(medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
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.
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adverseness
adverseness
noun
The state or quality of being adverse, or opposed.
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertently
advertently
adv
intentionally, on purpose, purposely
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
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
aftervision
aggravating
aggravating
verb
present participle of aggravate
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.
aggrievance
aggrievance
noun
oppression; hardship; grievance.
aleksandrov
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
alniviridol
alternative
alternative
adj
(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Other; different from something else.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
noun
(uncountable, music) alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
alternativo
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
anchorville
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
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).
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antierosive
antigravity
antigravity
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-gravity
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
archvillain
archvillain
noun
(chiefly narratology) A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arnaudville
arvicolinae
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averageness
averageness
noun
The state or quality of being average.
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avicularian
avicularian
noun
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
barnesville
barnesville
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA.
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small town in Maryland, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
bartonville
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
blagonravov
bonaventura
bonaventure
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bradenville
branchville
brandsville
bravenesses
bravenesses
noun
plural of braveness
bremerhaven
bryantville
cadaverines
cadaverines
noun
plural of cadaverine
cakravartin
cakravartin
noun
Alternative form of chakravartin
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
caravanners
caravanners
noun
plural of caravanner
caravanning
caravanning
noun
holidaying in a caravan, either mobile or in a permanent site
caravansary
caravansary
noun
Alternative spelling of caravanserai
caregivings
caregivings
noun
plural of caregiving
carlinville
carlinville
Proper noun
a city in Illinois, USA
carminative
carminative
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
carnesville
carnivaller
carnivories
carnivorism
carnivorism
noun
The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
carpetwoven
carsonville
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
cavaliering
cavaliering
verb
present participle of cavalier
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
chivareeing
chivareeing
verb
present participle of chivaree
cinevariety
cinevariety
noun
(historical) A kind of variety show incorporating bioscope film.
circovarian
circovarian
adj
Surrounding an ovary
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clavicornes
clavicornia
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
confervales
conservable
conservable
adj
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
conservancy
conservancy
noun
(Britain) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.
(US, law) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
The conservation of a resource.
conservator
conservator
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
(law) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
contracivil
contractive
contractive
adj
Able to contract; contractile
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contravened
contravened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contravene
contravener
contravener
noun
One who contravenes.
contravenes
contravenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
contrayerva
contrayerva
noun
Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
contrivance
contrivance
noun
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Something overly artful or artificial.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
convallaria
convallaria
noun
Any member of the genus Convallaria; a lily of the valley.
convallarin
convallarin
noun
(biochemistry) A cardiac glycoside obtained from lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
conversable
conversable
adj
(of people) Able and inclined to engage in conversation.
(of people, obsolete) Able to be conversed with.
(of things, obsolete) Pertaining to, suited for or exhibiting conversation.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversance
conversance
noun
The condition of being conversant
conversancy
conversancy
Noun
The condition of being conversant
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
conveyancer
conveyancer
noun
(law) An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another.
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
corrivation
corrivation
noun
(obsolete) The flowing of different streams into one.
The concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.
corycavidin
couniversal
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
covariances
covariances
noun
plural of covariance
covariation
covariation
noun
covariance
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
covibration
cracovienne
cracovienne
noun
A dance, the krakowiak.
cranesville
cravenetted
cravenetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravenette
cravingness
cravingness
noun
The state or quality of craving, begging, yearning or demanding.
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
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.
decurvation
deliverance
deliverance
noun
Delivery in childbirth.
The act of delivering or conveying something.
The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
deliveryman
deliveryman
noun
Someone employed to make deliveries.
denervating
denervating
verb
present participle of denervate
denervation
denervation
noun
(medicine) The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by surgical or chemical means
denigrative
denigrative
adj
Synonym of denigratory
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
devirginate
devirginate
adj
Deprived of virginity.
verb
To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
devotionary
dhanvantari
disfavoring
disfavoring
verb
present participle of disfavor
diversional
diversional
adj
Relating to diversion.
divisionary
divisionary
adj
divisional
drivetrains
drivetrains
noun
plural of drivetrain
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.