(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
advocatrix
advowsance
alviducous
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
archdivine
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
avalanched
avalanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avalanche
aviculidae
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
biliverdic
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
brevicauda
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cadaverine
cadaverine
noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
cadaverize
cadaverize
verb
To remove the life from or to make cadaverous.
cadaverous
cadaverous
adj
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
calvadoses
calvadoses
noun
plural of calvados
captivated
captivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captivate
caravanned
cavalcaded
cavalcaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalcade
cavalcades
cavalcades
noun
plural of cavalcade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavalcade
cavaliered
cavaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalier
cedarville
civilizade
claudville
clavichord
clavichord
noun
(music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.
cleverdale
cloverdale
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjuvant
coadjuvant
adj
cooperating
noun
(medicine) An adjuvant.
coadjuvate
coderiving
codevelops
codevelops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codevelop
conditivia
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
convertend
convertend
noun
(logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse.
convexedly
convexedly
adv
In a convex form; convexly.
convocated
convocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convocate
convoluted
convoluted
adj
(chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
corrosived
covenanted
covenanted
adj
Bound by a covenant.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of covenant
coveralled
coveralled
adj
Wearing a coverall.
credencive
credensive
cultivated
cultivated
adj
(of a person) cultured, refined, educated
(of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild)
(of land) farmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cultivate
curdsville
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
deactivate
deactivate
verb
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
deceivable
deceivable
adj
Able to be deceived; gullible.
deceivably
deceivably
adv
In a deceivable way.
deceivance
deceivance
noun
deceit, deception
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decennoval
decennoval
adj
Of or related to a nineteen-year period.
Of or related to the number nineteen.
decisively
decisively
adv
In a decisive manner.
decivilize
decivilize
verb
(intransitive) To become less civilized.
(transitive) To make less civilized.
deconvolve
deconvolve
verb
To subject data or a signal to deconvolution
decorative
decorative
adj
That serves to decorate
noun
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
decreative
dedicative
dedicative
adj
Relating to dedication.
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
defervesce
defervesce
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To become less agitated; to cool down.
(intransitive, medicine) To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.
deflective
deflective
adj
capable of causing deflection.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
descensive
descensive
adj
Tending to descend or move downward; descending.
detectives
detectives
noun
plural of detective
detractive
detractive
adj
Tending to detract or draw.
Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
deviancies
deviancies
noun
plural of deviancy
deviascope
devocalise
devocalise
verb
Alternative form of devocalize
devocalize
devocalize
verb
(transitive) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
(transitive) To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
devocation
devocation
noun
A calling off or away.
dichlorvos
dichlorvos
noun
(pharmacology) A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
directives
directives
noun
plural of directive
disadvance
disadvance
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To draw back, pull back.
disavaunce
disavaunce
verb
(obsolete) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
disclosive
disclosive
adj
Relating to disclosure.
discovered
discovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discover
discoverer
discoverer
noun
One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.
discretive
discretive
adj
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
discursive
discursive
adj
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
discussive
discussive
adj
(dated) Doubt-dispelling; decisive.
(medicine, dated) Able or tending to discuss, or disperse, tumors or coagulated matter.
noun
(medicine, dated) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humours; a discutient.
disdeceive
disgracive
disgracive
adj
(obsolete) Causing disgrace.
dissective
dissective
adj
(grammar) Referring to a number of individual or separate things rather than a mass (e.g. snowflakes rather than snow).
Tending to dissect.
disservice
disservice
noun
One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
verb
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
divaricate
divaricate
adj
(botany) Having wide angles between the branches.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
divergence
divergence
noun
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i)
(obsolete) disagreement; difference
The degree to which two or more things diverge.
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
divergency
divergency
noun
(countable) divergence
(uncountable) The state of being divergent
diverticle
diverticle
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) A diverticulum.
(obsolete) A turning; a byway.
divorceuse
divorcible
divorcible
adj
Alternative form of divorceable
divulgence
divulgence
noun
Something that is divulged.
The act of divulging.
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
drivescrew
endopelvic
endopelvic
adj
(anatomy) Within the pelvis
evidencing
evidencing
verb
present participle of evidence
evidencive
excurvated
foreadvice
hackdriver
hardcovers
hardcovers
noun
plural of hardcover
incurvated
incurvated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incurvate
indecisive
indecisive
adj
(of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain
(of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
indicative
indicative
adj
(grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
noun
(grammar, countable) A term in the indicative mood.
(grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.
inevidence
inevidence
noun
(obsolete) Lack of evidence; obscurity.
involucred
involucred
adj
(botany) Having an involucre.
judicative
judicative
adj
Having power to judge; judicial.
larvicidal
larvicidal
adj
Killing larvae.
medicative
medicative
adj
Medicinal; acting like a medicine.
microdrive
microdrive
noun
(computing) A miniature hard disk.
(computing, historical) An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape.
A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.
misvouched
misvouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misvouch
naviculoid
naviculoid
noun
Any diatom alga of the genus Navicula
nondivorce
nondivorce
adj
(chiefly sociology) Not of, pertaining to, or affected by divorce.
nonverdict
nonverdict
noun
Failure to reach a verdict in a legal case.
novicehood
novicehood
noun
The rank or period of being a novice.
ordovician
ordovician
Adjective
Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.
Proper noun
The Ordovician period.
outcaviled
overadvice
overarched
overarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overarch
overbodice
overbodice
noun
A garment that fits over the bodice of a woman's outfit and lets a part of the bodice show.
overbraced
overcalled
overcalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcall
overchafed
overchased
overclouds
overclouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcloud
overcoated
overcoated
adj
Wearing an overcoat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcoat
overcoldly
overcooked
overcooked
adj
Done to excess.
Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of overcook.
overcooled
overcooled
adj
Excessively cooled
overcorned
overcredit
overcrowds
overcrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrowd
overdecked
overdecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdeck
overdrench
overforced
overplaced
overplaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplace
overpriced
overpriced
adj
Priced higher than its real worth.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprice