(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
absolvatory
absolvatory
adj
Conferring absolution; absolutory.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
adinvention
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
advertorial
advertorial
noun
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
advoteresse
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
aftervision
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
alleviation
alleviation
noun
the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
alternativo
alveolation
alveolation
noun
(geology) An eroded structure of honeycomb-like cavities
alveolotomy
alveolotomy
noun
(surgery, dentistry) incision into the alveolus, especially in order to drain pus from an abscess
ameliorativ
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
anoxidative
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antierosive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
archvisitor
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
autoceptive
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
avaremotemo
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avolitional
avolitional
adj
Of or relating to avolition; lacking willpower.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bartonville
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
bentonville
bezpopovets
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bioactivity
bioactivity
noun
(biology, medicine) Biologic activity, such as biochemical or immunologic reactivity: the biologic effect (function or dysfunction, benefit or toxicity) of a substance.
blountville
blountville
Proper noun
A in the U.S. state of that is the of
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bolshevists
bonaventura
bonaventure
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carpetwoven
castelvetro
castroville
catonsville
cavillation
cavillation
noun
The act of cavilling.
cavillatory
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
chilacavote
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clavicotomy
cleaverwort
cleaverwort
noun
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”)
coacervated
coacervated
adj
That has undergone coacervation
coacervates
coacervates
noun
plural of coacervate
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coagulative
coagulative
adj
Having the power to cause coagulation
coatesville
cocultivate
cocultivate
verb
To cultivate along with another organism
coevalities
coevalneity
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
cognitively
cognitively
adv
Relating to thinking (cognition).
cognitivity
cohortative
cohortative
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.
Encouraging.
noun
(grammar) The cohortative mood.
coinventing
coinventing
verb
present participle of coinvent
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
collectives
collectives
noun
plural of collective
collectivum
colligative
colligative
adj
(chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.
collocative
collocative
adj
Of , pertaining to, or representing a collocation
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
combatively
combatively
adv
In a combative way.
combativity
combativity
noun
Synonym of combativeness
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
commulative
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
concavation
concavation
noun
The act of making concave.
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
conditivium
condonative
condonative
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
conflictive
conflictive
adj
Causing conflict.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
congelative
congelative
adj
That which tends to congeal.
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.
connectival
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
connivantly
connivently
connotative
connotative
adj
that implies or suggests something else
connotively
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.
conservator
conservator
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
(law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
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.
contracivil
contractive
contractive
adj
Able to contract; contractile
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contravened
contravened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contravene
contravener
contravener
noun
One who contravenes.
contravenes
contravenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
contrayerva
contrayerva
noun
Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
contrivance
contrivance
noun
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Something overly artful or artificial.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
contrivedly
contrivedly
adv
In a contrived manner.
controverse
controverse
noun
(obsolete) Controversy.
verb
(obsolete) to controvert
controversy
controversy
noun
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
controverts
controverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of controvert
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
conventical
conventical
adj
conventual
conventicle
conventicle
noun
A Quaker meetinghouse.
A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
The place where such a meeting is held.
verb
To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
convertible
convertible
adj
(finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
(logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
(obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
(obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
(vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
noun
(computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
(dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.