(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adversatives
adversatives
noun
plural of adversative
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
antroversion
antroversion
noun
Alternative form of anteroversion.
arendtsville
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
asseverating
asseverating
verb
present participle of asseverate
asseveration
asseveration
noun
An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
asseverative
asseverative
adj
Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
astrictively
attributives
attributives
noun
plural of attributive
avascularity
avascularity
noun
(anatomy) The condition of being avascular.
averrhoistic
aviculturist
aviculturist
noun
A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
bartlesville
bartonsville
behaviorists
behaviorists
noun
plural of behaviorist
behaviourist
behaviourist
noun
Britain standard spelling of behaviorist.
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
brevirostral
brevirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a short beak or bill
bristolville
bryantsville
burtonsville
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
cartersville
cartersville
Proper noun
definition
cervicitises
chesterville
civilisatory
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavieristic
clavieristic
adj
Characteristic of clavier music.
coercivities
coercivities
noun
plural of coercivity
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
consecrative
consecrative
adj
Relating to consecration.
conservation
conservation
noun
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
(physics) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wise use of natural resources.
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatist
conservative
conservative
adj
(Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Cautious, moderate.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
noun
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
conservatize
conservatize
verb
To make or become conservative.
conservators
conservators
noun
plural of conservator
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
constrictive
constrictive
adj
That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction
constructive
constructive
adj
(law) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.
Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
Not direct or expressed, but inferred.
Relating to or causing construction.
contraveners
contraveners
noun
plural of contravener
contrivances
contrivances
noun
plural of contrivance
controversal
controversal
adj
(obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.
(obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
controversed
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
conversation
conversation
noun
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
(computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
conversative
conversative
adj
(dated) Chatty; inclined to talk.
(dated) Relating to conversation with others; social.
convertibles
convertibles
noun
plural of convertible
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
correlatives
correlatives
noun
plural of correlative
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
countervails
countervails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail
counterviews
counterviews
noun
plural of counterview
covariations
covariations
noun
plural of covariation
covertnesses
creativeness
creativeness
noun
The state of being creative; creativity.
creativities
creativities
noun
plural of creativity
curativeness
curativeness
noun
The quality of being curative.
curvicostate
curvicostate
adj
(botany, rare) Having bent ribs.
curvirostral
curvirostral
adj
(zoology) Having a crooked beak
curvirostres
czarevitches
czarevitches
noun
plural of czarevitch
deactivators
deactivators
noun
plural of deactivator
decemvirates
decemvirates
noun
plural of decemvirate
declaratives
declaratives
noun
plural of declarative
defervescent
defervescent
adj
Causing reduction of fever.
noun
Any remedy that reduces a fever.
denervations
denervations
noun
plural of denervation
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
descriptives
descriptives
noun
plural of descriptive
desiderative
desiderative
adj
(grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
Having or indicating wish or desire.
noun
(linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
deverbatives
deverbatives
noun
plural of deverbative
disadventure
disadventure
noun
(obsolete) Misadventure, misfortune.
discoverture
discoverture
noun
(obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
discretively
discretively
adv
In a discretive manner.
discursative
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovement
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
dissertative
dissertative
adj
Of or relating to a dissertation.
disseverment
disseverment
noun
disseverance
distributive
distributive
adj
(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
(logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
Relating to distribution.
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
noun
(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
(grammar) distributive case
(mathematics) A distributive numeral.
disturbative
disturbative
adj
(chiefly archaic) Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing.
ditransitive
ditransitive
adj
(linguistics) Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).
noun
(linguistics) A verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.
diversionist
diversionist
noun
A person who deviates politically.
One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
divertissant
divestitures
divestitures
noun
plural of divestiture
divorcements
divorcements
noun
plural of divorcement
dorsiventral
dorsiventral
adj
Alternative form of dorsoventral
dorsoventrad
dorsoventral
dorsoventral
adj
Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and belly of something.
earthmovings
effervescent
effervescent
adj
(of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
Vivacious and enthusiastic.
eigenvectors
eigenvectors
noun
plural of eigenvector
elisavetgrad
enravishment
enravishment
noun
The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy.
environments
environments
noun
plural of environment
equivocators
equivocators
noun
plural of equivocator
eruptiveness
eruptiveness
Noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
everlastings
everlastings
noun
plural of everlasting
eversporting
eviscerating
eviscerating
verb
present participle of eviscerate
evisceration
evisceration
noun
(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
exasperative
exasperative
adj
(archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
extratensive
extratensive
adj
(psychology) Synonym of extroverted (“especially as shown by responses to the Rorschach test”)
extravagates
extravagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravagate
extravasated
extravasated
adj
Produced by extravasation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extravasate
extravasates
extravasates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravasate
extraversion
extraversion
noun
Alternative spelling of extroversion
extraversive
extravertish
extravertish
adj
Alternative spelling of extrovertish (“extroverted”)
extroversion
extroversion
noun
(informal psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
(medicine) The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
(religion, obsolete) Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
extroversive
extroversive
adj
(psychology) Synonym of extroverted
extrovertish
extrovertish
adj
Somewhat extroverted.
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
fructivorous
fructivorous
adj
fruit-eating
gallivanters
gallivanters
noun
plural of gallivanter
gastrolavage
gastrolavage
noun
gastric lavage
gouvernantes
gouvernantes
noun
plural of gouvernante
governorates
governorates
noun
plural of governorate
graveclothes
graveclothes
noun
The clothes in which a corpse is buried.
gravimetries
gravimetries
noun
plural of gravimetry
gravitations
gravitations
noun
plural of gravitation
guntersville
hantaviruses
hantaviruses
noun
plural of hantavirus
harvesttimes
harvesttimes
noun
plural of harvesttime
huntersville
hyperactives
hypertensive
hypertensive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
noun
A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.
A person with hypertension.
illustrative
illustrative
adj
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.