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
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
adinvention
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
advantaging
advantaging
verb
present participle of advantage
adventitial
adventitial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adventitia
(obsolete) Alternative form of adventitious
adventitias
adventitias
noun
plural of adventitia
adventively
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.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
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
anoxidative
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
asseverated
asseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asseverate
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.
clavellated
clavellated
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning.
coacervated
coacervated
adj
That has undergone coacervation
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
condonative
condonative
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
contravened
contravened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contravene
cravenetted
cravenetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravenette
davidsonite
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
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
deformative
degradative
degradative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation.
dehortative
dehortative
adj
dissuasive
delineative
delineative
adj
Serving to delineate.
demandative
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
deoxidative
deoxidative
adj
Relating to deoxidation.
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
desiccative
desiccative
adj
causing to desiccate; drying out
noun
Any substance that promotes drying.
designative
designative
Adjective
Serving to designate.
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.
devastating
devastating
adj
causing devastation
verb
present participle of devastate
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.
devastative
devastative
adj
devastating; highly destructive
devastators
devastators
noun
plural of devastator
devenustate
devenustate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To deprive of beauty or grace.
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.
deviability
deviational
deviational
adj
Of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.
devirginate
devirginate
adj
Deprived of virginity.
verb
To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
deviscerate
devitalised
devitalised
adj
deprived of vitality
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devitalise
devitalized
devitalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devitalize
devitalizes
devitalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
devotionary
devotionate
dhanvantari
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
diluvialist
diluvialist
noun
(historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
displuviate
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
dissipative
dissipative
adj
That dissipates, or causes dissipation
distractive
distractive
adj
causing distraction
divagations
divagations
noun
plural of divagation
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.
diverberate
diverticula
divinations
divinations
noun
plural of divination
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.
dovetailing
dovetailing
noun
The situation in which things are dovetailed.
verb
present participle of dovetail
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
duplicative
duplicative
adj
Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
edificative
elucidative
elucidative
adj
Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
equivocated
equivocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivocate
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
favositidae
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
gallivanted
gallivanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gallivant
gradatively
gravidation
gravidation
noun
(obsolete) gravidity
gravidities
gravidities
noun
plural of gravidity
imbreviated
inactivated
inactivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inactivate
inadvertant
inadvertent
inadvertent
adj
(obsolete) Inattentive.
Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
indepravate
indicatives
indicatives
noun
plural of indicative
individuate
individuate
adj
undivided
verb
(transitive) To make, or cause to appear, individual.
ingravidate
ingravidate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To impregnate.
insalivated
insalivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of insalivate
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
invaginated
invaginated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invaginate
invalidated
invalidated
adj
Made invalid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invalidate
invalidates
invalidates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invalidate