Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
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.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjuvate
adjuvate
verb
To help; to further
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adustive
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(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.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
adventureship
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventuresses
adventuresses
noun
plural of adventuress
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
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.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adventurousness
adventurousness
noun
The quality of being adventurous.
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antireductive
auditive
auditive
adj
Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
auditives
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumvallated
circumvallated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
clavodeltoideus
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjuvate
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coadventuress
coadventuring
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
convoluted
convoluted
adj
(chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
convolutedly
convolutedly
adv
In a convoluted manner.
convolutedness
convolutedness
noun
The quality of being convoluted.
counteradvance
counteradvance
noun
An advance that counters or goes against another advance.
counteradvantage
counteradvantage
noun
A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.
An advantage held by an opponent.
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
counterevidence
counterevidence
noun
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
counterproductive
counterproductive
adj
More of a hindrance than a help.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductiveness
counterproductiveness
noun
The state or condition of being counterproductive.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
countervailed
countervailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countervail
countervindication
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
(mathematics) The inversion of a convolution equation; does not normally have unique solution
decorrugative
decultivate
decurvation
decurvature
decussatively
decussatively
adv
(obsolete) crosswise; in the form of an X
deductive
deductive
adj
(logic) Based on inferences from general principles.
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
deductively
deductively
adv
In a deductive manner; using deduction
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
deglutitive
deglutitive
adj
(medicine) Relating to the action or process of swallowing.
deindividualization
deindividualization
noun
The act or process of deindividualizing.
deindividuate
deindividuate
verb
(psychology) to view as a group rather than as an individual; to remove societal norms that shape individual behavior; to remove or reduce individually identifying information
denudative
denudative
adj
That causes denudation.
denumerantive
denumerative
denunciative
denunciative
adj
denunciatory
denunciatively
denunciatively
adv
In a denunciative manner.
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
deputatively
desquamative
desquamative
adj
Of, relating to, or attended with, desquamation.
destructive
destructive
adj
(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
Causing breakdown or disassembly.
Causing destruction; damaging.
destructively
destructively
adv
in a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction
destructiveness
destructiveness
noun
the state or quality of being destructive
destructivism
destructivism
noun
An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators.
destructivity
destructivity
noun
destructiveness
detritivorous
detritivorous
adj
(ecology) That feeds on detritus; saprophagous
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
detrusive
deuterovitellose
deutovum
deutovum
noun
The incompletely developed larva of a mite after shedding of the chorion
devaluate
devaluate
verb
(transitive) To reduce in value.
devaluated
devaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devaluate
devaluates
devaluates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate
devaluating
devaluating
verb
present participle of devaluate
devaluation
devaluation
noun
(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
Depreciation.
The removal or lessening of something's value.
devaluations
devaluations
noun
plural of devaluation
devault
devaunt
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
devolute
devolute
verb
(obsolete) To devolve.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devolutionary
devolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
devolutionist
devolutionist
adj
Supporting or relating to a policy of devolution.
noun
A proponent of devolution.
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devolutive
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
devout
devout
adj
(archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
noun
(obsolete) A devotee.
(obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.