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.
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
advantage
advantage
noun
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
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.
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adversant
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
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
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
alvordton
amadavats
amadavats
noun
plural of amadavat
artevelde
auditives
avadavats
avadavats
noun
plural of avadavat
avertedly
avertedly
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
avidities
avidities
noun
plural of avidity
avoidment
bedstaves
bedstaves
noun
plural of bedstaff
bevomited
bevomited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bevomit
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bloviated
bloviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bloviate
brevetted
cavitated
cavitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavitate
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
convected
convected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convect
convented
convented
adj
(obsolete) Brought together, convened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convent
converted
converted
adj
changed in form or function etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convert
convicted
convicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convict
cravatted
cravatted
adj
Wearing a cravat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cravat.
creditive
curvetted
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
daviesite
decalvant
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).
deervetch
deervetch
noun
Acmispon
Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
Hosackia
Lotus gen. et spp.
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.
degravate
demivolte
demivolts
demivolts
noun
plural of demivolt
denervate
denervate
verb
(transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.
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.
depravate
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.
detentive
detersive
detersive
adj
Having cleansing abilities
noun
A cleansing agent; a detergent.
detrusive
devaluate
devaluate
verb
(transitive) To reduce in value.
devastate
devastate
verb
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
devesting
devesting
verb
present participle of devest
deviately
deviating
deviating
verb
present participle of deviate
deviation
deviation
noun
(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
A detour in a road or railway.
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
deviative
deviators
deviators
noun
plural of deviator
deviatory
deviatory
adj
Tending to deviate.
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.
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
devonport
devonport
Proper noun
a district and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823.
a harbourside suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base.
a city in northern Tasmania, Australia.
devotedly
devotedly
adv
In a devoted manner.
devotions
devotions
noun
plural of devotion
devoutful
devoutful
adj
(obsolete) Full of devotion.
(obsolete) Sacred.
dictative
dictative
adj
dictatorial
didactive
digestive
digestive
adj
Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
That causes or promotes digestion.
noun
(UK, Ireland, Canada) A digestive biscuit.
A substance that aids digestion.
diluviate
diluviate
verb
(obsolete) To run as a flood.
dimitrovo
directive
directive
adj
(grammar) Relating to the directive case.
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
noun
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
(grammar) The directive case.
(programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
discovert
discovert
adj
(law, obsolete) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
noun
(obsolete) An uncovered place or part.
disinvest
disinvest
verb
To reduce investment, or cease to invest.
disinvite
disinvite
verb
(transitive) To cancel an invitation to (someone).
divagated
divagated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divagate
divagates
divagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divagate
divariant
divariant
noun
(mathematics) Synonym of concomitant
divellent
divellent
adj
(obsolete) drawing asunder
divergent
divergent
adj
(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Causing divergence of rays.
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Growing further apart; diverging.
diversity
diversity
noun
(chiefly business) Equal-opportunity inclusion.
A variety; diverse types or examples.
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
diverters
diverters
noun
plural of diverter
divertila
diverting
diverting
verb
present participle of divert
divertise
divertise
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To divert; to entertain.
divertive
divertive
adj
(archaic) Tending to divert; amusing; interesting.
divesting
divesting
verb
present participle of divest
divesture
divesture
noun
Obsolete form of divestiture.
dividuity
divinator
divinator
noun
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
divulgate
divulgate
adj
(obsolete) Published.
verb
(obsolete) To divulge.
dmitrevsk
dmitrovka
donatives
donatives
noun
plural of donative
dormitive
dormitive
adj
Causing sleep.
noun
A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific or opiate.
dovecotes
dovecotes
noun
plural of dovecote
dovetails
dovetails
noun
plural of dovetail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail
driveboat
drivebolt
drivebolt
noun
A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
duratives
duratives
noun
plural of durative
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
duvetines
duvetynes
duvetynes
noun
plural of duvetyne
educative
educative
adj
Serving to educate; educational.
eluviated
eluviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eluviate
enervated
enervated
adj
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enervate
estivated
estivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of estivate
evacuated
evacuated
adj
Containing a vacuum.
Having had population removed, by evacuation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evacuate
evaluated
evaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaluate
eventides
eventides
noun
plural of eventide
evidently
evidently
adv
(obsolete) In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
(proscribed) apparently
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
evolutoid
excavated
excavated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excavate
exudative
exudative
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by exudation
exuviated
exuviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exuviate
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
gradative
gravidate
gravidity
gravidity
noun
pregnancy
harvested
harvested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harvest
incavated
incavated
adj
Made hollow; bent round or in.
indevoted
indicavit
indicavit
noun
(UK, law) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.
indictive
indictive
adj
proclaimed; declared; public
inductive
inductive
adj
(logic) Of, or relating to logical induction.
(physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.