An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
contributive
contributive
adj
Tending to contribute; making a contribution
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
coulterville
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
countervalue
countervalue
adj
(military) Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
verb
(military) To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
To make a counter estimate of something's value.
countervaunt
countervenom
countervenom
noun
antivenin
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
curvaceously
curvaceously
adv
In a curvaceous way.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvirostres
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
edulcorative
edulcorative
adj
Tending to sweeten or purify by affusions of water.
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
equivocatory
equivocatory
adj
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
hyperviscous
hyperviscous
adj
Excessively viscous.
incorruptive
incorruptive
adj
(archaic) incorruptible; not liable to decay
introductive
introductive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction
loupcerviers
neurovaccine
noncursively
nonlucrative
nonlucrative
Adjective
Not lucrative.
nonreclusive
nonreductive
nonreductive
adj
Not reductive.
nonveracious
nonvesicular
nonvesicular
adj
Not vesicular.
obstructives
obstructives
noun
plural of obstructive
overaccuracy
overaccuracy
noun
Excessive accuracy.
overaccurate
overaccurate
adj
Excessively accurate.
overcaptious
overcaptious
adj
Excessively captious.
overcasually
overcasually
adv
In an overcasual manner.
overcautions
overcautions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcaution
overcautious
overcautious
adj
Excessively cautious.
overclouding
overclouding
verb
present participle of overcloud
overcompound
overconsumed
overconsumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overconsume
overconsumes
overconsumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overconsume
overcounting
overcounting
verb
present participle of overcount
overcourtesy
overcourtesy
noun
Excessive courtesy.
overcovetous
overcovetous
adj
Excessively covetous.
overcultured
overcultured
adj
Excessively cultured.
overcurrency
overdiscount
overdiscount
verb
(transitive) To discount too much.
overdocument
overdocument
verb
(transitive) To document something in greater detail than necessary.
overeducated
overeducated
adj
Having received too much education
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overeducate
overeducates
overeducates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overeducate
overfactious
overfanciful
overfanciful
adj
Excessively fanciful.
overfocusing
overfocusing
verb
present participle of overfocus
overfocussed
overfocusses
overgracious
overgracious
adj
Excessively gracious.
overinstruct
overinstruct
verb
To instruct excessively.
overissuance
overissuance
noun
Excessive issuance.
overluscious
overluscious
adj
Excessively luscious.
overmerciful
overmerciful
adj
Excessively merciful.
overmuchness
overmuchness
noun
The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.
overproduced
overproduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overproduce
overproduces
overproduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overproduce
overpurchase
overpurchase
noun
An expensive purchase.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To pay too dear a price.
To buy too much of something.
overreducing
overscrubbed
overscrupled
overscutched
oversecurely
oversecuring
oversecuring
verb
present participle of oversecure
oversecurity
overspacious
overspacious
adj
Excessively spacious.
pervicacious
pervicacious
adj
(possibly rare) Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.
pluviometric
pluviometric
adj
Related to pluviometry.
precollusive
productively
productively
adv
In a productive manner.
proexecutive
provocateurs
provocateurs
noun
plural of provocateur
pulveraceous
pulveraceous
adj
(botany) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.
quercivorous
quercivorous
adj
Feeding on oak leaves.
reevacuation
renovascular
renovascular
adj
Of or pertaining to the blood vessels of the kidney
reproductive
reproductive
adj
Of or relating to reproduction.
That reproduces.
noun
(biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).
revictorious
spermoviduct
stercovorous
stercovorous
adj
dung-eating
subprovinces
subprovinces
noun
plural of subprovince
supervictory
tovariaceous
turacoverdin
turacoverdin
noun
(organic chemistry) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou.
uncoercively
uncoercively
adv
Without the use of coercion.
unconserving
unconserving
adj
That does not conserve.
uncontortive
unconvergent
unconverging
unconverging
Adjective
Not converging.
unconversant
unconversant
adj
Not conversant; unfamiliar, unacquainted.
unconversing
unconversion
unconversion
noun
(religion) The state of being unconverted; impenitence.
The reversal of a conversion; a change back to a previous format.
uncorrective
uncorruptive
uncorruptive
adj
incorruptible
undecorative
undecorative
adj
Unsightly; displeasing to the eye.
undiscovered
undiscovered
adj
That has not been discovered; unknown.
That has not yet been discovered; unexplored.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undiscover
unobservance
unobservance
noun
Lack or neglect of observance.
unproductive
unproductive
adj
(linguistics, of affixes, mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples).
Not productive; useless; fruitless.
unprojective
unprotective
unprotective
Adjective
Not protective.
unvociferous
unvociferous
adj
Not vociferous.
uterovesical
uterovesical
adj
Relating to the uterus and urinary bladder.
vapourescent
vapourescent
adj
Alternative form of vaporescent
varicoloured
varicoloured
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of varicolored
variocoupler
variocoupler
noun
A kind of variometer (magnetic instrument) constructed with two coils of wire that are connected not to each other but to separate circuits, so as to function as an air core RF transformer with variable coupling.
variocuopler
vasopuncture
vehiculatory
vehiculatory
adj
(obsolete) vehicular
ventriculose
ventriculous
ventriculous
adj
Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
ventrocaudal
ventrocaudal
adj
(anatomy) Both ventral and caudal
verbenaceous
verbenaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Verbenaceae of mainly tropical flowering plants.
verrucarioid
vesiculiform
vesiculiform
adj
Resembling a vesicle.
victormanuel
vocabularied
vocabularied
adj
(in combination) Having a vocabulary (of a specified kind or size).