Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
acutograve
advantage
advantage
noun
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
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.
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adversing
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aftergrave
agave
agave
noun
A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.
agaves
agaves
noun
plural of agave
agavose
agavose
noun
(obsolete) A sugar derived from Agave americana, now known to be sucrose.
agentival
agentive
agentive
adj
(linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
(linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
noun
(linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agglomerative
agglomerative
adj
Having a tendency to agglomerate
agglutinative
agglutinative
adj
(grammar) having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning
sticky, tacky, adhesive
noun
(grammar) A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.
A sticky material; an adhesive.
agglutinatively
agglutinatively
adv
In an agglutinative fashion; via agglutination.
aggravable
aggravable
adj
(obsolete) aggravating
aggravate
aggravate
verb
(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
aggravated
aggravated
adj
(criminology) Of or characterized by factors that increase the heinousness or offensiveness of the criminal offense.
Having become more severe, dangerous or worse than usual before.
Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggravate
aggravates
aggravates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate
aggravative
aggravative
adj
Tending to aggravate.
noun
That which aggravates.
aggregative
aggregative
adj
By, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
aggregatively
aggregatively
adv
In an aggregative manner.
aggressive
aggressive
adj
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch.
(finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward.
(pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
(programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.
noun
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
One who is aggressive.
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
aggressiveness
aggressiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being aggressive.
(uncountable) The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.
aggressivenesses
aggressivenesses
noun
plural of aggressiveness
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
aggrievance
aggrievance
noun
oppression; hardship; grievance.
aggrieve
aggrieve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
aggrievedly
aggrievedly
adv
In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
aggrievedness
aggrievedness
noun
The state or quality of being aggrieved.
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
aggrieves
aggrieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve
aggrieving
aggrieving
verb
present participle of aggrieve
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
albrightsville
algarve
algarve
Proper noun
The southernmost region of Portugal.
algovite
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
allgovite
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alveololingual
alveololingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the tongue
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
angevin
angevine
angiocavernous
angulinerved
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
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antiagglutinative
antiaggressive
antiaggressive
adj
(medicine) Counteracting aggression.
antiaggressively
antiaggressiveness
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticogitative
anticovenanting
anticovenanting
adj
(historical) Opposing the Covenanter movement.
antieavesdropping
antievangelical
antievangelical
adj
Opposing evangelism.
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigravitate
antigravitate
verb
(physics, intransitive) To exert negative gravity.
antileveling
antileveling
adj
(politics) Opposing the elimination of disparities between the haves and the have-nots in society.
antilevelling
antilevelling
adj
Alternative form of antileveling
antiprogressive
antiprogressive
noun
One who opposes progress.
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
apperceiving
apperceiving
verb
present participle of apperceive
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
aregenerative
argive
argovie
arguitively
argumentative
argumentative
adj
Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
Prone to argue or dispute.
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
argumentativeness
argumentativeness
noun
the state of being argumentative
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
argusville
arrivage
arrogative
arrogative
adj
Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
asseverating
asseverating
verb
present participle of asseverate
asseveratingly
asseveratingly
adv
in an asseverating manner
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
autaugaville
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autolavage
autoprogressive
autoregressive
autoregressive
adj
(statistics) Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
autoregulative
autoregulative
adj
autoregulatory
autosuggestive
autosuggestive
adj
Employing autosuggestion.
auvergne
avantage
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
avelonge
avenage
avenage
noun
(obsolete, law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.
avenge
avenge
noun
(archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.
(reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
(transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
avenged
avenged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avenge
avengeful
avengeful
adj
(obsolete) vengeful
avengement
avengement
noun
(rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
avenger
avenger
noun
One who avenges or vindicates
One who takes vengeance.
avengeress
avengeress
noun
(rare) A female avenger.
avengers
avengers
noun
plural of avenger
avenges
avenges
noun
plural of avenge
avenging
avenging
noun
The act by which somebody is avenged.
verb
present participle of avenge
avengingly
avengingly
adv
So as to avenge.
average
average
adj
(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Typical.
noun
(UK, in the plural) In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
(UK, law, obsolete) The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.
(law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
verb
(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
averaged
averaged
adj
(of a set of numbers) replaced by an average value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of average
averagely
averagely
adv
In an average manner
With regard to an average
averageness
averageness
noun
The state or quality of being average.
averager
averager
noun
A system or process for computing averages.
averages
averages
noun
plural of average
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of average
averaging
averaging
noun
The process of computing an average.
verb
present participle of average
averring
averring
verb
present participle of aver
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
aveugle
avgases
avgases
noun
plural of avgas
avgasses
avgolemonos
avgolemonos
noun
plural of avgolemono
avigate
avigate
verb
(dated) To perform aerial navigation.
avignonese
avinger
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
bagleaves
bargersville
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bavardage
bavardage
noun
chatter, banter
beavering
beavering
noun
Hunting or trapping beaver.
verb
present participle of beaver
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedeviling
bedeviling
noun
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.