(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
coadjuvancy
coadjuvancy
noun
(rare) cooperation; mutual effort
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
conditivium
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
conjugative
conjugative
adj
Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
conjunctiva
conjunctiva
noun
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.
conjunctive
conjunctive
adj
(astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
(grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
(grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
(grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
(grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
(logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
(obsolete) Closely united.
noun
(grammar) A conjunction.
(logic) A conjunction.
consecutive
consecutive
adj
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
noun
(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convolutely
convoluting
convoluting
verb
present participle of convolute
convolution
convolution
noun
(computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
A twist or fold.
Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
One 360° turn in a spring or similar helix.
The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
The state or condition of being convoluted.
convolutive
convolutive
adj
(botany) convolute
convolvulad
convolvulic
convolvulin
convolvulin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), used as a purgative.
convolvulus
convolvulus
noun
(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.
(zoology) A species of hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli.
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
convulsedly
convulsible
convulsible
adj
Subject to convulsions.
convulsions
convulsions
noun
plural of convulsion
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
couniversal
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.
crinivorous
culminative
cultivating
cultivating
verb
present participle of cultivate
cultivation
cultivation
noun
Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
culverineer
culverineer
noun
The operator of a culverin.
cursiveness
cursiveness
noun
The state or quality of being cursive.
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
curvilineal
curvilineal
adj
(Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
curvilinear
curvilinear
adj
(geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.
(of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
curvinerved
curvinerved
adj
(botany) Having the ribs or veins of the leaves curved.
decurvation
devulcanize
devulcanize
verb
(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
disjunctive
disjunctive
adj
(grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
(logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
(music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
Not connected; separated.
Tending to disjoin; separating.
noun
(grammar) A disjunct.
(logic) A disjunction.
divulgences
divulgences
noun
plural of divulgence
duncanville
enunciative
enunciative
adj
Relating to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
equivalence
equivalence
noun
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
(geometry) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
(mathematics) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
(translation studies) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.
(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
verb
(transitive) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
equivalency
equivalency
noun
(countable) An equivalent thing.
(uncountable) equivalence
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
excurvation
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
fluvicoline
inclusively
inclusively
adv
In a manner which includes every possibility.
In an inclusive fashion.
inconducive
inconducive
adj
Not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.
inculcative
inculcative
adj
Serving to inculcate.
inculpative
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
inductively
inductively
adv
By using induction
In an inductive manner
inductivity
inductivity
noun
(physics) A measure of the capacity for magnetic inductance.
(rare) The susceptibility to a process of induction (in various senses).
inexclusive
influencive
influencive
adj
(rare) influential
inoculative
inoculative
adj
Relating to inoculation.
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.
inveracious
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
juvenescent
juvenescent
adj
Becoming juvenile or young.
juvenocracy
levoduction
manuductive
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noctivagous
noctivagous
adj
Wandering at night; nightwandering, noctivagant.
noncovetous
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
nonvascular
nonvascular
adj
not vascular
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
nuncupative
nuncupative
adj
(obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name.
(obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Oral; not written.
oncoviruses
oncoviruses
noun
plural of oncovirus
outcaviling
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overconfute
overconquer
overconsume
overconsume
verb
To consume too much.
overcounted
overcounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcount
overcunning
overcunning
adj
Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
overcurrent
overcurrent
noun
A larger-than-intended electric current.
overcurtain
overcutting
overcutting
noun
(rare) Excessive cutting.
verb
present participle of overcut
overfluency
overfluency
noun
Excessive fluency
overincrust
oversaucing
oversaucing
verb
present participle of oversauce
provinculum
punctuative
punctuative
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
purveyancer
purveyances
purveyances
noun
plural of purveyance
recurvation
recurvation
noun
A bending or flexure backward.
rejuvenesce
rejuvenesce
verb
(transitive) To make young again; rejuvenate.
subclavians
subclavians
noun
plural of subclavian
subjunctive
subjunctive
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
noun
(countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.
(grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
subprovince
subprovince
noun
A province making up part of a larger province.
sulphovinic
survivances
survivances
noun
plural of survivance
unabjective
unactivated
unactivated
adj
Not activated; (often, especially) never yet activated.
unadvancing
unadvancing
adj
That does not advance.
unadvocated
unadvocated
adj
Not advocated.
uncalmative
uncanvassed
uncanvassed
adj
Not canvassed.
uncaptivate
uncausative
uncavernous
uncavilling
unchevroned
unchevroned
adj
Not marked or adorned with a chevron.
unchivalric
uncivilized
uncivilized
adj
Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncivilize
uncivilness
uncivilness
noun
incivility
uncleavable
uncleavable
adj
Not cleavable.
uncollusive
uncombative
uncombative
Adjective
Not combative.
unconceived
unconceived
adj
Not conceived
unconducive
unconducive
Adjective
Not likely to produce or support some desired outcome.
unconniving
unconniving
adj
Not conniving.
unconserved
unconserved
adj
Not conserved
uncontrived
uncontrived
adj
Not contrived.
unconvenial
unconvening
unconvening
verb
present participle of unconvene
unconverged
unconverged
adj
Not converged
unconverted
unconverted
adj
Not converted (especially in the religious sense).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unconvert
unconvicted
unconvicted
adj
Who has not been convicted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unconvict
unconvinced
unconvinced
adj
not convinced or lacking conviction
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unconvince