(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
adinvention
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
advantaging
advantaging
verb
present participle of advantage
adventitial
adventitial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adventitia
(obsolete) Alternative form of adventitious
adventitias
adventitias
noun
plural of adventitia
adventively
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.
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
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
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.
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviation
alleviation
noun
the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
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
alveolation
alveolation
noun
(geology) An eroded structure of honeycomb-like cavities
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
anoxidative
antevenient
antevenient
adj
(formal) Coming before; preceding.
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
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.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antivenefic
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
antivitamin
antivitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any compound that inhibits the metabolic action of a vitamin.
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.
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
attentively
attentively
adv
In an attentive manner.
attenuative
attenuative
adj
(brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
austinville
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avolitional
avolitional
adj
Of or relating to avolition; lacking willpower.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bartonville
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
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).
beneventana
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
bonaventura
bonaventure
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
bryantville
cakravartin
cakravartin
noun
Alternative form of chakravartin
calvinistic
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
captivating
captivating
adj
Showing great beauty; beautiful.
That captivates; fascinating.
verb
present participle of captivate
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
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.
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carpetwoven
carvestrene
carvestrene
noun
(organic chemistry) A racemic form of sylvestrene
catonsville
cavillation
cavillation
noun
The act of cavilling.
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
cinevariety
cinevariety
noun
(historical) A kind of variety show incorporating bioscope film.
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
clavecinist
clavecinist
noun
A musician who plays the clavecin.
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coevalneity
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
concavation
concavation
noun
The act of making concave.
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
condonative
condonative
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
congelative
congelative
adj
That which tends to congeal.
conjugative
conjugative
adj
Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
conjunctiva
conjunctiva
noun
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.
connectival
connivantly
connotative
connotative
adj
that implies or suggests something else
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.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
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
conventical
conventical
adj
conventual
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
convictable
convictable
adj
Capable of being convicted.
convocating
convocating
verb
present participle of convocate
convocation
convocation
noun
(collective) A flock of eagles.
An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
An assembly or meeting.
The act of calling or assembling by summons.
convocative
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
corrivation
corrivation
noun
(obsolete) The flowing of different streams into one.
The concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.
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.
covariation
covariation
noun
covariance
covenantees
covenantees
noun
plural of covenantee
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenanting
covenanting
verb
present participle of covenant
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
covibration
cravenetted
cravenetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravenette
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
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
davidsonite
decalvation
decurvation
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
delineative
delineative
adj
Serving to delineate.
demandative
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.
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.