(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(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.
abusive
abusive
adj
(archaic) Catachrestic.
(archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
(obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
abusiveness
abusiveness
noun
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
abusivenesses
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
accumulativ
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accumulatively
accumulatively
adv
In an accumulative manner
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
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
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acquaviva
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.
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
acurative
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adustive
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
adventureship
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
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
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
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.
aguavina
aguavina
noun
The fish Diplectrum radiale.
aktivismus
algivorous
algivorous
adj
(biology) algae-eating
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
allocutive
allusive
allusive
adj
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
allusively
allusively
adv
In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
allusivenesses
allusivenesses
noun
plural of allusiveness
alluvia
alluvial
alluvial
adj
Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
noun
(countable) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
alluvials
alluvials
noun
Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium.
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
alluvio
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
alluvions
alluvions
noun
plural of alluvion
alluvious
alluvious
adj
(archaic) alluvial
alluvium
alluvium
noun
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
alluviums
alluviums
noun
plural of alluvium
alluvivia
alluviviums
alvearium
alveololingual
alveololingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the tongue
alviducous
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
amphivorous
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
amusive
amusive
adj
(now rare) Amusing, humorous.
(now rare) Giving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging.
(obsolete) Illusive, deceitful.
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
anarchoindividualist
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
animalivorous
animalivorous
adj
That eats (other) animals
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
anterevolutional
anterevolutionary
antiagglutinative
anticarnivorous
anticarnivorous
adj
Opposing the eating of meat.
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant
adj
(pharmacology) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
antievolution
antievolution
adj
Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection
antievolutional
antievolutionally
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antievolutionistic
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antireductive
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
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.
antivariolous
antivariolous
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing the spread of smallpox.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
antivermicular
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
applausive
applausive
adj
Conveying applause.
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
appulsively
appulsively
adv
By appulsion.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquavit
aquavit
noun
A Scandinavian liquor that is about 40% alcohol by volume; distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored with caraway seeds, anise, fennel, dill and other spices and herbs, depending on variety.
aquavits
aquavits
noun
plural of aquavit
aquiver
aquiver
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
archivault
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.