(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
affinitative
affinitative
adj
Of the nature of affinity.
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affinitive
affinitive
adj
Closely connected, as by affinity.
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
aftervision
albificative
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
anthraflavic
anticonfederative
antifermentative
antifermentative
adj
Countering or preventing fermentation.
noun
A substance that counters or prevents fermentation.
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antireflexive
antivenefic
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
avifaunistic
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
birefractive
brevifoliate
calefactive
calefactive
adj
calefactory
certificative
certificative
adj
That certifies.
chylifactive
chylifactive
adj
(physiology) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
consignificative
consignificative
adj
consignificant; jointly significate
cosignificative
cosignificative
adj
(rare) Having the same meaning.
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
defibrillative
deformative
devitrifiable
devitrification
devitrification
noun
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
differentiative
differentiative
adj
That differentiates, or causes differentiation
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
diffractively
diffractively
adv
In a diffractive manner; by means of, or accompanied by diffraction
diffractiveness
disaffirmative
disaffirmative
adj
That disaffirms.
disfigurative
disfigurative
adj
disfiguring
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
diversification
diversification
noun
(finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
The act, or the result, of diversifying.
diversifications
diversifications
noun
plural of diversification
diversiflorate
diversifoliate
driveshafts
driveshafts
noun
plural of driveshaft
edificative
effluviate
effluviate
verb
(intransitive) To give forth effluvium.
efformative
effuviate
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
exfoliative
exfoliative
adj
That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation
fabricative
fabricative
adj
fabricating; involved in manufacture
facilitative
facilitative
adj
Having the effect of making easy; assisting, easing or facilitating.
factitive
factitive
adj
(linguistics, of a verb) Taking a complement that expresses a result along with a direct object, or inherently implying a complement; or synonymous with causative.
(linguistics, rare, of a verb) Factive.
factitively
factitively
adv
In a factitive way.
factive
factive
adj
(epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
(obsolete) Making.
noun
(grammar) A factive verb.
factoryville
faculative
facultative
facultative
adj
(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
That grants permission or power to do something.
facultatively
facultatively
adv
In a facultative manner
famulative
fascinative
fashionative
fauvist
fauvist
adj
Of or pertaining to fauvism.
noun
An artist who used this style.
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
faventine
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
favorite
favorite
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
favorites
favorites
noun
plural of favorite
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favosite
favosite
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
favosites
favositidae
favositoid
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fayetteville
fayetteville
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas
A city in North Carolina
A city in Tennessee
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
federative
federative
adj
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal.
federatively
federatively
adv
In a federative way.
fermentative
fermentative
adj
Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation.
fermentatively
fermentatively
adv
In a fermentative manner
With regard to fermentation
fermentativeness
fermentativeness
noun
The property of being fermentative.
fervanite
fervanite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.
festival
festival
adj
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
festivally
festivally
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a festive manner.
festivals
festivals
noun
plural of festival
figurative
figurative
adj
(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
Metaphorically so called.
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
With many figures of speech.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
figurativeness
figurativeness
noun
The property of being figurative.
fixative
fixative
adj
Serving to fix or bind.
noun
(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
fixatives
fixatives
noun
plural of fixative
flagellative
flagellative
adj
Pertaining to flagellation; flagellatory.
flative
flative
adj
(obsolete) Producing wind; flatulent.
flavicant
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
floatative
floative
flotative
fluvialist
fluvialist
noun
One who explains geological phenomena by the action of streams.
fluviatic
fluviatic
adj
Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.
fluviatile
fluviatile
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by rivers; fluvial.
fluviation
fluviation
noun
(geology) deposition by the action of a river or stream
fluviolacustrine
fluviolacustrine
adj
Produced by rivers and lakes (especially alternately)
fluvioterrestrial
fluvioterrestrial
adj
Relating to land and fresh water, but not the seas.
foreadvertise
forerevelation
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
formativeness
formicative
fortravail
fountainville
foveation
foveation
noun
Pitting and scarring, as seen in smallpox, chickenpox, etc.
The act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).
frequentative
frequentative
adj
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
noun
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
fricative
fricative
adj
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
noun
(phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
fricatives
fricatives
noun
plural of fricative
fructificative
fruitvale
fruitvale
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in California
A in Colorado
An unincorporated community in Tennessee
A town in Texas
An unincorporated community in Washington
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
galvanofaradization
galvanofaradization
noun
Medical therapy using galvanic current.
harvestfish
harvestfish
noun
Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.
harvestfishes
harvestfishes
noun
plural of harvestfish
hepatoflavin
hepatoflavin
noun
(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
heterofermentative
heterofermentative
adj
(biology, of a microorganism) That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.
homofermentative
homofermentative
adj
That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
infantive
infiltrative
infiltrative
adj
That infiltrates
infinitival
infinitival
adj
Having a function or usage similar to an infinitive.
Of, pertaining to, or formed from an infinitive
infinitivally
infinitivally
adv
In an infinitival manner; with regard to the infinitive
infirmative
infirmative
adj
(obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.