An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
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.
circumaviate
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
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
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
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curvicaudate
curvicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvidentate
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curvinervate
curvirostres
decaturville
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
discursative
diverticular
diverticular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.
diverticulum
diverticulum
noun
(anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
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.
exulcerative
exulcerative
adj
Tending to cause ulcers.
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
jurisdictive
jurisdictive
adj
jurisdictional
miscurvature
miscurvature
noun
Bad or wrong curvature.
multiservice
multiservice
adj
Pertaining to or offering more than one type of service.
nonlucrative
nonlucrative
Adjective
Not lucrative.
nonreductive
nonreductive
adj
Not reductive.
obstructives
obstructives
noun
plural of obstructive
overaccurate
overaccurate
adj
Excessively accurate.
overcaptious
overcaptious
adj
Excessively captious.
overcautions
overcautions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcaution
overcautious
overcautious
adj
Excessively cautious.
overcounting
overcounting
verb
present participle of overcount
overcourtesy
overcourtesy
noun
Excessive courtesy.
overcovetous
overcovetous
adj
Excessively covetous.
overcultured
overcultured
adj
Excessively cultured.
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
overinstruct
overinstruct
verb
To instruct excessively.
overscutched
oversecurity
paucinervate
paucinervate
adj
(botany) Having few nerves.
pluviometric
pluviometric
adj
Related to pluviometry.
precultivate
preinductive
productively
productively
adv
In a productive manner.
proexecutive
provocateurs
provocateurs
noun
plural of provocateur
pulverescent
purificative
purificative
adj
Having power to purify or cleanse.
putrefactive
putrefactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
recultivated
recultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recultivate
recultivates
recultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recultivate
recuperative
recuperative
adj
In the way of recuperation.
noun
Any remedy that aids recuperation.
reevacuating
reevacuation
renunciative
renunciative
adj
Tending to renounce.
reproductive
reproductive
adj
Of or relating to reproduction.
That reproduces.
noun
(biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).
resurrective
resurrective
adj
Relating to resurrection.
revictorious
revictualing
revictualled
revictualled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revictual
rubificative
silviculture
silviculture
noun
The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.
spermoviduct
stercovorous
stercovorous
adj
dung-eating
subscriptive
subscriptive
adj
Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.
supervictory
sylviculture
sylviculture
noun
Alternative spelling of silviculture
tovariaceous
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
uncontortive
unconvergent
unconversant
unconversant
adj
Not conversant; unfamiliar, unacquainted.
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.
undetractive
unperceptive
unperceptive
adj
Not perceptive.
unperfective
unpreceptive
unpredictive
unpredictive
Adjective
Not predictive.
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.
unrecitative
unreflective
unreflective
adj
Not reflective; thoughtless
unrefractive
unrespective
unrespective
adj
(archaic) disrespectful
unretractive
unulcerative
unvertically
unvitrescent
uterovesical
uterovesical
adj
Relating to the uterus and urinary bladder.
vapourescent
vapourescent
adj
Alternative form of vaporescent
vasculatures
vasculatures
noun
plural of vasculature
vasopuncture
vehiculatory
vehiculatory
adj
(obsolete) vehicular
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
verbiculture
verbiculture
noun
The deliberate cultivation or production of words.
vermiculated
vermiculated
adj
Decorated with lines like worm tracks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vermiculate
vermiculites
vermiculites
noun
plural of vermiculite
verriculated
verticillium
verticillium
noun
Any of many fungi, of the genus Verticillium, that cause wilt in plants
vesicularity
vesicularity
noun
The state or condition of being vesicular; presence of vesicles.
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).