(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accusative
accusative
adj
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
noun
(grammar) The accusative case.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accusativeness
accusativeness
noun
(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
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.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
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
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
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.
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
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antievolutionistic
antiproductiveness
antirevolutionaries
antirevolutionaries
noun
plural of antirevolutionary
antirevolutionist
antirevolutionist
noun
Synonym of antirevolutionary
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antisubversive
antisubversive
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.
noun
One who opposes political subversion.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antiuniversity
antiuniversity
adj
Opposing a university or universities in general.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
argumentativeness
argumentativeness
noun
the state of being argumentative
arteriovenous
arteriovenous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the veins
assaultive
assaultive
adj
Confrontational; tending or seeming to assault; characterized by assault.
noun
(psychiatry, criminology) A person who assaults others.
assaultively
assaultively
adv
In an assaultive manner.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
assumptiveness
astructive
astructive
adj
(obsolete) Building up; constructive.
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
auditives
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
austinville
authoritativeness
authoritativeness
noun
The quality of possessing authority.
The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autopositive
autoprogressive
autoregressive
autoregressive
adj
(statistics) Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
autosuggestive
autosuggestive
adj
Employing autosuggestion.
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
avestruz
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blountsville
blountsville
Proper noun
A town in
A town in
bonaventurism
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
burkettsville
burkittsville
burnettsville
burtonsville
caruthersville
caruthersville
Proper noun
a city in Missouri, USA
causative
causative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.
Acting as a cause.
Involving, or affected by, causality.
noun
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
causatively
causatively
adv
In a causative manner
Regarding causation
causativeness
causativeness
noun
The quality of being causative.
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
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.
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
clavodeltoideus
coadventuress
cocultivates
cocultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cocultivate
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
colliquativeness
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
combustively
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
conjunctiveness
conjunctiveness
noun
Synonym of conjunctivity
conjunctives
conjunctives
noun
plural of conjunctive
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.
consecutively
consecutively
adv
In a consecutive manner; without interruption.
consecutiveness
consecutiveness
noun
The state or quality of being consecutive.
consecutives
consecutives
noun
plural of consecutive
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constitutive
constitutive
adj
(biochemistry) (of an enzyme) that is continuously produced at a constant rate
extremely important, essential
having the power or authority to appoint someone to office
having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something
that forms a constituent part of something else
constitutively
constitutively
adv
(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand
in a constitutive manner
constitutiveness
constitutiveness
noun
The state or quality of being constitutive.
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
constructiveness
constructiveness
noun
(phrenology) Creativity, the capacity to invent.
The characteristic of being constructive.
consubstantive
consultative
consultative
adj
That gives advice or consultation; advisory.
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
consultively
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively
consummativeness
consummativeness
noun
The quality of being consummative.
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
continuativeness
continuativeness
noun
The quality of being continuative.
contributiveness
contributiveness
noun
The quality of being contributive.
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convolutedness
convolutedness
noun
The quality of being convoluted.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
coruscative
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterconversion
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
countermovements
countermovements
noun
plural of countermovement
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
counterproductiveness
counterproductiveness
noun
The state or condition of being counterproductive.