Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
acervatim
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
activated
activated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activate
activates
activates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate
activized
activized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activize
acurative
addictive
addictive
adj
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Enjoyable.
noun
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
additives
additives
noun
plural of additive
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
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.
advective
advective
adj
Relating to advection.
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.
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertise
advertise
verb
(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
advertize
advertize
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
aestivate
aestivate
verb
Alternative spelling of estivate
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
alleviant
alleviant
noun
That which alleviates
alleviate
alleviate
verb
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty .
allgovite
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
alveolite
amatively
amatively
adv
In an amative manner.
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
animative
animative
adj
Tending to animate; causing animation.
antinovel
antinovel
noun
(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
antivenin
antivenin
noun
(medicine) Synonym of antivenom, (now) particularly for snakebites containing venin.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
aperitive
aperitive
adj
(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient
Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
(medicine) aperient
arrestive
arrestive
adj
(dated) Tending to capture people’s attention.
Tending to stop or slow a process.
arriviste
arriviste
noun
(derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
assentive
assentive
adj
Giving assent; agreeing.
assertive
assertive
adj
Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
assistive
assistive
adj
Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability
assortive
attentive
attentive
adj
Courteous; mindful.
Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
attestive
attestive
adj
Attesting; furnishing evidence.
attritive
attritive
adj
Causing attrition.
auditives
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avenolith
aventails
aventails
noun
plural of aventail
aventurin
averroist
averroist
Noun
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
avertible
avertible
adj
Capable of being averted; preventable.
aviatress
aviatress
noun
A female pilot of an aircraft
aviatrice
avidities
avidities
noun
plural of avidity
avilement
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avoidment
awunctive
beaverite
beaverite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
believeth
believeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of believe
berkovtsi
bevington
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
biclavate
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
binervate
binervate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.
biovulate
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
bivariate
bivariate
adj
(mathematics) Having or involving exactly two variables.
noun
(mathematics) A polynomial or function with exactly two variables.
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivittate
bivittate
adj
Having two longitudinal stripes or vittae
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
bloviates
bloviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloviate
breveting
breveting
verb
present participle of brevet
brevities
brevities
noun
plural of brevity
calmative
calmative
adj
Calming.
noun
A drug with calming effects.
calvities
calvities
noun
Baldness, the condition of being bald.
plural of calvity
cantative
captivate
captivate
verb
(obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
To attract and hold (someone's) interest and attention; to charm.
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).
caveating
caveating
noun
(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
verb
present participle of caveat.
cavitated
cavitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavitate
cavitates
cavitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavitate
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.
cervantic
cessative
cessative
adj
(grammar) Indicating cessation.
cevitamic
cevitamic
adj
Synonym of ascorbic
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
chiavetta
civetlike
civetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a civet.
clamative
cleveites
cleveites
noun
plural of cleveite
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
coevality
coevality
noun
The condition of being coeval.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
collative
collative
adj
(ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.
Having the power of conferring.
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
connivent
connivent
adj
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
connotive
connotive
adj
Synonym of connotative
contrived
contrived
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contrive
contriver
contriver
noun
A person who contrives.
contrives
contrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
convexity
convexity
noun
(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
A convex line or surface.
The state of being convex.
convicted
convicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convict
corrivate
corrivate
verb
(obsolete) To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
covariate
covariate
noun
(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
covellite
covellite
noun
(mineralogy) A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
covibrate
creditive
crestview
cultivate
cultivate
verb
(figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To grow plants, notably crops.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
curatives
curatives
noun
plural of curative
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.
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
curvities
curvities
noun
plural of curvity
daviesite
deceptive
deceptive
adj
Likely or attempting to deceive.
declivate
declivent
declivity
declivity
noun
(entomology) An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.
(geomorphology) The downward slope of a hill; the downward slope of a curve.
A downward bend in a path.
decoctive
decoctive
adj
Serving to decoct.
decretive
decretive
adj
Having the authority of a decree.
deductive
deductive
adj
(logic) Based on inferences from general principles.
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
defective
defective
adj
(Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
(chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
(orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
Having one or more defects.
adv
(chiefly of abjad script) Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
noun
(chiefly of abjad script) A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
A person or thing considered to be defective.
demivolte
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
depictive
depictive
adj
Of or pertaining to depiction.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
depletive
depletive
adj
Causing depletion.
noun
Any substance used to deplete.
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprivate
derivates
derivates
noun
plural of derivate
desistive
desistive
adj
(obsolete) conclusive or final
detective
detective
adj
Employed in detecting.
noun
(law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.