(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adverbial
adverbial
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
noun
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
adversant
adversary
adversary
noun
An opponent or rival.
adversely
adversely
adv
In an adverse manner.
adversing
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
adversive
adversive
adj
causing adversion
opposite, contrary
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertise
advertise
verb
(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
advertize
advertize
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
almoravid
almoravid
Noun
A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
alvordton
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
ardenvoir
artevelde
audiviser
avertedly
avertedly
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
barneveld
bavardage
bavardage
noun
chatter, banter
bedcovers
bedcovers
noun
plural of bedcover
bedrivels
bedrivels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrivel
belvedere
belvedere
noun
(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
Bassia scoparia (summer cypress)
belvidere
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
berdyayev
berreaved
beveridge
beveridge
noun
Obsolete form of beverage.
boulevard
boulevard
noun
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
bouvardia
bravadoed
bravadoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bravado
bravadoes
bravadoes
noun
plural of bravado
brevetted
broadview
cabdriver
cabdriver
noun
One who drives a carriage for a living.
One who drives a taxi for a living.
cadaveric
cadaveric
adj
Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
Pertaining to a corpse.
cadaverin
cadaverin
noun
Alternative form of cadaverine
caravaned
caravaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caravan
cardville
cedarvale
cervicide
cervicide
noun
(rare) The killing of deer.
chavender
chavender
noun
A chub (fish).
chevroned
chevroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chevron
chivareed
chivareed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivaree
chivaried
chivaried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivari
coderived
coderives
conserved
conserved
adj
Of or relating to something to which conservation has been applied; saved from being wasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conserve
contrived
contrived
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrive
converged
converged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of converge
conversed
conversed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of converse
converted
converted
adj
changed in form or function etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convert
corcovado
cordovans
cordovans
noun
plural of cordovan
coverdale
coverlids
coverlids
noun
plural of coverlid
coverside
coverside
noun
A region of country having covers; hunting country.
cravatted
cravatted
adj
Wearing a cravat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravat.
creditive
crevassed
crevassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crevasse
curvetted
daredevil
daredevil
adj
Recklessly bold; adventurous.
noun
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention.
verb
(intransitive) To behave in a reckless, adventurous, or physically risky manner.
darsonval
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
davisboro
davisburg
deceivers
deceivers
noun
plural of deceiver
decemviri
decemvirs
decemvirs
noun
plural of decemvir
decretive
decretive
adj
Having the authority of a decree.
decursive
decursive
adj
Running down; decurrent.
decurving
deerdrive
deervetch
deervetch
noun
Acmispon
Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
Hosackia
Lotus gen. et spp.
degravate
delivered
delivered
adj
(in combination) That has been, or will be, delivered in a specific manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deliver
deliverer
deliverer
noun
One who brings deliverance.
One who delivers.
deliverly
deliverly
adv
(obsolete) actively; quickly; nimbly
deliveror
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
depravate
depravers
depravers
noun
plural of depraver
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprivals
deprivals
noun
plural of deprival
deprivate
deprivers
deprivers
noun
plural of depriver
depriving
depriving
verb
present participle of deprive
derivable
derivable
adj
able to be derived, deducible
derivably
derivably
adv
Such that it can be derived; by derivation.
derivates
derivates
noun
plural of derivate
derivedly
dervishes
dervishes
noun
plural of dervish
deservers
deservers
noun
plural of deserver
deserving
deserving
adj
meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
noun
desert, merit
verb
present participle of deserve
desilvers
desilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desilver
desoeuvre
detersive
detersive
adj
Having cleansing abilities
noun
A cleansing agent; a detergent.
detrusive
developer
developer
noun
(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.
(dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
deviators
deviators
noun
plural of deviator
deviatory
deviatory
adj
Tending to deviate.
devilbird
devilries
devilries
noun
plural of devilry
devilward
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
devourers
devourers
noun
plural of devourer
devouress
devouress
noun
(obsolete) A female devourer.
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
diervilla
dikegrave
dikereeve
dimitrovo
directive
directive
adj
(grammar) Relating to the directive case.
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
noun
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
(grammar) The directive case.
(programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
disavower
disavower
noun
One who disavows.
discovers
discovers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discover
discovert
discovert
adj
(law, obsolete) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
noun
(obsolete) An uncovered place or part.
discovery
discovery
noun
(countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
(law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(uncountable) The discovering of new things.
Something discovered.
disfavors
disfavors
noun
plural of disfavor
disfavour
disfavour
noun
A state of being out of favour.
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
Lack of favour; displeasure.
verb
(British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
disproval
disproval
noun
The act of disproving; disproof.
disproved
disproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disprove
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
disprover
disprover
noun
One who disproves.
disproves
disproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprove
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disserved
disserved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disserve
disserves
disserves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disserve
dissevers
dissevers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissever
disshiver
dissolver
dissolver
noun
One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
divariant
divariant
noun
(mathematics) Synonym of concomitant
divergent
divergent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Causing divergence of rays.
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Growing further apart; diverging.
diverging
diverging
noun
divergence
verb
present participle of diverge
diversely
diversely
adv
In a diverse manner.
diversify
diversify
verb
(transitive) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
diversion
diversion
noun
(law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
(transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
(transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
Removal of water via a canal.
The act of diverting.
diversity
diversity
noun
(chiefly business) Equal-opportunity inclusion.
A variety; diverse types or examples.
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
diversory
diversory
adj
Tending to divert; causing diversion.
noun
(obsolete, rare) A wayside inn.
diverters
diverters
noun
plural of diverter
divertila
diverting
diverting
verb
present participle of divert
divertise
divertise
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To divert; to entertain.
divertive
divertive
adj
(archaic) Tending to divert; amusing; interesting.
divesture
divesture
noun
Obsolete form of divestiture.
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.