Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
abortively
abortively
adv
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.
absolvatory
absolvatory
adj
Conferring absolution; absolutory.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
acervately
acervately
adv
In an acervate manner.
admerveylle
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
adventry
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
adverbially
adverbially
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
adversary
adversary
noun
An opponent or rival.
adversatively
adversatively
adv
In an adversative manner
adversely
adversely
adv
In an adverse manner.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advertently
advertently
adv
intentionally, on purpose, purposely
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
advowry
advowry
noun
Alternative form of avowry
advoyer
advoyer
noun
Obsolete form of avoyer.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
aggravatingly
aggravatingly
adv
In an aggravating manner.
aggregatively
aggregatively
adv
In an aggregative manner.
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
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.
aggrievedly
aggrievedly
adv
In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
alliteratively
alliteratively
adv
In an alliterative manner.
alteratively
alternatively
alternatively
adv
(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities
in an alternative way
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.
alveary
alveary
noun
(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.
A beehive, or anything resembling a beehive.
A repository, especially of knowledge or information.
alveolarly
alveolarly
adv
In an alveolar manner.
alveolary
alveolary
adj
alveolar
amelioratively
andreyev
andreyevka
anniversalily
anniversarily
anniversarily
adv
(archaic) annually
anniversary
anniversary
noun
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
anterevolutionary
anteroventrally
anteroventrally
adv
In an anteroventral direction
antiaggressively
anticonservatively
anticorrosively
anticreatively
anticreativity
anticreativity
noun
Opposition to creativity.
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antiexpressively
antigovernmentally
antigravitationally
antigravity
antigravity
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-gravity
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprojectivity
antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
adj
Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
noun
One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antislaveryism
antislaveryism
noun
Opposition to slavery.
antiuniversity
antiuniversity
adj
Opposing a university or universities in general.
antivibratory
antivibratory
adj
preventing or reducing vibrations
aparavidya
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
approvability
approvably
approvably
adv
In an approvable manner; in a manner that is able to be approved.
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
archvestryman
archvillainy
archvillainy
noun
Supreme villainy.
arguitively
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
arsyversy
arthrosynovitis
arthrosynovitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
artsybashev
artzybashev
arvy
arvy
noun
(UK, informal) Afternoon.
aspersively
aspersively
adv
In an aspersive manner.
assertively
assertively
adv
In an assertive manner.
asseveratingly
asseveratingly
adv
in an asseverating manner
asseveratively
asseveratively
adv
In an asseverative manner.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
assortatively
assortatively
adv
In an assortative way.
astrictively
attractively
attractively
adv
In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
attractivity
attractivity
noun
The quality or degree of attractive power or influence.
attributively
attributively
adv
In an attributive manner.
attriutively
authoritatively
authoritatively
adv
In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust.
autryville
avariciously
avariciously
adv
In a greedy or self-serving manner.
avascularity
avascularity
noun
(anatomy) The condition of being avascular.
avebury
avenary
avenery
averagely
averagely
adv
In an average manner
With regard to an average
aversely
aversely
adv
Backward; in a backward direction
With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
avertedly
avertedly
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
avery
avery
Proper noun
name, today often transferred back from the surname.
name of modern usage.
averyl
aveyron
aveyron
Proper noun
One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 12)
aviary
aviary
noun
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
aviatoriality
aviatory
aviatory
adj
Of or relating to aviation.
avocatory
avoutry
avoutry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of advoutry (“adultery”)
avowry
avowry
noun
(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
avoyer
avoyer
noun
(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
avoyership
avuncularity
avuncularity
noun
The condition of being an uncle.
The condition of being avuncular.
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
ayurveda
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
barryville
bavaroy
bavaroy
noun
(obsolete) A kind of cloak or surtout.
bavary
beavery
beavery
adj
of or pertaining to beavers
noun
(rare) a place, especially artificial, where beavers live.
behaviorally
behaviorally
adv
With respect to behavior.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
berdyaev
berdyayev
berryville
berryville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a town in Texas, USA.
an incorporated town in Virginia, USA
an unincorporated community in West Virginia, USA.
bescurvy
beverley
beverley
Proper noun
name, a mostly British spelling variant of Beverly.
a market town, and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
beverly
beverly
Proper noun
and place name.
name derived from the surname. Popular in the 1930s to the 1950s in the U.S., partly because of its association with Beverly Hills ( where the stars live).
name transferred from the surname.
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
bioenvironmentaly
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
braddyville
bradleyville
bradyville
bravely
bravely
adv
In a brave manner.
bravery
bravery
noun
(countable) A brave act.
(usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
Splendor, magnificence.
breshkovsky
brevetcy
brevetcy
noun
(military) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
breviary
breviary
noun
(obsolete) A brief statement or summary.
A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
brevity
brevity
noun
(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.