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
adairsville
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
adinvention
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
admissively
admissively
adv
In an admissive manner; so as to admit.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
advancingly
advancingly
adv
In an advancing manner.
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
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.
adverbially
adverbially
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
adversarial
adversarial
adj
(law) In which issues are tried through the presentation of evidence and argument by adverse parties, with no or limited inquiry by the court's own initiative.
Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.
adversaries
adversaries
noun
plural of adversary
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
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.
advisedness
advisedness
noun
Deliberate consideration: prudent procedure.
The state or quality of being advised—of being done or used advisedly.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
advisership
advisership
noun
The status or office of an adviser.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
aggrievedly
aggrievedly
adv
In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
almoravides
alniviridol
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anoxidative
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
apperceived
apperceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apperceive
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
arnaudville
arrivederci
arrivederci
intj
(in the context of Italy or Italian culture) farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)
noun
An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci".
arrivederla
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
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.
bivocalized
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.
braddyville
bradenville
brandsville
cadaverines
cadaverines
noun
plural of cadaverine
carludovica
cavalcading
cavalcading
verb
present participle of cavalcade
cavendishes
cevadilline
charivaried
clavichords
clavichords
noun
plural of clavichord
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
condonative
condonative
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
corycavidin
curvilinead
curvilinead
noun
(geometry, obsolete) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
daredevilry
daredevilry
noun
reckless boldness.
davidsonite
davidsville
dawsonville
dawsonville
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada.
a railway town in Kenya.
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
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.
deliverable
deliverable
adj
Able to be delivered.
noun
(business, management) The tangible end product; that which will be delivered.
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.
deliveryman
deliveryman
noun
Someone employed to make deliveries.
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.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
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
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
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
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
devotionary
devotionate
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.
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.
diluvianism
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
disadvanced
disadvanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disadvance
disadvising
disadvising
verb
present participle of disadvise
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
disavowedly
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
disfavoring
disfavoring
verb
present participle of disfavor
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disgaveling
disgavelled
disgavelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disgavel
displuviate
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
dissipative
dissipative
adj
That dissipates, or causes dissipation
dissolvable
dissolvable
adj
Capable of being dissolved.
noun
Something that can be dissolved, especially a form of tobacco that dissolves in the mouth instead of being chewed.
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.