Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acquaviva
acurative
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
aerocurve
aerocurve
noun
(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.
artukovic
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
avascular
avascular
adj
(medicine) Lacking blood vessels.
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
avuncular
avuncular
adj
(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
awunctive
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
bicalvous
bivouaced
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
calvarium
calvarium
noun
(anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
causative
causative
adj
(linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.
Acting as a cause.
Involving, or affected by, causality.
noun
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
cavanaugh
cavernous
cavernous
adj
(anatomy, zootomy) Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
(dentistry) Having cavities.
Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
cavillous
cavillous
adj
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
cervuline
chevelure
chevelure
noun
A head of hair.
A periwig.
The nebulous part of a comet or star.
chevreuil
chevreuil
noun
A roe deer, a roebuck.
chuvashes
cleaveful
collusive
collusive
adj
secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose
colluvial
colluvial
adj
Of or pertaining to colluvium
colluvies
colluvies
noun
effluvium
medley, hotchpotch
colluvium
colluvium
noun
(geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
conversus
conversus
noun
(chiefly historical) A lay brother.
convoluta
convolute
convolute
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.
Convoluted.
verb
(transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
(transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
convulses
convulses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convulse
coverslut
coverslut
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of cover-slut
coverture
coverture
noun
(law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Shelter, hiding place.
culavamsa
cultivars
cultivars
noun
plural of cultivar
cultivate
cultivate
verb
(figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To grow plants, notably crops.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
culverins
culverins
noun
plural of culverin
culverkey
culverkey
noun
(obsolete) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).
curatives
curatives
noun
plural of curative
curavecan
cursively
cursively
adv
In a cursive manner.
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
curvative
curvative
adj
Having slightly curved margins or sides.
noun
(anatomy) One of the curved walls of the stomach.
(differential geometry) The first partial derivative of a function that describes a surface.
A convexity or concavity in a surface.
A curved deformation.
curvature
curvature
noun
(differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
(mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
The shape of something curved.
curveball
curveball
noun
(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
(by extension, chiefly US) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier.
verb
(baseball) To throw a curveball.
curvesome
curvesome
adj
(dated) curvy
(of a woman) curvaceous
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
verb
present participle of curvet
curvetted
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
curviness
curviness
noun
The state or condition of being curvy.
curvities
curvities
noun
plural of curvity
curvulate
cuvierian
declivous
declivous
adj
sloping downward
decursive
decursive
adj
Running down; decurrent.
decurving
deductive
deductive
adj
(logic) Based on inferences from general principles.
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
downcurve
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
echovirus
echovirus
noun
A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
educative
educative
adj
Serving to educate; educational.
elocutive
elocutive
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to elocution.
equicurve
equivocal
equivocal
adj
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
noun
(philosophy) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
evacuants
evacuants
noun
plural of evacuant
evacuated
evacuated
adj
Containing a vacuum.
Having had population removed, by evacuation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evacuate
evacuates
evacuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evacuate
evacuator
evacuator
noun
An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
One who evacuates; a nullifier.
exclusive
exclusive
adj
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
(linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
(of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
Exclusionary.
Whole, undivided, entire.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
excursive
excursive
adj
Tending to digress.
Tending to go out.
excurvate
executive
executive
adj
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
Exclusive.
Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
noun
(computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
fluviatic
fluviatic
adj
Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.
forevouch
humective
humective
adj
(obsolete) Tending to moisten.
noun
(obsolete) A humectant.
inclusive
inclusive
adj
(linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.
Including (almost) everything within its scope.
Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.
Including the extremes as well as the area between.
incursive
incursive
adj
characterized by incursion; invasive
incurvate
incurvate
adj
Curved; bent; crooked.
bending inwards.
verb
(intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
(transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
incurving
incurving
adj
curving inwards
verb
present participle of incurve
incurvity
incurvity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being bent inwards.
incurvous
inductive
inductive
adj
(logic) Of, or relating to logical induction.
(physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
introductory or preparatory.
involucel
involucel
noun
(botany) An involucre that forms at the base of a flower cluster within a compound inflorescence.
involucra
involucra
noun
plural of involucrum
involucre
involucre
noun
(botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
leviticus
levulinic
levulinic
adj
Of or pertaining to levulinic acid or its derivatives.
lucrative
lucrative
adj
(military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.
Producing a surplus; profitable.
muscavada
muscavado
muscovade
muscovado
muscovado
noun
An unrefined brown sugar with a strong flavour of molasses.
muscovite
muscovite
noun
(mineralogy) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc.
navicular
navicular
adj
Relating to boats.
Shaped like a boat.
noun
(anatomy) A navicular bone.
nerviduct
nonvacuum
nonvacuum
noun
Absence of vacuum.
nonvvacua
occlusive
occlusive
adj
That tends to occlude.
noun
(cosmetics) A product that forms a protective film and traps moisture against the skin.
(phonetics) A phoneme produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract.
occursive
outcavils
outcurved
outcurved
adj
That curves outwards
outcurves
outcurves
noun
plural of outcurve
outvictor
outvoiced
outvoiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outvoice
outvoices
outvoices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvoice
overacute
overcloud
overcloud
verb
(transitive, figurative) To cast sorrow or gloom over.
(transitive, intransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
overcount
overcount
noun
An incorrect count that is too high.
verb
(transitive) To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
(transitive) To outnumber.
overcrust
overcrust
noun
A crust formed over the top of something.
verb
To cover with a crust.
overcured
overcured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcure
overquick
overquick
adj
Too quick; overly quick.
oversauce
oversauce
verb
(transitive) To cover (food) with too much sauce.
oversaucy
oversaucy
adj
Excessively saucy.
overscour
overscrub
overscurf
oviductal
oviductal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the oviduct.
ovomucoid
ovomucoid
noun
(biochemistry) A protein, present in egg white, which, unlike ovalbumin, is heat-stable
procurved
procurved
adj
curved forward
ravenduck
ravenduck
noun
Alternative form of raven's duck
reclusive
reclusive
adj
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
recursive
recursive
adj
(computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
(computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)
(computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
(mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
drawing upon itself, referring back.
recurvant
recurvate
recurvate
adj
(botany) recurved
verb
To bend or curve back; to recurve.
recurving
recurving
noun
A curving again, or back on itself; a meander.
verb
present participle of recurve
recurvity
recurvity
Noun
recurvation
recurvous
recurvous
adj
(archaic) recurved
reductive
reductive
adj
(Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
(chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
(now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
(now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
revictual
revictual
verb
(transitive) To supply with fresh provisions.
roncevaux
rounceval
rounceval
adj
gigantic
noun
(obsolete) A giant; anything large.
(obsolete) A large pea, the marrowfat.
rouncival
rouncival
adj
Alternative spelling of rounceval
rucervine
rucervine
adj
of or pertaining to the deer of the genus Rucervus.
schenevus
scurviest
scurviest
adj
superlative form of scurvy: most scurvy
seclusive
seclusive
adj
Serving or tending to seclude (oneself); affecting seclusion.