(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
adairville
adamsville
adaptative
adaptative
adj
Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
addieville
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
additivity
additivity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is additive
(uncountable) The property of being additive
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
adventists
adventitia
adventitia
noun
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
adversaria
adversaria
noun
(plural only, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
(plural only, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertized
advertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertize
advertizer
advertizer
noun
One who advertizes.
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatrix
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
aldenville
alleviated
alleviated
adj
Made more bearable.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alleviate
almoravide
alviducous
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
antidivine
antidivine
adj
Opposing or counteracting that which is divine.
aparavidya
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
archdivine
audivision
aviculidae
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avidnesses
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avoidupois
basinerved
bedeviling
bedeviling
noun
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
verb
(US) present participle of bedevil
bedevilled
bedevilled
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bedevil
bedriveled
beedeville
behaviored
belverdian
benediktov
beshivered
bidonville
bidonville
noun
A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
biliverdic
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blandville
bondsville
bradyville
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
bravadoism
brevicauda
bridalveil
broadwives
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cadaverine
cadaverine
noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
cadaverize
cadaverize
verb
To remove the life from or to make cadaverous.
captivated
captivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captivate
cavaliered
cavaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalier
cedarville
civilizade
claudville
clavichord
clavichord
noun
(music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coderiving
conditivia
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
corrosived
credencive
credensive
cultivated
cultivated
adj
(of a person) cultured, refined, educated
(of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild)
(of land) farmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cultivate
curdsville
daredevils
daredevils
noun
plural of daredevil
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
davisville
deactivate
deactivate
verb
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
deatsville
deceivable
deceivable
adj
Able to be deceived; gullible.
deceivably
deceivably
adv
In a deceivable way.
deceivance
deceivance
noun
deceit, deception
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decisively
decisively
adv
In a decisive manner.
decivilize
decivilize
verb
(intransitive) To become less civilized.
(transitive) To make less civilized.
decorative
decorative
adj
That serves to decorate
noun
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
decreative
dedicative
dedicative
adj
Relating to dedication.
deedsville
deersville
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
definitive
definitive
adj
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
explicitly defined
limiting; determining
noun
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
deflective
deflective
adj
capable of causing deflection.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
degressive
degressive
adj
Decreasing in steps.
Tending to decrease.
delegative
delineavit
deliverers
deliverers
noun
plural of deliverer
deliveress
deliveress
noun
(archaic) A female deliverer.
deliveries
deliveries
noun
plural of delivery
delivering
delivering
noun
An act of delivering.
verb
present participle of deliver
deltaville
delusively
delusively
adv
In a delusive or deluded manner.
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demisavage
demivierge
demivirgin
demivotary
demiwivern
denotative
denotative
adj
Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
That denotes or names; designative.
denudative
denudative
adj
That causes denudation.
depauville
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
derisively
derisively
adv
In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
derivately
derivation
derivation
noun
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
derivatist
derivative
derivative
adj
(finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
(law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Imitative of the work of someone else.
Lacking originality.
Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
(Of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
(Of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
(chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
(finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
(generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
(linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
Something derived.
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.