In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abrasively
abrasively
adv
Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner.
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
accelerative
accelerative
adj
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
ackermanville
acriflavin
acriflavin
noun
Alternative form of acriflavine
acriflavine
acriflavine
noun
(medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
adairsville
adairville
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
administratively
administratively
adv
In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
admiratively
admiratively
adv
In an admirative manner.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adverbial
adverbial
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
noun
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
adverbialize
adverbialize
verb
(American spelling) To use as or change into an adverb.
adverbially
adverbially
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
adversarial
adversarial
adj
(law) In which issues are tried through the presentation of evidence and argument by adverse parties, with no or limited inquiry by the court's own initiative.
Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.
adversatively
adversatively
adv
In an adversative manner
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertizable
advertizable
adj
Alternative spelling of advertisable
advertorial
advertorial
noun
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
aeolsklavier
aeolsklavier
noun
(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aeviternal
aeviternal
adj
(theology) Pertaining to aeviternity, a state between eternity, which is unchanging and outside of time, and temporality, which is subject to change and to death or annihilation. Things aeviternal are creations, like the temporal, but everlasting, like the eternal.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
agglomerative
agglomerative
adj
Having a tendency to agglomerate
aggravatingly
aggravatingly
adv
In an aggravating manner.
aggregatively
aggregatively
adv
In an aggregative manner.
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
aggrievedly
aggrievedly
adv
In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
airville
albertville
albertville
Proper noun
A town in the département of Savoie.
albrightsville
alcovinometer
algivorous
algivorous
adj
(biology) algae-eating
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
alleviater
alleviaters
alleviator
alleviator
noun
That who or which alleviates.
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
alliterative
alliterative
adj
In the form or style of alliteration.
alliteratively
alliteratively
adv
In an alliterative manner.
alliterativeness
alliterativeness
noun
The state or quality of being alliterative.
almoravid
almoravid
Noun
A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
almoravide
almoravides
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alniviridol
alterative
alterative
adj
(medicine) Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one.
Causing alteration.
noun
(medicine, now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.
alteratively
altercative
altercative
adj
(rare) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
alternative
alternative
adj
(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Other; different from something else.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
noun
(uncountable, music) alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
alternatively
alternatively
adv
(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities
in an alternative way
alternativeness
alternativeness
noun
The state of being alternative or representing alternatives.
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
alternativity
alternativity
noun
(mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure.
A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.
The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable.
alternativo
alvearies
alvearies
noun
plural of alveary
alvearium
alveolariform
alveoliform
alveoliform
adj
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
alvira
ameliorativ
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
amelioratively
amerveil
aminovaleric
anarchoindividualist
anchorville
andersonville
angulinerved
animadversal
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
animalivorous
animalivorous
adj
That eats (other) animals
anniversalily
anniversarily
anniversarily
adv
(archaic) annually
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
anthraflavic
antiaggressively
anticonservatively
anticorrosively
anticreatively
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antiexpressively
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigravitational
antigravitational
adj
(of a posture) That counters the effect of gravitational forces
(physics) Acting against gravity
antigravitationally
antiproductively
antireflexive
antirevolution
antirevolution
adj
Opposing a revolution.
antirevolutionaries
antirevolutionaries
noun
plural of antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
adj
Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
noun
One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
antirevolutionist
antirevolutionist
noun
Synonym of antirevolutionary
antisilverite
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antislaveryism
antislaveryism
noun
Opposition to slavery.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivenereal
antivenereal
adj
(medicine) That is used to treat or cure venereal disease
antivermicular
antiviral
antiviral
adj
(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
(pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
noun
(pharmacology) An antiviral medication.
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
approvability
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
architraval
architraval
adj
Of or relating to an architrave.
archival
archival
adj
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
noun
(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
archivault
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
archvillain
archvillain
noun
(chiefly narratology) A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
archvillainy
archvillainy
noun
Supreme villainy.
arendtsville
arenzville
arguitively
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
argusville
ariboflavinosis
ariboflavinosis
noun
(pathology) The medical condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin.
arkville
arnaudville
arnoldsville
arrival
arrival
noun
A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.
The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.
The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.