(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advenient
advenient
adj
(now rare) Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
advential
adventism
adventist
adventive
adventive
adj
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
Accidental.
Adventitious.
noun
A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adversant
adversing
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
aldovandi
alvordton
ardenvoir
avianized
avianized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avianize
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avoidment
barneveld
benavides
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
bovenland
cadaverin
cadaverin
noun
Alternative form of cadaverine
canvasado
canvassed
canvassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canvas
caravaned
caravaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caravan
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
chavender
chavender
noun
A chub (fish).
cleavland
cleveland
cleveland
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
A large city in the U.S. state of Ohio
a city in Tennessee, USA
A former county in northeast England bordering North Yorkshire and County Durham, created in 1974 from parts of those two counties (mainly the County Borough of Teesside) and abolished in 1996.
cordovans
cordovans
noun
plural of cordovan
dansville
darsonval
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
deanville
decalvant
deephaven
delavigne
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
deviances
deviances
noun
plural of deviance
deviating
deviating
verb
present participle of deviate
deviation
deviation
noun
(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
A detour in a road or railway.
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
disheaven
dissaving
dissaving
verb
present participle of dissave
divalence
divalence
noun
(chemistry) The condition of being divalent
divariant
divariant
noun
(mathematics) Synonym of concomitant
divinable
divinable
adj
That can be guessed.
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
dravidian
dravidian
Proper noun
A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.
Noun
A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.
dunaville
endeavors
endeavors
noun
plural of endeavor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endeavor
endeavour
endeavour
noun
Britain standard spelling of endeavor.
endleaves
endleaves
noun
plural of endleaf
enervated
enervated
adj
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enervate
envisaged
envisaged
adj
visualized, conceived, imagined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of envisage
evadingly
evadingly
adv
So as to evade; evasively.
evanesced
evanesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evanesce
evaniidae
evanished
evanished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evanish
evansdale
flavonoid
flavonoid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
galvayned
gandharva
gandharva
noun
(Buddhism) A being in the intermediate state between death and rebirth.
(Indian mythology) A spirit, usually depicted as a singer or musician.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
ghaznevid
grandeval
grandview
gravesend
gravesend
Proper noun
An ancient town situated on the Thames Estuary in northwest Kent, England.
groveland
groveland
Proper noun
definition
handwoven
handwoven
adj
Woven by hand, or with a hand-operated loom.
havenward
havenward
adj
Toward a haven.
havilland
helvidian
hovedance
hydrovane
hydrovane
noun
A hydrofoil.
incavated
incavated
adj
Made hollow; bent round or in.
indicavit
indicavit
noun
(UK, law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.
individua
individua
noun
plural of individuum
induviate
induviate
adj
(botany) Covered with induviae.
innovated
innovated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of innovate
invadable
invadable
adj
Able to be invaded
invalidcy
invalidcy
noun
(archaic) invalidism; infirmity
invalided
invalided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invalid
invalidly
invalidly
adv
In an invalid manner; without validity.
invocated
invocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invocate
javelined
javelined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of javelin
landgrave
landgrave
noun
(rare) One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
landreeve
landreeve
noun
A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.
landville
lavandera
lavandero
lavandula
lavenders
lavenders
noun
plural of lavender
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lavender
levelland
levelland
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
ludlovian
ludlovian
Adjective
Belonging to the Ludlow group.
maldivian
maldivian
Noun
A person from the Maldives or of Maldivian descent.
Proper noun
The official language of the Maldives, also called Dhivehi or Divehi.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the Maldives, the Maldivian people or the Maldivian language.
mandative
mandative
adj
(grammar, not comparable) Noting the imperative use of the subjunctive, as in "I insist that he leave immediately".
Indicates the quality of being a command, or being related to the command.
mandragvn
maneuvred
maneuvred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maneuvre
midheaven
midheaven
noun
(astrology) The intersection of the ecliptic and meridian
moldavian
moldavian
Noun
An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.
An inhabitant or citizen of the former Principality of Moldavia.
Proper noun
The dialect spoken in the Republic of Moldova, Romanian, which may be written in either the Cyrillic or the Roman alphabet.
Adjective
Relating to the country of Moldova.
Relating to the former Principality of Moldavia.
Relating to the Moldavian language.
movieland
movieland
Noun
The industry of films and filmmaking.
The fictitious world where films are set.
nagyvarad
natividad
navigated
navigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of navigate
negatived
negatived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of negative
nevadians
neverland
neverland
noun
An ideal or imaginary place; a dreamworld.
nevisdale
nonvalued
nonvalued
adj
Not valued.
nonvaried
nonvisaed
novachord
novendial
novendial
adj
(of a religious ceremony) Lasting nine days, especially in relation to the period of mourning for a Pope.
noun
(historical) A funeral ceremony held by the Ancient Romans nine days after the burial.
(rare) A religious ceremony that lasts nine days, especially the period of mourning for a Pope.
novillada
novillada
noun
(bullfighting) A bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
novodamus
novodamus
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) In Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.
overadorn
overbandy
overdance
overdrain
overdrain
verb
(transitive) To drain excessively.
overdrank
overdrank
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdrink
overdrawn
overdrawn
verb
past participle of overdraw
overhands
overhands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhand
overladen
overladen
adj
Burdened excessively.
Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.
verb
past participle of overlade
overlands
overlands
noun
plural of overland
overstand
overstand
noun
(lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
verb
(Rastafarianism, US black subculture): to have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully
(forestry, of a coppice): To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
(rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay
(transitive) to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
(yachting, boat racing): to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
pavonated
pavonated
adj
(dated, poetic or sciences) Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.