(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.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advoteresse
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
aleksandrov
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
almoravides
ambilaevous
ambilaevous
adj
Alternative spelling of ambilevous
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
amphivorous
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antierosive
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
archvisitor
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
avellaneous
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
avgolemonos
avgolemonos
noun
plural of avgolemono
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
broadleaves
broadleaves
noun
plural of broadleaf
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
carcavelhos
carnivories
carnivorism
carnivorism
noun
The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
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.
carsonville
casanovanic
castelvetro
castroville
catonsville
caulivorous
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.
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
clavichords
clavichords
noun
plural of clavichord
clavicornes
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
cloverleafs
cloverleafs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloverleaf
coacervates
coacervates
noun
plural of coacervate
coatesville
coevalities
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
concaveness
concaveness
noun
the state of being concave; concavity
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
confervales
connivances
connivances
noun
plural of connivance
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.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contravenes
contravenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
convalesced
convalesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convalesce
convalesces
convalesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convalesce
convenances
convenances
noun
plural of convenance
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
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
conveyances
conveyances
noun
plural of conveyance
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
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.
coruscative
couniversal
covalencies
covalencies
noun
plural of covalency
covariables
covariables
noun
plural of covariable
covariances
covariances
noun
plural of covariance
covarrubias
covenantees
covenantees
noun
plural of covenantee
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
cowansville
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
davidsonite
dawsonville
dawsonville
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada.
a railway town in Kenya.
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
devastation
devastation
noun
(law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
devastators
devastators
noun
plural of devastator
devocalised
devocalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devocalise
devocalizes
devocalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devocalize
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
disavowedly
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
disfavoring
disfavoring
verb
present participle of disfavor
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
dissolvable
dissolvable
adj
Capable of being dissolved.
noun
Something that can be dissolved, especially a form of tobacco that dissolves in the mouth instead of being chewed.
divagations
divagations
noun
plural of divagation
diversional
diversional
adj
Relating to diversion.
divinations
divinations
noun
plural of divination
divisionary
divisionary
adj
divisional
earthmovers
earthmovers
noun
plural of earthmover
elisavetpol
eluviations
eluviations
noun
plural of eluviation
enervations
enervations
noun
plural of enervation
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocates
equivocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate
estivations
estivations
noun
plural of estivation
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
evaporators
evaporators
noun
plural of evaporator
eviscerator
eviscerator
noun
A device for eviscerating something.
Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
favoredness
favoredness
noun
(obsolete) appearance
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favositidae
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.