(chemistry, obsolete) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning.
clavichords
clavichords
noun
plural of clavichord
clavicornes
clavicornia
clavicotomy
claviculate
claviculate
adj
Of, or relating to the clavicle.
clavicymbal
clavicymbal
noun
A early form of harpsichord
clavierists
clavierists
noun
plural of clavierist
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
cleaverwort
cleaverwort
noun
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”)
cleverality
cleverality
noun
(formerly Scotland, now chiefly Ireland) cleverness
cloverleafs
cloverleafs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloverleaf
coacervated
coacervated
adj
That has undergone coacervation
coacervates
coacervates
noun
plural of coacervate
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
coatesville
cocultivate
cocultivate
verb
To cultivate along with another organism
coevalities
coevalneity
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
cohortative
cohortative
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.
Encouraging.
noun
(grammar) The cohortative mood.
colligative
colligative
adj
(chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.
collocative
collocative
adj
Of , pertaining to, or representing a collocation
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
combatively
combatively
adv
In a combative way.
combativity
combativity
noun
Synonym of combativeness
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
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.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
concavation
concavation
noun
The act of making concave.
concaveness
concaveness
noun
the state of being concave; concavity
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
conceivable
conceivable
adj
Capable of being conceived or imagined
conceivably
conceivably
adv
In a conceivable manner; possibly.
condonative
condonative
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
confervales
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
connivances
connivances
noun
plural of connivance
connivantly
connotative
connotative
adj
that implies or suggests something else
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
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
convalesced
convalesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convalesce
convalesces
convalesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convalesce
convallaria
convallaria
noun
Any member of the genus Convallaria; a lily of the valley.
convallarin
convallarin
noun
(biochemistry) A cardiac glycoside obtained from lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
convenances
convenances
noun
plural of convenance
conventical
conventical
adj
conventual
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
convertable
convertable
adj
Alternative form of convertible
conveyancer
conveyancer
noun
(law) An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another.
conveyances
conveyances
noun
plural of conveyance
convictable
convictable
adj
Capable of being convicted.
convivially
convivially
adv
In a convivial manner
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
convolvulad
convulsants
convulsants
noun
plural of convulsant
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
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.
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
correlative
correlative
adj
Mutually related; corresponding.
noun
(formal) Either of two correlative things.
(grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
corrivality
corrivation
corrivation
noun
(obsolete) The flowing of different streams into one.
The concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.
coruscative
corycavidin
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.
covalencies
covalencies
noun
plural of covalency
covariables
covariables
noun
plural of covariable
covariances
covariances
noun
plural of covariance
covariation
covariation
noun
covariance
covarrubias
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
cowansville
cracovienne
cracovienne
noun
A dance, the krakowiak.
craigsville
cranesville
cravenetted
cravenetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravenette
cravingness
cravingness
noun
The state or quality of craving, begging, yearning or demanding.
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
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.
deactivated
deactivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deactivate
deactivates
deactivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate
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.
decalvation
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)
decultivate
decurvation
decurvature
deliverance
deliverance
noun
Delivery in childbirth.
The act of delivering or conveying something.
The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
desiccative
desiccative
adj
causing to desiccate; drying out
noun
Any substance that promotes drying.
deviscerate
devocalised
devocalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devocalise
devocalized
devocalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devocalize
devocalizes
devocalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devocalize
devulcanize
devulcanize
verb
(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
disadvanced
disadvanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvance
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
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.
divellicate
divellicate
verb
To detach, rip apart.
diverticula
divorceable
divorceable
adj
Able to divorce.
That can be divorced (separated, e.g. conceptually); separable.