One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticonvellent
anticonvention
anticonventional
anticonventional
adj
Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonventionally
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
anticovenanter
anticovenanting
anticovenanting
adj
(historical) Opposing the Covenanter movement.
anticreative
anticreative
adj
Opposing creativity.
anticreatively
anticreativeness
anticreativity
anticreativity
noun
Opposition to creativity.
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antievolutionistic
antimedicative
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiprojectivity
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antireactive
antireductive
antisiccative
antivenefic
antivermicular
antivice
antivice
adj
Opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour).
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antivivisection
antivivisection
adj
opposed to vivisection
antivivisectionist
antivivisectionist
adj
characterized by opposition to vivisection
of or relating to such a person
noun
an individual opposed to the practice of vivisection
antivivisectionists
antivivisectionists
noun
plural of antivivisectionist
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
apperceive
apperceive
verb
(obsolete) To perceive.
(psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.
apperceived
apperceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apperceive
apperceives
apperceives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apperceive
apperceiving
apperceiving
verb
present participle of apperceive
apperceptive
apperceptive
adj
perceptive
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
applicative
applicative
adj
(computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
Having practical application; applicable.
Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appreciativ
appreciative
appreciative
adj
Capable of showing appreciation.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
appreciativeness
appreciativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appreciative.
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
archdeceiver
archdeceiver
noun
(religion) One who orchestrates deception, especially the Devil.
archdetective
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.
archdivine
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
architective
architective
adj
Used in building; suitable for building.
architrave
architrave
noun
(architecture) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns.
(architecture) The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
architraves
architraves
noun
plural of architrave
archive
archive
noun
(ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
verb
(transitive) To put (something) into an archive.
archived
archived
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archive
archiver
archiver
noun
One who, or that which, archives.
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
archknave
archleveler
archoverseer
archrepresentative
archvampire
archvestryman
arrivance
arrivance
noun
(obsolete) Arrival
arrivederci
arrivederci
intj
(in the context of Italy or Italian culture) farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)
noun
An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci".
articulative
articulative
adj
Serving to articulate or express something.
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
arvicolinae
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
ascensive
ascensive
adj
(grammar) Augmentative; intensive.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
ascriptive
ascriptive
adj
ascribing; relating to ascription
noun
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
ascrive
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.
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
associativeness
associativeness
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being associative
astrictive
astrictive
adj
binding; astringent
noun
An astringent.
astrictively
astrictiveness
astructive
astructive
adj
(obsolete) Building up; constructive.
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
attractive
attractive
adj
Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
attractively
attractively
adv
In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
attractiveness
attractiveness
noun
(countable) The result of being attractive.
(uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
attractivenesses
attractivenesses
noun
plural of attractiveness
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
auriculovertical
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autoactive
autoactive
adj
spontaneously active (without any external stimulus)
autoceptive
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autoconvection
autoconvection
noun
spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autoconverter
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avalanche
avalanche
noun
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
verb
(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
(transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
avalanched
avalanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avalanche
avalanches
avalanches
noun
plural of avalanche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avalanche
avance
avarice
avarice
noun
Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
averrhoistic
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
aviatrice
aviatrices
aviatrices
noun
plural of aviatrix
avice
avicebron
avicenna
avicenna
Proper noun
Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath
avicennia
avicenniaceae
avicennism
avicide
avicide
noun
Any substance used to kill birds.
aviculariidae
avicularimorphae
aviculidae
aviculture
aviculture
noun
The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry)