(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
alluviviums
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
appulsively
appulsively
adv
By appulsion.
arguitively
arnaudville
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
austinville
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avicularium
avicularium
noun
(biology) A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avifaunally
ballouville
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
calculative
calculative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
carludovica
caulivorous
causatively
causatively
adv
In a causative manner
Regarding causation
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
chumpivilca
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
claviculate
claviculate
adj
Of, or relating to the clavicle.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coagulative
coagulative
adj
Having the power to cause coagulation
cocultivate
cocultivate
verb
To cultivate along with another organism
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
commulative
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
couniversal
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
culminative
cultivating
cultivating
verb
present participle of cultivate
cultivation
cultivation
noun
Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
cultivative
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
curvilineal
curvilineal
adj
(Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
curvilinear
curvilinear
adj
(geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.
(of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
curviserial
curviserial
adj
(botany) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
decultivate
devaluating
devaluating
verb
present participle of devaluate
devaluation
devaluation
noun
(economics) The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).
Depreciation.
The removal or lessening of something's value.
devulcanize
devulcanize
verb
(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
devulgarize
devulgarize
verb
(transitive) To free from what is vulgar or common.
diluvialist
diluvialist
noun
(historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
diluvianism
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
displuviate
diverticula
dividualism
divulgating
divulgating
verb
present participle of divulgate
divulgation
divulgation
noun
The act of divulging or publishing; publication.
The communication of technology or science to the general public, public awareness of science.
The disclosure or revelation of a secret.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
duncanville
duplicative
duplicative
adj
Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
durhamville
dzugashvili
effluviable
effluviable
adj
(rare) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
eigenvalues
eigenvalues
noun
plural of eigenvalue
ejaculative
ejaculative
adj
Ejaculatory.
elucidative
elucidative
adj
Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
eluviations
eluviations
noun
plural of eluviation
emulatively
emulatively
adv
So as to emulate.
equivalence
equivalence
noun
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
(geometry) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
(mathematics) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
(translation studies) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.
(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
verb
(transitive) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
equivalency
equivalency
noun
(countable) An equivalent thing.
(uncountable) equivalence
equivalents
equivalents
noun
plural of equivalent
equivaliant
equivocally
equivocally
adv
With ambiguity.
With uncertainty.
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
eventuality
eventuality
noun
(obsolete, phrenology) An individual's propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts. [from 19th c.]
A possible event; something that may happen. [from 19th c.]
eventualize
eventualize
verb
To take place or occur.
evolutional
evolutional
adj
Of or pertaining to evolution, or coming about as a result of the principles of evolution.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
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.
favellidium
favellidium
noun
A compound favella in seaweeds.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
gallupville
glutinative
glutinative
adj
Having the quality of cementing.
granulative
humansville
humiliative
humiliative
adj
(grammar) Serving to lower one's own or another's status.
noun
(grammar) A construct that serves to lower one's own or another's status.
illuviating
illuviating
verb
present participle of illuviate
illuviation
illuviation
noun
(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum
inabusively
inculcative
inculcative
adj
Serving to inculcate.
inculpative
individuals
individuals
noun
plural of individual
inequivalve
inequivalve
adj
(zoology, of the shells of a bivalve mollusc) Having valves of different sizes
noun
Any bivalve mollusc whose valves are of different sizes.
inoculative
inoculative
adj
Relating to inoculation.
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
invulnerate
invulnerate
adj
(obsolete) invulnerable
jugoslavian
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
larvicolous
larvicolous
Adjective
That lives parasitically within the body of a larva
larvigerous
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
larvivorous
larvivorous
adj
(chiefly of fish) That feed on the larvae of insects
laurelville
levulosuria
loreauville
lubricative
lubricative
adj
Assisting, or relating to, lubrication.
lucratively
lucratively
adv
In a lucrative manner, profitably.
misevaluate
misevaluate
verb
To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly.
moreauville
multiovular
multivagant
multivagant
adj
(obsolete, rare) wandering much
multivalent
multivalent
adj
(art) Having many kinds of value.
(chemistry) Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent.
(genetics) Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
(grammar) Able to bind to different parts of speech.
(immunology) Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen.
Having many meanings.
noun
(genetics) Any multivalent chromosome.
multivalued
multivalued
adj
(mathematics) Of a function, associating one or more values of its range with each value of its domain.
multivalved
multivalved
adj
Having more than one valve.
murrayville
nonalluvial
nonalluvial
adj
Not alluvial.
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonvisually
nonvisually
adv
In a nonvisual way.
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
outcaviling
outcavilled
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
ovariotubal
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
overvaluing
overvaluing
noun
An overvaluation.
verb
present participle of overvalue
ovicapsular
ovicellular
ovicellular
adj
(biology) Relating to ovicells
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
photovisual
photovisual
adj
(astronomy) Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
(optics) Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
prediluvial
prediluvial
adj
Before a flood or deluge.
prediluvian
prediluvian
adj
Before the Flood; antediluvian.
noun
One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
pubovesical
pubovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.
pullulative
pulsatively
pulverating
pulverating
verb
present participle of pulverate
pulveration
pulverizate
pulvinarian
pulvinately
pulvinately
adv
In a pulvinate manner.
pulvination
purgatively
purgatively
adv
In a purgative manner; so as to purge.
putnamville
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
qualitative
qualitative
adj
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.
Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.