(historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
almoravid
almoravid
Noun
A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alvearium
alvissmal
amadavats
amadavats
noun
plural of amadavat
amarevole
amarevole
adv
(music) (To be played) bitterly.
amatively
amatively
adv
In an amative manner.
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
amesville
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
animative
animative
adj
Tending to animate; causing animation.
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
arrivisme
arrivisme
noun
(sociology) The state or behaviour of an arriviste.
artemovsk
aumsville
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
averments
averments
noun
plural of averment
averroism
averroism
Noun
The tenets of the Averroists, having to do with the doctrine of monopsychism.
avilement
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
avoidment
babouvism
babouvism
Noun
Babouvist beliefs generally
beaverism
bevelment
bevelment
noun
(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
bromvogel
bromvogel
noun
(South Africa) The southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri).
calmative
calmative
adj
Calming.
noun
A drug with calming effects.
calvarium
calvarium
noun
(anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
calvinism
calvinism
Noun
The Christian religious tradition based upon the doctrines and forms of Christian practice of several Protestant reformers, especially in contrast to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anabaptism, and Arminianism. One distinctive trait of the system is its Augustinian doctrine of predestination, which teaches that God has elected some for salvation, apart from anything they do or believe.
canvasman
canvasman
noun
One of the workers who erect a circus tent.
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
cavernoma
cavernoma
noun
cavernous hemangioma: a vascular tumor with large blood-filled spaces
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.
cevitamic
cevitamic
adj
Synonym of ascorbic
champleve
civicisms
clamative
claviform
claviform
adj
(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
colluvium
colluvium
noun
(geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
commotive
commoving
commoving
verb
present participle of commove
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
corviform
culavamsa
curvesome
curvesome
adj
(dated) curvy
(of a woman) curvaceous
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
decemviri
decemvirs
decemvirs
noun
plural of decemvir
defluvium
demidevil
demidevil
noun
A half-devil.
demissive
demissive
adj
downcast; submissive; humble
demivoice
demivolte
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
devilment
devilment
noun
(often humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
Something cleverly constructed.
Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
diluviums
dimensive
dimensive
adj
Of or relating to dimensions or limits.
dimitrovo
dmitrevsk
dmitrovka
dormitive
dormitive
adj
Causing sleep.
noun
A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
duumviral
duumviral
adj
Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.
earthmove
effluvium
effluvium
noun
A condition causing the shedding of hair.
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
emanative
emanative
adj
That emanates, or causes emanation
embracive
embracive
adj
(archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
emotively
emotively
adv
In an emotive way.
emotivism
emotivism
noun
(ethics) The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own attitude and imperatives meant to change the attitudes and actions of another.
emotivity
emotivity
noun
The condition of being emotive
emulative
emulative
adj
Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
envenomed
envenomed
adj
Poisonous, noxious; embittered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of envenom
envermeil
envermeil
verb
(obsolete, transitive, poetic) To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
ervipiame
evenglome
exemptive
farmville
farmville
Proper noun
a community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
an unincorporated community in Georgia, USA.
a community in North Carolina, USA.
a town in North Carolina.
a town in and Virginia, USA
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
foveiform
foveiform
adj
Resembling a fovea.
frivolism
frivolism
noun
(archaic) frivolity
galvanism
galvanism
noun
The chemical generation of electricity.
The therapeutic use of electricity directly applied to the body.
gemmative
gemmative
adj
Of or relating to gemmation.
gravamens
gravamina
gravamina
noun
plural of gravamen
haimavati
havermeal
heavisome
heavisome
adj
(dialect) heavy; of heavy mood; doleful; sad; dull; gloomy.
helmville
hilversum
hooverism
humective
humective
adj
(obsolete) Tending to moisten.
noun
(obsolete) A humectant.
illuviums
illuviums
noun
plural of illuvium
imitative
imitative
adj
Imitating; copying; not original.
Modelled after another thing.
immensive
immensive
adj
(obsolete) huge
immersive
immersive
adj
Giving the impression of immersion.
Tending to immerse.
immovable
immovable
adj
(law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed
incapable of being physically moved; fixed
not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
noun
that which can not be moved; something which is immovable
immovably
immovably
adv
In an immovable manner.
impactive
impactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
impartive
impassive
impassive
adj
Having, or revealing, no emotion.
Still or motionless.
impavidly
impavidly
adv
fearlessly
impeevish
impervial
impletive
implosive
implosive
adj
Formed by implosion.
noun
(phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent.
impluvium
impluvium
noun
(architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.
improvers
improvers
noun
plural of improver
improving
improving
adj
That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
verb
present participle of improve
improvise
improvise
verb
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
improviso
improviso
adj
(obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
impulsive
impulsive
adj
(mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
noun
One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
indivisim
irvingism
irvingism
Proper noun
The doctrines and practices of the
karamazov
lambitive
lambitive
adj
Alternative form of lambative
lamentive
lamentive
adj
Being or relating to a lamentation.
larvarium
larvarium
noun
(zoology) A place for raising larvae.
larviform
larviform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva
leitmotiv
leitmotiv
noun
Alternative form of leitmotif
lemovices
lermontov
lermontov
Proper noun
A town in Russia
definition
limaville
livermore
liverydom
liveryman
liveryman
noun
A member of a livery company.
Someone who wears livery in the course of their employment.
Someone who works in a livery stable.
liverymen
liverymen
noun
plural of liveryman
lixiviums
lixiviums
noun
plural of lixivium
mabelvale
machiavel
machiavel
Noun
A person who follows the principles laid down by Niccolò Machiavelli.
A schemer or intriguer.
mackville
makeyevka
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.
malvaceae
malvasian
malvasias
malvasias
noun
plural of malvasia
malvoisie
malvoisie
noun
Synonym of malmsey (“wine”)
manavlins
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
maneuvers
maneuvers
noun
plural of maneuver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maneuver
maneuvred
maneuvred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maneuvre
mangroves
mangroves
noun
plural of mangrove
manoeuver
manoeuver
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of maneuver
manoeuvre
manoeuvre
noun
UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
verb
(transitive) UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.