Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
activating
activating
verb
present participle of activate
activizing
activizing
verb
present participle of activize
acutograve
advancing
advancing
noun
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
verb
present participle of advance
advancingly
advancingly
adv
In an advancing manner.
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
advantaging
advantaging
verb
present participle 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
advising
advising
noun
(obsolete) Advice.
verb
present participle of advise
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
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
aggravating
aggravating
verb
present participle of aggravate
aggravatingly
aggravatingly
adv
In an aggravating manner.
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
aggravative
aggravative
adj
Tending to aggravate.
noun
That which aggravates.
aggravator
aggravator
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”)
One who or 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.
agravic
agravic
adj
Of or pertaining to the condition of zero gravity.
aguavina
aguavina
noun
The fish Diplectrum radiale.
albrightsville
algarve
algarve
Proper noun
The southernmost region of Portugal.
algivorous
algivorous
adj
(biology) algae-eating
algovite
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
allgovite
almogavar
almogavar
noun
(historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
almsgiving
almsgiving
noun
The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.
almsgivings
almsgivings
noun
plural of almsgiving
alveololingual
alveololingual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the tongue
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
amoving
amoving
verb
present participle of amove
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.
antigravitation
antigravitation
noun
antigravity
antigravitational
antigravitational
adj
(of a posture) That counters the effect of gravitational forces
(physics) Acting against gravity
antigravitationally
antigravity
antigravity
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-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).
antivibrating
anviling
anvilling
anvilling
verb
present participle of anvil
apperceiving
apperceiving
verb
present participle of apperceive
approving
approving
adj
Expressing approbation; commending
verb
present participle of approve
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
archvagabond
aregenerative
argive
argovian
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
arriving
arriving
verb
present participle of arrive
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
astragalonavicular
astronavigation
astronavigation
noun
(nautical) Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies
(science fiction) Navigation through space
astronavigator
astronavigator
noun
One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
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
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autolavage
autonavigator
autonavigators
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
availing
availing
adj
Efficacious.
noun
(dated) Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use