(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
verb
(obsolete) To heap up.
acervose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
achieved
achieved
adj
(of a goal or status) Having been reached, attained or accomplished.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achieve
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
achieves
achieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve
activate
activate
verb
(transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
(transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
(transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
(transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
(transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
(transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.
(transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
(transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.
actively
actively
adv
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
In an active manner.
activize
activize
verb
(transitive) To convert to activism.
advanced
advanced
adj
(Philippines, of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
At or close to the state of the art.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
with greater complexity, more difficult
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advance
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
advected
advected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advect
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
antivice
antivice
adj
Opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour).
archived
archived
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archive
archiver
archiver
noun
One who, or that which, archives.
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avicenna
avicenna
Proper noun
Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bescurvy
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
brevetcy
brevetcy
noun
(military) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
cabreuva
cabreuva
noun
The flowering plant Myrocarpus frondosus.
cadavers
cadavers
noun
plural of cadaver
calipeva
calvaire
canevari
canvased
canvaser
canvaser
noun
Alternative form of canvasser
canvases
canvases
noun
(US) plural of canvas
captived
captived
adj
(obsolete) Captured; captive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captive
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
caravels
caravels
noun
plural of caravel
caritive
caritive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the caritive case.
(grammar) Of words or endings that express a lack of something, for example English homeless/-less or unsalted/un-, Finnish koditon, suolaton, -ton.
carville
cascavel
caseconv
cavaedia
cavaedia
noun
plural of cavaedium
cavalero
cavalero
noun
(obsolete) A cavalier.
cavalier
cavalier
adj
(historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
High-spirited.
Not caring enough about something important.
Supercilious.
noun
(architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
(historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
(slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a small breed of spaniel of English origin with a silky, smooth coat and commonly a smooth undocked tail.
A gentleman of the class of such officers
verb
(transitive, dated) Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
cavatine
cavatine
noun
Alternative form of cavatina
caveated
caveated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caveat.
caveatee
caveator
caveator
noun
One who enters a caveat.
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cavelike
cavelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cave
cavernal
caverned
caverned
adj
(poetic) Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
Living in a cavern.
cavesson
cavesson
noun
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.
cavetown
cavettos
caviares
caviares
noun
plural of caviare
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
cavilled
cavilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavil
caviller
caviller
noun
Alternative spelling of caviler
caviness
cavitate
cavitate
verb
(sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.
caviteno
cavitied
cavitied
adj
Having cavities.
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
cavorted
cavorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavort
cavorter
cavorter
noun
One who cavorts.
celative
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
cerenkov
cervalet
cervelas
cervelas
noun
Alternative form of cervelat
cervelat
cervelat
noun
A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.
cervical
cervical
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra..
cervices
cervices
noun
plural of cervix
cervidae
cervinae
cervisia
cervixes
cervulus
cessavit
cessavit
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
cevadine
cevadine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of veratrine
cevennes
cevenole
ceviches
ceviches
noun
plural of ceviche
champlev
chavante
chavaree
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
cheshvan
cheshvan
Proper noun
The second month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar.
chetvert
chetvert
noun
Alternative form of tchetvert
chevalet
chevalet
noun
A rack or rest used in woodwork or glassworking.
chevance
chevener
chevener
noun
(obsolete) A person who embroidered hosiery
cheverel
cheverel
adj
(obsolete) Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.
noun
(obsolete) Kid, as used to make leather.
cheveret
cheveril
cheveril
adj
(obsolete) Made of cheveril; pliant.
noun
(obsolete) Soft leather made of kid skin.
cheverly
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
chevesne
cheville
cheville
noun
(poetry) A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced.
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
chevrier
chevrone
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chevying
chevying
verb
present participle of chevy
chivaree
chiveret
chivvied
chivvied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivvy
chivvies
chivvies
noun
plural of chivvy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chivvy
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
civetone
civetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone 1-cycloheptadec-9-enone that is a pheromone produced by the civet cat, and is used to add a musky tone to perfumes
civilest
civilest
adj
superlative form of civil: most civil
civilise
civilise
verb
To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
civilite
civilize
civilize
verb
Alternative spelling of civilise
clavated
clavated
Adjective
clavate; club-shaped
clavecin
clavecin
noun
(archaic, music) harpsichord
clavered
clavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of claver
clavicle
clavicle
noun
(anatomy) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
claviger
claviger
noun
One who carries a club; a club bearer.
One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.
claviole
clavises
clavolae
clavolet
cleavage
cleavage
noun
(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
(by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
(politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
cleavers
cleavers
noun
Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
plural of cleaver
cleaving
cleaving
adj
That cleaves
noun
The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
verb
present participle of cleave
clervaux
clervaux
Proper noun
The northernmost canton of Luxembourg, in the former district of Diekirch.
A municipality and town in the canton of Clervaux.
cleveite
cleveite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline variety of uraninite.
cleverer
cleverer
adj
comparative form of clever: more clever
cleverly
cleverly
adv
(now US dialect) Completely, fully.
Intelligently directed to a purpose.
Wittily; in a tricky manner.
clevises
clevises
noun
plural of clevis
clivises
clovered
clovered
adj
Covered with growing clover.
coactive
coactive
adj
(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
coadvice
coaevals
coaevals
noun
plural of coaeval
coderive
codivine
codriven
codriven
verb
past participle of codrive
codriver
codriver
noun
A fellow driver; where multiple people take turns driving, a person who is not currently driving.
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
codrives
codrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codrive
coercive
coercive
adj
(mathematics, of a function F) Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
coevally
coevally
adv
In a coeval manner.
coevolve
coevolve
verb
(evolutionary theory) To evolve, along with another organism, via coevolution.
cohesive
cohesive
adj
Having cohesion.
noun
(linguistics) A device used to establish cohesion within a text