(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.
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.
cultivars
cultivars
noun
plural of cultivar
curatives
curatives
noun
plural of curative
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.
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
curvities
curvities
noun
plural of curvity
curvulate
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
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.
excurvate
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.
incurvity
incurvity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being bent inwards.
lucrative
lucrative
adj
(military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.
Producing a surplus; profitable.
nerviduct
outcurved
outcurved
adj
That curves outwards
outcurves
outcurves
noun
plural of outcurve
outvictor
overacute
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.
recurvant
recurvate
recurvate
adj
(botany) recurved
verb
To bend or curve back; to recurve.
recurvity
recurvity
Noun
recurvation
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.
scurviest
scurviest
adj
superlative form of scurvy: most scurvy
structive
unconvert
unconvert
verb
(intransitive) To deconvert; to undergo a deconversion from a religion, faith or belief.
(transitive) To reverse the conversion of.
victorium
victorium
noun
(obsolete) A supposed chemical element discovered in 1898, later found to be a mixture of rare earths.
victualer
victualer
noun
Alternative spelling of victualler
victualry
victualry
noun
Food.
virtuosic
virtuosic
adj
(music) requiring a high level of technical skill.