(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acetoveratrone
acetoveratrone
noun
(organic chemistry) The ketone 3,4-dimethoxy-acetophenone derived from veratrole
achievement
achievement
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
achievements
achievements
noun
plural of achievement
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
ackermanville
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acriflavine
acriflavine
noun
(medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
activenesses
activenesses
noun
plural of activeness
addictiveness
addictiveness
noun
The characteristic of being addictive.
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."
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
advance
advance
adj
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
Forward.
Preceding.
noun
(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
verb
(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
(transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
To increase (a number or amount).
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
advanceable
advanceable
adj
That can be advanced, as of a tax credit that may be brought forward for immediate use rather than being reclaimed at the end of the year.
advanced
advanced
adj
(Philippines, of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
At or close to the state of the art.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
with greater complexity, more difficult
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advance
advancedness
advancedness
noun
The quality of being advanced.
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
advancive
advancive
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advowsance
aggrievance
aggrievance
noun
oppression; hardship; grievance.
alcovinometer
aleksandrovac
alveolocondylean
ambivalence
ambivalence
noun
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambivalency
aminovaleric
anchorville
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
angiocavernous
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
antecavern
antecurvature
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
anticipative
anticipative
adj
Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticogitative
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticompetitive
anticompetitive
adj
(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
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
apperceiving
apperceiving
verb
present participle of apperceive
appreciativeness
appreciativeness
noun
The state or quality of being appreciative.
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
archdivine
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
archknave
archrepresentative
archvestryman
arrivance
arrivance
noun
(obsolete) Arrival
arvicolinae
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
ascensive
ascensive
adj
(grammar) Augmentative; intensive.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
associativeness
associativeness
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being associative
astrictiveness
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
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).
autoconvection
autoconvection
noun
spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autoconverter
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
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
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.
avicebron
avicenna
avicenna
Proper noun
Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath
avicennia
avicenniaceae
avicennism
avirulence
avirulence
noun
The state of being avirulent.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
avunculate
avunculate
noun
(In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal uncle, and the mutual responsibilities between them.
the relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons.