(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
noun
(grammar) The accusative case.
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acutograve
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."
allocutive
alviducous
archivault
arvicolous
arvicolous
adj
Synonym of arvicoline
astructive
astructive
adj
(obsolete) Building up; constructive.
autoactive
autoactive
adj
spontaneously active (without any external stimulus)
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
avaricious
avaricious
adj
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
avicularia
avicularia
noun
plural of avicularium
aviculidae
aviculture
aviculture
noun
The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry)
avirulence
avirulence
noun
The state of being avirulent.
avouchable
avouchable
adj
Capable of being avouched.
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
avunculate
avunculate
noun
(In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal uncle, and the mutual responsibilities between them.
the relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons.
avunculize
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
bivascular
bivascular
adj
Relating to two blood vessels
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
bouckville
brevicauda
bruceville
bucorvinae
cadaverous
cadaverous
adj
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
cavalerius
chauvinism
chauvinism
noun
(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chauvinist
chauvinist
adj
(derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
Pertaining to chauvinism.
noun
(derogatory) A chauvinistic person.
chemehuevi
chivalrous
chivalrous
adj
(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
involving chivalry.
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
claudville
claviature
claviature
noun
A keyboard, especially of a musical instrument.
A system or style of applying the fingers to such a keyboard.
Metaphorically, a repertoire or toolkit of concepts or resources for application to a field.
The layout of keys on such a keyboard.
clavicular
clavicular
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the clavicle.
claviculus
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjuvant
coadjuvant
adj
cooperating
noun
(medicine) An adjuvant.
coadjuvate
colluviums
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
compluvium
compluvium
noun
(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
conclusive
conclusive
adj
Pertaining to a conclusion.
Providing an end to something; decisive.
concussive
concussive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing concussion
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
conjuctiva
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
conventual
conventual
adj
Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
noun
A member of a convent.
conversusi
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
convolvuli
convulsant
convulsant
adj
Causing or producing convulsions; convulsive.
noun
Anything, such as a drug, that causes convulsions
convulsing
convulsing
verb
present participle of convulse
convulsion
convulsion
noun
(medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
Violent turmoil.
convulsive
convulsive
adj
Having or producing convulsions.
Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
coupeville
courbevoie
covetously
covetously
adv
In a covetous manner
covinously
covinously
adv
In a covinous manner.
crevecoeur
cuernavaca
cultivable
cultivable
adj
Capable of being cultivated or farmed.
cultivably
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
cultivates
cultivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cultivate
cultivator
cultivator
noun
A person who cultivates.
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
culverfoot
culveriner
culverkeys
culverkeys
noun
plural of culverkey
culvertage
culvertage
noun
(historical) The degradation of a vassal to the position of a serf.
culverwort
culverwort
noun
The columbine Aquilegia vulgaris.
cumulative
cumulative
adj
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That tends to accumulate.
cunctative
cunctative
adj
(rare) Inclined to delay
curatively
curatively
adv
In a curative manner.
curdsville
curryfavel
curryville
curvaceous
curvaceous
adj
(of a woman) Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
curvacious
curvacious
adj
Alternative form of curvaceous
curvatures
curvatures
noun
plural of curvature
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
curvetting
curvetting
noun
Alternative form of curveting
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
curvometer
curvometer
noun
Alternative form of curvimeter
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
disavaunce
disavaunce
verb
(obsolete) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
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.
divorceuse
divulgence
divulgence
noun
Something that is divulged.
The act of divulging.
downcurved
downcurved
adj
curved downwards
equiconvex
equiconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.
equivocacy
equivocacy
noun
equivocalness
equivocate
equivocate
verb
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.
(transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
eructative
evacuating
evacuating
verb
present participle of evacuate
evacuation
evacuation
noun
Abolition; nullification.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
evacuative
evacuative
adj
That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative
evacuators
evacuators
noun
plural of evacuator
excurvated
excusative
excusively
executives
executives
noun
plural of executive
faculative
fucivorous
fucivorous
adj
Feeding primarily on seaweeds.
fulvescent
fulvescent
adj
Becoming fulvous; approaching a tawny colour.
guvacoline
guvacoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that is the methyl ester of guvacine
incrustive
incubative
incubative
adj
Of or pertaining to incubation.
incurvated
incurvated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incurvate
injunctive
injunctive
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to the injunctive mood.
Pertaining to or being an injunction.
noun
(grammar, countable) A verbal lexeme in injunctive mood.
(grammar, uncountable) A verbal mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually resembling an augmentless aorist or imperfect.
involucral
involucral
adj
Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
involucred
involucred
adj
(botany) Having an involucre.
involucres
involucres
noun
plural of involucre
involucrum
involucrum
noun
(botany) An involucre.
A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.
jaculative
judicative
judicative
adj
Having power to judge; judicial.
jugoslavic
khrushchev
khrushchev
Proper noun
English transliteration of the Russian surname
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
lascivious
lascivious
adj
Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
levisticum
lucasville
malvaceous
malvaceous
adj
Of or pertaining to plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.
misvouched
misvouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misvouch
mucivorous
mucivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on the juices of plants.
mulctative
multivocal
multivocal
adj
Having many different interpretations, meanings, or values.
muscovites
muscovites
noun
plural of muscovite
muscovitic
muscovitic
adj
(mineralogy) Of or relating to muscovite.
naviculare
naviculoid
naviculoid
noun
Any diatom alga of the genus Navicula
nivicolous
nivicolous
adj
That inhabits the region above the snowline
noncursive
noncursive
adj
Not cursive.
nonvacuous
nonvacuous
adj
Not vacuous.
nonvacuums
nonviscous
nonviscous
adj
Not viscous.
novaculite
novaculite
noun
(geology, mineralogy) A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones
nucivorous
nucivorous
adj
nut-eating
nunciative
occupative
occupative
adj
occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment