(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
advisements
advisements
noun
plural of advisement
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
alveolotomy
alveolotomy
noun
(surgery, dentistry) incision into the alveolus, especially in order to drain pus from an abscess
amativeness
amativeness
noun
(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
ameliorativ
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
amplicative
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
antivitamin
antivitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any compound that inhibits the metabolic action of a vitamin.
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
avaremotemo
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bedevilment
bedevilment
noun
The characteristic of being bedeviled.
bereavement
bereavement
noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
carminative
carminative
adj
Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumviate
clavicotomy
collectivum
combatively
combatively
adv
In a combative way.
combativity
combativity
noun
Synonym of combativeness
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
commulative
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
conditivium
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
convictment
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
cristivomer
culminative
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
deformative
demandative
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
detectivism
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
devolvement
devolvement
noun
The act or process of devolving; devolution.
devotements
devotements
noun
plural of devotement
diminutival
diminutival
adj
Indicating diminution; diminutive.
diminutives
diminutives
noun
plural of diminutive
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
divergement
divergement
noun
(archaic) divergence
divestments
divestments
noun
plural of divestment
divorcement
divorcement
noun
(figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.
(obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
divulgement
divulgement
noun
The act of divulging (communicating or revealing information).
duumvirates
duumvirates
noun
plural of duumvirate
earthmovers
earthmovers
noun
plural of earthmover
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
efformative
eliminative
eliminative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination
emanatively
emanatively
adv
By means of emanation.
emotiveness
emotiveness
Noun
The condition of being emotive
emotivities
emotivities
noun
plural of emotivity
emulatively
emulatively
adv
So as to emulate.
enclavement
enclavement
noun
(medicine) Retention due to a constriction; impaction, as of the head in the pelvic strait.
An enclave.
The state of being an enclave.
engravement
engravement
noun
Any engraved work.
Engraving.
enlivenment
enlivenment
noun
The act of enlivening; animation
enslavement
enslavement
noun
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage
enumerative
enumerative
adj
Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
envelopment
envelopment
noun
(fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
(military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
That which envelops; a covering.
The act of enveloping.
environment
environment
noun
(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.
A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
The natural world or ecosystem.
The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
evanishment
evanishment
noun
(now rare) Vanishing, disappearance.
evilmouthed
evolvements
evolvements
noun
plural of evolvement
examinative
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
formicative
germinative
germinative
adj
Having the ability to germinate
Of or pertaining to germination
governments
governments
noun
plural of government
gravemaster
gravimeters
gravimeters
noun
plural of gravimeter
gravimetric
gravimetric
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight.
(geology) Of or pertaining to measurement of the local gravitational field.
harvesttime
harvesttime
noun
Alternative spelling of harvest time
humiliative
humiliative
adj
(grammar) Serving to lower one's own or another's status.
noun
(grammar) A construct that serves to lower one's own or another's status.
imaginative
imaginative
adj
False or imagined.
Having a lively or creative imagination.
Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
imbreviated
imbricative
imbricative
adj
(botany) imbricate
imitatively
imitatively
adv
In an imitative manner.
impartivity
impassivity
impassivity
Noun
The state of being impassive.
imperatival
imperatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
impetrative
impetrative
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
implicative
implicative
adj
Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.
imprimitive
imprimitive
adj
(mathematics) not primitive
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
impulsivity
impulsivity
noun
The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
inemotivity
infirmative
infirmative
adj
(obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.
informative
informative
adj
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
(obsolete) Formative; having power to form.
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
inimitative
intervallum
intervallum
noun
An interval.
intervenium
intuitivism
intuitivism
noun
The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.
inverminate
investments
investments
noun
plural of investment
involvement
involvement
noun
The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
ivermectins
ivermectins
noun
plural of ivermectin
levantinism
locomotives
locomotives
noun
plural of locomotive
maidservant
maidservant
noun
A female servant; a maid.
maladaptive
maladaptive
adj
(evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
(psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
maledictive
malvolition
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
manifestive
mantorville
mantorville
Proper noun
a small city in Minnesota, USA
manuductive
margravates
margravates
noun
plural of margravate
margraviate
margraviate
noun
Alternative form of margravate
marthaville
matherville
matterative
matterative
adj
(obsolete) Having the nature of or containing matter or pus
medievalist
medievalist
noun
one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages
megavitamin
megavitamin
adj
Involving megadoses of vitamins.
meliorative
meliorative
adj
That meliorates; curative, salutary.
menservants
menservants
noun
plural of manservant
mensurative
mensurative
adj
Relating to mensuration or measurement.
mesoventral
mesoventral
adj
mesial and ventral
metavanadic
metavauxite
metavauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
metavoltine
metavoltine
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sodium, sulfur, and zinc.
millioctave
millioctave
noun
One thousandth of an octave (musical interval).
misaventeur
miscreative
miscreative
adj
Tending to create badly or wrongly.
misdevotion
misdevotion
noun
Mistaken devotion.
misevaluate
misevaluate
verb
To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly.
misnavigate
misnavigate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To navigate incorrectly.
monovariant
monovariant
noun
(mathematics) A variable whose value changes in one direction only (gets either larger or smaller)