(anatomy) Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone
champlev
champleve
chapmanville
chemisorptive
chemisorptive
adj
Relating to chemisorption
chemoreceptive
chemoreceptive
adj
(of a sense organ) able to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemoreceptivities
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemosorptive
circumscriptive
circumscriptive
adj
That circumscribes or outlines
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspective
circumspective
adj
Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
claviceps
clavipectoral
clavipectoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the chest
cloverport
coapprover
codevelop
codevelop
verb
To develop together.
codeveloped
codeveloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codevelop
codeveloper
codeveloper
noun
A joint developer; one of several developers (of a product, land, etc.).
codevelopers
codevelopers
noun
plural of codeveloper
codeveloping
codeveloping
verb
present participle of codevelop
codevelops
codevelops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codevelop
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
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.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compassive
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
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.
competitively
competitively
adv
In a competitive manner.
competitiveness
competitiveness
noun
The state of being competitive.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexive
complexively
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
comprehensive
comprehensive
adj
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
noun
(Britain) A comprehensive school.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
comprehensiveness
comprehensiveness
noun
The state of being comprehensive.
comprehensivenesses
comprehensives
comprehensives
noun
plural of comprehensive
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compressively
compressively
adv
In a compressive way.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
computatively
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
concaptive
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
conceptiveness
conceptiveness
noun
The quality of being conceptive.
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
conservatorship
conservatorship
noun
(law) The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.
(law) The state of being under the control of a conservator.
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
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.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
contraceptive
contraceptive
adj
That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
noun
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
contraceptives
contraceptives
noun
plural of contraceptive
contrapositive
contrapositive
noun
(logic) The inverse of the converse of a given proposition.
contrapositives
contrapositives
noun
plural of contrapositive
contraprovectant
convenership
convertaplane
convertaplane
noun
Alternative form of convertiplane
convertiplane
convertiplane
noun
Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
convertoplane
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
cooperativeness
cooperativeness
noun
The state of being cooperative
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
coopersville
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
cooptive
cooptive
adj
Relating to cooption
copeville
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
corporatively
corresponsive
corresponsive
adj
equivalent or similar in character: corresponding
jointly or mutually responsive: exchanging
responsive to stimulus: responding, answering
corresponsively
corresponsively
adv
In a corresponsive manner.
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
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.
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
coupeville
coverslip
coverslip
noun
A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
verb
To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
cropseyville
cryopreserve
cryopreserve
verb
To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature
cryoprotective
cryoprotective
adj
That provides cryoprotection
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
decemvirship
decemvirship
noun
The rank or position of decemvir.
deceptive
deceptive
adj
Likely or attempting to deceive.
deceptively
deceptively
adv
Actually but not apparently.
Apparently but not actually.
In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
deceptiveness
deceptiveness
noun
the state or quality of being deceptive
deceptivity
deceptivity
noun
(rare) Something that deceives.
The quality of being deceptive.
decompressive
decompressive
adj
That decompresses.
deephaven
deoppilative
deoppilative
noun
(medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
depauville
depictive
depictive
adj
Of or pertaining to depiction.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
depletive
depletive
adj
Causing depletion.
noun
Any substance used to deplete.
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
depravate
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
deprave
deprave
verb
(transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
(transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
depraved
depraved
adj
(archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deprave
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
depravedness
depravedness
noun
The state of being depraved; depravity
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
depraver
depraver
noun
One who depraves or corrupts.
depravers
depravers
noun
plural of depraver
depraves
depraves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
depravities
depravities
noun
plural of depravity
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.
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
deprecatively
deprecatively
adv
In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates