(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An absolver.
absolvers
absolvers
noun
plural of absolver
absolving
absolving
verb
present participle of absolve
abusively
abusively
adv
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
acceptive
acceptive
adj
(obsolete) Ready to accept.
Fit for acceptance.
Receptive.
accessive
accessive
adj
(archaic) additional.
(rare) Relating to an act of access.
Misspelling of excessive.
acclivity
acclivity
noun
(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
accoville
accretive
accretive
adj
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
acervatim
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
acquaviva
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
activated
activated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activate
activates
activates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate
activator
activator
noun
(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
(chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
One who, or that which, activates.
activisms
activisms
noun
plural of activism
activists
activists
noun
plural of activist
activital
activital
adj
Relating to activity, especially (anthropology) the complex activities of human beings within a culture.
activized
activized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activize
acurative
addictive
addictive
adj
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Enjoyable.
noun
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
additives
additives
noun
plural of additive
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adhesives
adhesives
noun
plural of adhesive
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
admissive
admissive
adj
Tending to admit or allow.
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
advancing
advancing
noun
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
verb
present participle of advance
advancive
advancive
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
advantage
advantage
noun
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advective
advective
adj
Relating to advection.
advenient
advenient
adj
(now rare) Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
advential
adventism
adventist
adventive
adventive
adj
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
Accidental.
Adventitious.
noun
A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adverbial
adverbial
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
noun
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
adversant
adversary
adversary
noun
An opponent or rival.
adversely
adversely
adv
In an adverse manner.
adversing
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
adversive
adversive
adj
causing adversion
opposite, contrary
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertise
advertise
verb
(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
advertize
advertize
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
advisable
advisable
adj
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
(of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
advisably
advisably
adv
Wisely, in an advisable manner.
advisedly
advisedly
adv
With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
aerocurve
aerocurve
noun
(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.
aestivate
aestivate
verb
Alternative spelling of estivate
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
afterlove
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
aggravate
aggravate
verb
(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
aggrieves
aggrieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
ahartalav
akhmatova
akimovsky
aldovandi
aliveness
aliveness
noun
The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
the aliveness of the colours in a painting
alkhimovo
alleviant
alleviant
noun
That which alleviates
alleviate
alleviate
verb
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty .
allgovite
alluvials
alluvials
noun
Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium.
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
alluvions
alluvions
noun
plural of alluvion
alluvious
alluvious
adj
(archaic) alluvial
alluviums
alluviums
noun
plural of alluvium
alluvivia
almogavar
almogavar
noun
(historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
almoravid
almoravid
Noun
A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
altavista
alvearies
alvearies
noun
plural of alveary
alvearium
alveolars
alveolars
noun
plural of alveolar
alveolary
alveolary
adj
alveolar
alveolate
alveolate
adj
Having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.
noun
(biology) A member of a grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates.
alveolite
alvissmal
alvordton
amadavats
amadavats
noun
plural of amadavat
amarevole
amarevole
adv
(music) (To be played) bitterly.
amatively
amatively
adv
In an amative manner.
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
amesville
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
animative
animative
adj
Tending to animate; causing animation.
anniverse
anniverse
noun
Obsolete form of anniversary.
anovulant
anovulant
noun
Any drug that prevents ovulation.
anteverts
anteverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antevert
antevorta
anticivic
anticivic
adj
Against the welfare and best interests of citizens and their citizenship.
In opposition to citizenship.
anticivil
anticivil
adj
Alternative form of anti-civil
antinovel
antinovel
noun
(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
antivenin
antivenin
noun
(medicine) Synonym of antivenom, (now) particularly for snakebites containing venin.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
antiviral
antiviral
adj
(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.
(pharmacology) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
noun
(pharmacology) An antiviral medication.
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antrovert
anvilling
anvilling
verb
present participle of anvil
anviltops
aperitive
aperitive
adj
(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient
Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
(medicine) aperient
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
appeasive
appeasive
adj
Tending to appease.
applosive
applosive
noun
(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
approvals
approvals
noun
plural of approval
approvers
approvers
noun
plural of approver
approving
approving
adj
Expressing approbation; commending
verb
present participle of approve
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.