(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
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.
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.
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
advoteresse
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
aftervision
aleksandrov
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
almoravides
alternativo
alveoliform
alveoliform
adj
Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ameliorativ
anchorville
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antierosive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
arvicolinae
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
avaremotemo
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
bartonville
beaverboard
beaverboard
noun
A form of fiberboard made of wood pulp compressed into sheets.
beaverbrook
behaviorism
behaviorism
noun
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
bonaventura
bonaventure
bondservant
bondservant
noun
An indentured servant.
broadleaves
broadleaves
noun
plural of broadleaf
carcavelhos
carnivories
carpetwoven
carsonville
castelvetro
castroville
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.
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
clavicornes
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
cleaverwort
cleaverwort
noun
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”)
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
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
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.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
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.
confervales
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
covariables
covariables
noun
plural of covariable
covariances
covariances
noun
plural of covariance
covenanters
covenanters
noun
plural of covenanter
covenantors
covenantors
noun
plural of covenantor
cracovienne
cracovienne
noun
A dance, the krakowiak.
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.
decurvation
deformative
dehortative
dehortative
adj
dissuasive
denervation
denervation
noun
(medicine) The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by surgical or chemical means
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.
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
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
devastators
devastators
noun
plural of devastator
devotionary
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
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
diversional
diversional
adj
Relating to diversion.
divorceable
divorceable
adj
Able to divorce.
That can be divorced (separated, e.g. conceptually); separable.
earthmovers
earthmovers
noun
plural of earthmover
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
eavedropper
efformative
elaborative
elaborative
adj
Serving to elaborate.
endeavoring
endeavoring
noun
The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.
verb
present participle and gerund of endeavor
endeavoured
endeavoured
verb
Britain standard spelling of endeavored.
endeavourer
enervations
enervations
noun
plural of enervation
enteroviral
enteroviral
adj
relating to an enterovirus
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
evaporative
evaporative
adj
Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
evaporators
evaporators
noun
plural of evaporator
eventration
eventration
noun
(medicine) A large wound in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
(medicine) A tumour containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, caused by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
The act of disembowelling.
eviscerator
eviscerator
noun
A device for eviscerating something.
Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
excurvation
exhortative
exhortative
adj
(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
noun
The exhortative mood.
exonerative
exonerative
adj
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
extraovular
extraovular
adj
Outside the egg
extraviolet
extraviolet
adj
(obsolete) ultraviolet
favoredness
favoredness
noun
(obsolete) appearance
flavoriness
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
forgiveable
forgiveable
noun
Misspelling of forgivable.
forgiveably
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
formicative
gaviiformes
gerlachovka
gouvernante
gouvernante
noun
(archaic) governess
governances
governances
noun
plural of governance
governorate
governorate
noun
The territory governed by a governor; a province.
graminivore
graminivore
noun
An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
grasonville
gravelstone
graveolence
graveolence
noun
(rare) A strong offensive smell; rancidity.
graveolency
graveolency
noun
Alternative form of graveolence
graverobber
graverobber
noun
One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.