Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.
Shortened; made briefer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
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.
adversative
adversative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing adverse effect.
(linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.
noun
(rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
adversities
adversities
noun
plural of adversity
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertently
advertently
adv
intentionally, on purpose, purposely
advertisers
advertisers
noun
plural of advertiser
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
advertorial
advertorial
noun
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
advoteresse
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
asseverated
asseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asseverate
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
coacervated
coacervated
adj
That has undergone coacervation
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
contravened
contravened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contravene
cravenetted
cravenetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravenette
deactivator
deactivator
noun
A chamber filled with iron filings or other material used to remove excess oxygen or other substances from water.
Any device used to deactivate something.
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
declarative
declarative
adj
(grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
(programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming
(programming) That declares a construct.
Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
noun
Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
decurvation
decurvature
deformative
degradative
degradative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.
dehortative
dehortative
adj
dissuasive
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.
depravities
depravities
noun
plural of depravity
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
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
deprivative
deprivative
adj
depriving
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
derivatives
derivatives
noun
plural of derivative
derivatized
derivatized
adj
(organic chemistry) modified by the formation of a derivative
derivatizes
derivatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derivatize
devastators
devastators
noun
plural of devastator
deverbative
deverbative
adj
(linguistics, grammar, rare) Derived from a verb.
noun
(linguistics, grammar, rare) A word or a component of a word that is derived from a verb.
devirginate
devirginate
adj
Deprived of virginity.
verb
To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
deviscerate
devotionary
dhanvantari
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
distractive
distractive
adj
causing distraction
divaricated
divaricated
adj
Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divaricate
divaricates
divaricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divaricate
divaricator
divaricator
noun
(zoology) One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.
diverberate
diverticula
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
drivability
drivability
noun
The quality of being drivable, of being easy or pleasant to drive
driveshafts
driveshafts
noun
plural of driveshaft
drivetrains
drivetrains
noun
plural of drivetrain
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
eradicative
eradicative
adj
Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
noun
(rare) That which eradicates.
evidentiary
evidentiary
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to evidence.
evilhearted
eviscerated
eviscerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eviscerate
extraverted
extraverted
adj
Alternative form of extroverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extravert
gradatively
gravidation
gravidation
noun
(obsolete) gravidity
gravidities
gravidities
noun
plural of gravidity
imbreviated
inadvertant
inadvertent
inadvertent
adj
(obsolete) Inattentive.
Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
indepravate
ingravidate
ingravidate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To impregnate.
interleaved
interleaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interleave
intervalled
intervaried
intervaried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intervary
interweaved
interweaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interweave
invalidator
invalidator
noun
One who, or that which, makes invalid.
invigorated
invigorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invigorate
irradiative
irradiative
adj
That involves radiation.
That irradiates.
landgravate
landgravate
noun
The rank or territory of a landgrave.
livetrapped
livetrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of livetrap
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
mordicative
mordicative
adj
Biting; corrosive.
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outtraveled
overacidity
overdebated
overdefiant
overdescant
overdilated
overdistant
overdistant
adj
Excessively distant.
overdraught
overdraught
noun
(chiefly Britain) An overdraft.
overeducate
overeducate
verb
To educate too much.
overmatched
overmatched
adj
Outclassed; unable to compete
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overmatch
overplanted
overplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplant
overreacted
overreacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overreact
overroasted
overroasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overroast
overstaffed
overstaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overstaff
overstalled
oversweated
overtrading
overtrading
noun
The buying of a greater amount of goods than one can sell or pay for.
verb
present participle of overtrade
overtrailed
overtrained
overtrained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtrain
overtreated
overtreated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtreat
overwatched
overwatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwatch
overwatered
overwatered
adj
Watered too much.
ponderative
ponderative
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to pondering or deliberation
preadaptive
preadaptive
adj
Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.
preadvocate
predicative
predicative
adj
(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
noun
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
(grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.
preobviated
presolvated
prevalidity
previolated
privateered
privateered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of privateer
radioactive
radioactive
adj
(figurative, rare) Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas.
Exhibiting radioactivity.
noun
Any radioactive substance.
reactivated
reactivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reactivate
readventure
readvertise
readvertise
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To advertise again.
readvertize
readvocated
recidivated
recidivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recidivate
recordative
redargutive
redargutive
adj
That reproves false doctrine.
reeducative
reeducative
adj
Relating to reeducation.
reevacuated
reevaluated
reevaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reevaluate
reexcavated
rejuvenated
rejuvenated
adj
(of a stream) Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity.
(of topography, valleys, hills, etc.) Developed with steep slopes inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level.
Made young again.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rejuvenate
relativized
relativized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relativize
remotivated
remotivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of remotivate
renavigated
renavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of renavigate
repudiative
retardative
retardative
adj
That retards; delaying, impeditive.
retraversed
retraversed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of retraverse
revalidated
revalidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revalidate
revalidates
revalidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revalidate
revegetated
revegetated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revegetate
revendicate
revendicate
verb
(transitive) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
revictualed
revindicate
revindicate
verb
(transitive) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
revitalised
revitalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revitalise
revitalized
revitalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revitalize
ruddervator
ruddervator
noun
(aviation) A hinged control surface combining the functions of rudder and elevator.