(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
aboveboard
aboveboard
adj
Alternative form of above-board
achterveld
adairville
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
adverbless
adverbless
adj
Without an adverb or adverbs.
adversaria
adversaria
noun
(plural only, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
(plural only, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertized
advertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertize
advertizer
advertizer
noun
One who advertizes.
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
aggravated
aggravated
adj
(criminology) Of or characterized by factors that increase the heinousness or offensiveness of the criminal offense.
Having become more severe, dangerous or worse than usual before.
Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggravate
almoravide
andreyevka
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
anteverted
anteverted
adj
Turned or tipped forward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antevert
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
archdivine
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
barneveldt
basinerved
beaverdale
beaverwood
beaverwood
noun
Celtis occidentalis, the common hackberry, a large deciduous tree native to North America.
bedriveled
bedswerver
bedswerver
noun
One who is unfaithful to the marriage vow.
behaviored
belvedered
belvederes
belvederes
noun
plural of belvedere
belverdian
beshivered
biliverdic
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
boulevards
boulevards
noun
plural of boulevard
bradyville
brevicauda
bridalveil
broadwives
cadaverine
cadaverine
noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
cadaverize
cadaverize
verb
To remove the life from or to make cadaverous.
cadaverous
cadaverous
adj
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
caravanned
cavaliered
cavaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalier
cedarville
cleverdale
cloverdale
coderiving
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
convertend
convertend
noun
(logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse.
corrosived
coveralled
coveralled
adj
Wearing a coverall.
credencive
credensive
curdsville
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
daredevils
daredevils
noun
plural of daredevil
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decorative
decorative
adj
That serves to decorate
noun
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
decreative
deersville
defervesce
defervesce
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To become less agitated; to cool down.
(intransitive, medicine) To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.
degressive
degressive
adj
Decreasing in steps.
Tending to decrease.
deliverers
deliverers
noun
plural of deliverer
deliveress
deliveress
noun
(archaic) A female deliverer.
deliveries
deliveries
noun
plural of delivery
delivering
delivering
noun
An act of delivering.
verb
present participle of deliver
demiquaver
demiquaver
noun
(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
demivierge
demivirgin
demivotary
demiwivern
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
derisively
derisively
adv
In a derisive manner; demeaningly, mockingly.
derivately
derivation
derivation
noun
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
derivatist
derivative
derivative
adj
(finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
(law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Imitative of the work of someone else.
Lacking originality.
Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
(Of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
(Of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
(chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
(finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
(generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
(linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
Something derived.
The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
derogative
derogative
adj
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
(rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
dervishism
deservedly
deservedly
adv
(degree, manner) In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
deservings
deservings
noun
plural of deserving
desilvered
desilvered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desilver
detractive
detractive
adj
Tending to detract or draw.
Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
devalorize
devalorize
verb
To devalue.
devanagari
devaporate
devastator
devastator
noun
one who devastates.
developers
developers
noun
plural of developer
deviltries
deviltries
noun
plural of deviltry
devirilize
devirilize
verb
(transitive) To take away the virility of; to emasculate.
devonshire
devonshire
Proper noun
The former (pre-1974) name for the county of Devon, England.
devoration
devoration
noun
(obsolete) The act of devouring.
devorative
devourable
devourable
adj
Able to be devoured.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
digressive
digressive
adj
Marked by digression; rambling
directives
directives
noun
plural of directive
disapprove
disapprove
verb
(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
(transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
discovered
discovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discover
discoverer
discoverer
noun
One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.
discretive
discretive
adj
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.
discursive
discursive
adj
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
disfavored
disfavored
adj
Not favored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavor
disfavorer
disfavorer
noun
Alternative form of disfavourer
disgracive
disgracive
adj
(obsolete) Causing disgrace.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispersive
dispersive
adj
That becomes dispersed
That causes dispersion
disportive
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
disservice
disservice
noun
One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
verb
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
disserving
disserving
verb
present participle of disserve
dissevered
dissevered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dissever
distortive
distortive
adj
Causing distortion.
disventure
disventure
noun
(obsolete) A disadventure.
diumvirate
divaricate
divaricate
adj
(botany) Having wide angles between the branches.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
divekeeper
divekeeper
noun
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
divergence
divergence
noun
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i)
(obsolete) disagreement; difference
The degree to which two or more things diverge.
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.