The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accumulativ
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
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.
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(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
amphivorous
amusiveness
amusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being amusive.
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
appulsively
appulsively
adv
By appulsion.
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
arnaudville
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
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.
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
austinville
autoceptive
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
avellaneous
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
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.
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
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
avuncularly
avuncularly
adv
In an avuncular way.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
ballouville
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
bonaventura
bonaventure
burgraviate
burgraviate
noun
The territory of a burgrave.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
calculative
calculative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
carludovica
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.
caulivorous
causatively
causatively
adv
In a causative manner
Regarding causation
causativity
causativity
noun
The property of being causative.
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
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
chauvinists
chauvinists
noun
plural of chauvinist
chumpivilca
circulative
circulative
adj
Promoting circulation; circulating.
circumviate
claviculate
claviculate
adj
Of, or relating to the clavicle.
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coadjuvancy
coadjuvancy
noun
(rare) cooperation; mutual effort
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
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
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
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.
conventuals
conventuals
noun
plural of conventual
convolvulad
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
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.
covarrubias
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
curryfavour
curveballed
curveballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curveball
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
decurvation
decurvature
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.
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
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.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
displuviate
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
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
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
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.
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
enunciative
enunciative
adj
Relating to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
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.
equivocated
equivocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivocate
equivocates
equivocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
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.
eventuating
eventuating
verb
present participle of eventuate
eventuation
eventuation
noun
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.