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
conservatize
conservatize
verb
To make or become conservative.
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
consociative
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
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.
contradivide
contravening
contravening
verb
present participle of contravene (to act contrary or to deny something.)
contrivances
contrivances
noun
plural of contrivance
convalescing
convalescing
verb
present participle of convalesce
convectional
convectional
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convective.
conventional
conventional
adj
(agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
(bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
(weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
Ordinary, commonplace.
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
noun
(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
conversation
conversation
noun
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
(computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
conversative
conversative
adj
(dated) Chatty; inclined to talk.
(dated) Relating to conversation with others; social.
conversional
conversional
adj
Relating to conversion.
conveyancing
conveyancing
noun
(law) The drawing of deeds etc. concerning transfer of property, and the legal execution of such transfers.
verb
present participle of conveyance
convictional
convictional
adj
Relating to conviction, or strong belief.
convivialist
convivialist
noun
(archaic) A person who drinks alcohol.
A person of convivial habits.
conviviality
conviviality
noun
(countable) A jovial spirit or activity
(uncountable) The state of being convivial
convivialize
convivialize
verb
(intransitive) To socialize in a friendly manner.
convocations
convocations
noun
plural of convocation
convulsional
convulsional
adj
Pertaining to, or having, convulsions.
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
coordinative
coordinative
adj
Of or pertaining to coordination
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
corelatively
correlatives
correlatives
noun
plural of correlative
corrivalship
corrivalship
noun
(obsolete) joint rivalry
corycavamine
corycavidine
cottageville
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.
covariations
covariations
noun
plural of covariation
cultivations
cultivations
noun
plural of cultivation
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvirostral
curvirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a crooked beak
deactivation
deactivation
noun
The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm.
deactivators
deactivators
noun
plural of deactivator
decoratively
decoratively
adv
In a decorative manner.
dermovaccine
devocalising
devocalising
verb
present participle of devocalise
devocalizing
devocalizing
verb
present participle of devocalize
discoverable
discoverable
adj
(law) Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.
Able to be discovered.
discoverably
discoverably
adv
In a discoverable way.
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
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.
edulcorative
edulcorative
adj
Tending to sweeten or purify by affusions of water.
electrovital
electrovital
adj
Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.
endocervical
endocervical
adj
Of or pertaining to the endocervix.
Within a cervix.
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.
evisceration
evisceration
noun
(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
exacervation
exacervation
noun
(medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm.
(obsolete) The act of heaping up.
excavational
excavational
adj
Relating to excavation.
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
excogitative
excogitative
adj
Relating to excogitation.
factoryville
ferroinclave
galvanotonic
gravicembalo
gravicembalo
noun
(music) An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord
homovanillic
homovanillic
adj
Relating to homovanillic acid or its derivatives
homoveratric
homoveratric
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to homoveratric acid or its derivatives
hypoactivity
hypoactivity
noun
The condition of being hypoactive
inactivation
inactivation
noun
The process of rendering something inactive.
inchoatively
inchoatively
adv
In an inchoative manner.
incogitative
incogitative
adj
Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
inconversant
inconversant
adj
Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
incurvations
incurvations
noun
plural of incurvation
inobservance
inobservance
noun
Lack of observance.
inobservancy
inobservancy
noun
Alternative form of inobservance
intervocalic
intervocalic
adj
(phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels.
intoxicative
intoxicative
adj
Relating to, or causing intoxication
invocational
invocational
adj
Of or relating to an act of invocation.
Relating to digital invocational media based on invocable kinds of address.
involucelate
jacksonville
jacksonville
Proper noun
Name for a number of cities and towns in the United States, including the largest city in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
laevoduction
lasciviously
lasciviously
adv
In a lascivious manner.
levotartaric
malconceived
microgravity
microgravity
noun
(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
microwavable
microwavable
adj
suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.