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
abbreviates
abbreviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abbreviator
abbreviator
noun
(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.
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
absolvatory
absolvatory
adj
Conferring absolution; absolutory.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
abstractive
abstractive
adj
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accumulativ
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
acetylative
acetylative
adj
Causing or relating to acetylation.
achievement
achievement
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
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
aestivating
aestivating
verb
Alternative spelling of estivating
present participle of aestivate
aestivation
aestivation
noun
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
aftershaves
aftershaves
noun
plural of aftershave
aftervision
aggravating
aggravating
verb
present participle of aggravate
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggravative
aggravative
adj
Tending to aggravate.
noun
That which aggravates.
aggregative
aggregative
adj
By, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
albertville
albertville
Proper noun
A town in the département of Savoie.
alleviaters
alleviating
alleviating
verb
present participle of alleviate
alleviation
alleviation
noun
the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
alleviative
alleviative
adj
That alleviates pain; palliative
noun
That which alleviates; a drug or remedy.
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
alleviatory
alleviatory
adj
alleviative
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
altercative
altercative
adj
(rare) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.
alternative
alternative
adj
(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Other; different from something else.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
noun
(uncountable, music) alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
alternativo
alveolation
alveolation
noun
(geology) An eroded structure of honeycomb-like cavities
alveolotomy
alveolotomy
noun
(surgery, dentistry) incision into the alveolus, especially in order to drain pus from an abscess
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
ameliorativ
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
amplicative
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
anoxidative
antevenient
antevenient
adj
(formal) Coming before; preceding.
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antierosive
antigravity
antigravity
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-gravity
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antitussive
antitussive
adj
(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.
noun
(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
antivenefic
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
antiviruses
antiviruses
noun
plural of antivirus
antivitamin
antivitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any compound that inhibits the metabolic action of a vitamin.
appellative
appellative
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
noun
a common noun
an epithet
applicative
applicative
adj
(computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
Having practical application; applicable.
Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
appreciativ
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.
arbitrative
arbitrative
adj
Of or relating to arbitration.
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
architraval
architraval
adj
Of or relating to an architrave.
architraved
architraved
adj
(architecture) Furnished with an architrave.
architraves
architraves
noun
plural of architrave
archvisitor
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
artsybashev
artzybashev
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
assertative
assertively
assertively
adv
In an assertive manner.
asseverated
asseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asseverate
asseverates
asseverates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asseverate
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
attentively
attentively
adv
In an attentive manner.
attenuative
attenuative
adj
(brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
attestative
attestative
adj
Of the nature of attestation.
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
austinville
autoceptive
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
avaremotemo
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
aviatresses
aviatresses
noun
plural of aviatress
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avolitional
avolitional
adj
Of or relating to avolition; lacking willpower.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
barkevikite
barkevikite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular hornblende mineral.
bartonville
basiventral
basiventral
adj
At the base of the front
bathvillite
beattyville
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
beneventana
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
bioactivity
bioactivity
noun
(biology, medicine) Biologic activity, such as biochemical or immunologic reactivity: the biologic effect (function or dysfunction, benefit or toxicity) of a substance.
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
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.