An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
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
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
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curveballing
curveballing
verb
present participle of curveball
curvidentate
curvinervate
curwensville
demiculverin
demiculverin
noun
(now historical) A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
incorruptive
incorruptive
adj
(archaic) incorruptible; not liable to decay
incurvatures
incurvatures
noun
plural of incurvature
introductive
introductive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction
invernacular
neurovaccine
noncursively
nonlucrative
nonlucrative
Adjective
Not lucrative.
nonreclusive
nonreductive
nonreductive
adj
Not reductive.
nonveracious
nonvesicular
nonvesicular
adj
Not vesicular.
overcautions
overcautions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcaution
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
overcurrency
overdiscount
overdiscount
verb
(transitive) To discount too much.
overdocument
overdocument
verb
(transitive) To document something in greater detail than necessary.
overfanciful
overfanciful
adj
Excessively fanciful.
overfocusing
overfocusing
verb
present participle of overfocus
overinstruct
overinstruct
verb
To instruct excessively.
overissuance
overissuance
noun
Excessive issuance.
overmuchness
overmuchness
noun
The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.
overreducing
oversecuring
oversecuring
verb
present participle of oversecure
paucinervate
paucinervate
adj
(botany) Having few nerves.
preinductive
pulverescent
pulverulence
pulverulence
noun
Fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance.
The state or characteristic of being powdery or dusty.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecimvir
quindecimvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of fifteen officials.
redivulgence
reevacuating
reevacuation
renovascular
renovascular
adj
Of or pertaining to the blood vessels of the kidney
renunciative
renunciative
adj
Tending to renounce.
revictualing
scurvinesses
subprovinces
subprovinces
noun
plural of subprovince
subservience
subservience
noun
The state of being subservient.
subserviency
subserviency
noun
The state of being subservient; subservience.
supervisance
surreverence
surveillance
surveillance
noun
(law) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
transcursive
turacoverdin
turacoverdin
noun
(organic chemistry) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou.
unadvertency
unattractive
unattractive
adj
Lacking the power to attract interest.
Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
noun
An aesthetically unattractive person
uncavalierly
uncavalierly
adv
In an uncavalier manner.
uncleverness
uncleverness
noun
The quality of not being clever.
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
uncreatively
uncreatively
adv
In an uncreative way; without creativity.
uncreativity
uncreativity
noun
The quality of being uncreative.
undecorative
undecorative
adj
Unsightly; displeasing to the eye.
underachieve
underachieve
verb
To achieve less than expected; to fail to fulfil one's potential.
undercanvass
undercarving
undercarving
verb
present participle of undercarve
undercurving
underservice
undetractive
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
undiscursive
unobservance
unobservance
noun
Lack or neglect of observance.
unperceiving
unperceiving
adj
Not perceiving; devoid of perception.
unperceptive
unperceptive
adj
Not perceptive.
unpercussive
unpercussive
Adjective
Not percussive.
unperfective
unpreceptive
unpreclusive
unpredictive
unpredictive
Adjective
Not predictive.
unprevalence
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.
unreceivable
unrecitative
unreflective
unreflective
adj
Not reflective; thoughtless
unrefractive
unrespective
unrespective
adj
(archaic) disrespectful
unretractive
unreverenced
unreverenced
adj
Not reverenced.
unulcerative
unvernicular
unvertically
unvitrescent
unvociferous
unvociferous
adj
Not vociferous.
vapourescent
vapourescent
adj
Alternative form of vaporescent
vasopuncture
venacularism
venepuncture
venepuncture
noun
Alternative spelling of venipuncture
venipuncture
venipuncture
noun
(hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line.
verb
To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform venipuncture.
ventriculite
ventriculite
noun
(paleontology) Any of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera.
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.
verecundness
vernacularly
vernacularly
adv
In a vernacular way.
vibratiuncle
vibratiuncle
noun
(now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind).