(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abusively
abusively
adv
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acurative
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
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.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
aerocurve
aerocurve
noun
(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
alvearium
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
assausive
assuasive
assuasive
adj
Mild, soothing.
noun
(archaic) Anything that soothes.
auditives
audiviser
aumsville
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
autovalet
autovalve
avengeful
avengeful
adj
(obsolete) vengeful
aventurin
avifaunae
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avourneen
avourneen
Noun
darling, sweetheart
awunctive
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
benvenuto
bienvenue
biovulate
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bivouaced
boulevard
boulevard
noun
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
bullville
burggrave
burggrave
noun
Alternative form of burgrave
burgraves
burgraves
noun
plural of burgrave
burkville
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).
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
cavernous
cavernous
adj
(anatomy, zootomy) Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
(dentistry) Having cavities.
Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
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.
cervuline
chevelure
chevelure
noun
A head of hair.
A periwig.
The nebulous part of a comet or star.
chevreuil
chevreuil
noun
A roe deer, a roebuck.
chuvashes
cleaveful
collusive
collusive
adj
secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose
colluvies
colluvies
noun
effluvium
medley, hotchpotch
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
conversus
conversus
noun
(chiefly historical) A lay brother.
convolute
convolute
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.
Convoluted.
verb
(transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
(transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
convulses
convulses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convulse
coverslut
coverslut
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of cover-slut
coverture
coverture
noun
(law, historical) A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Shelter, hiding place.
cultivate
cultivate
verb
(figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To grow plants, notably crops.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
culverins
culverins
noun
plural of culverin
culverkey
culverkey
noun
(obsolete) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).
curatives
curatives
noun
plural of curative
curavecan
cursively
cursively
adv
In a cursive manner.
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.
curvature
curvature
noun
(differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
(mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
The shape of something curved.
curveball
curveball
noun
(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
(by extension, chiefly US) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier.
verb
(baseball) To throw a curveball.
curvesome
curvesome
adj
(dated) curvy
(of a woman) curvaceous
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
curvetted
curviness
curviness
noun
The state or condition of being curvy.
curvities
curvities
noun
plural of curvity
curvulate
cuvierian
deauville
declivous
declivous
adj
sloping downward
decursive
decursive
adj
Running down; decurrent.
decurving
deductive
deductive
adj
(logic) Based on inferences from general principles.
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
defluvium
desoeuvre
detrusive
devaluate
devaluate
verb
(transitive) To reduce in value.
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
deviously
deviously
adv
In a devious manner.
devourers
devourers
noun
plural of devourer
devouress
devouress
noun
(obsolete) A female devourer.
devouring
devouring
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
verb
present participle of devour
devoutful
devoutful
adj
(obsolete) Full of devotion.
(obsolete) Sacred.
diffusive
diffusive
adj
(sciences) Pertaining to diffusion.
Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.
That diffuses something; disseminating.
That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
diluviate
diluviate
verb
(obsolete) To run as a flood.
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disvalued
disvalued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disvalue
disvalues
disvalues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disvalue
divesture
divesture
noun
Obsolete form of divestiture.
divulgate
divulgate
adj
(obsolete) Published.
verb
(obsolete) To divulge.
divulgers
divulgers
noun
plural of divulger
divulsive
divulsive
adj
Tending to tear or pull apart.
dovehouse
dovehouse
noun
A dovecote.
downcurve
dunaville
dunnville
duratives
duratives
noun
plural of durative
dustcover
dustcover
noun
Synonym of dust jacket
duvetines
duvetynes
duvetynes
noun
plural of duvetyne
echovirus
echovirus
noun
A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
educative
educative
adj
Serving to educate; educational.
effluvial
effluvial
adj
Of or pertaining to effluvia.
effluvias
effluvium
effluvium
noun
A condition causing the shedding of hair.
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
effuviate
elocutive
elocutive
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to elocution.
elusively
elusively
adv
In an elusive manner
eluviated
eluviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eluviate
eluviates
eluviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eluviate
emulative
emulative
adj
Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
endeavour
endeavour
noun
Britain standard spelling of endeavor.
enventual
enverdure
envergure
enviously
enviously
adv
in an envious manner or to an envious degree
envolupen
equicurve
equipluve
equipluve
noun
A line, drawn on a map, that connects places having the same amount of rainfall in a particular time period
equivalue
equivalue
noun
The putting of an equal value upon
equivalve
equivalve
adj
(zoology, of the shells of a bivalve mollusc) Having valves of the same size (as is normal)
noun
Any bivalve mollusc whose valves are of the same size.
equivocal
equivocal
adj
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
noun
(philosophy) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
equivokes
equivokes
noun
plural of equivoke
equivoque
equivoque
adj
(obsolete) Equivocal.
noun
(obsolete) A homonym.
A play on words, a pun.
Ambiguity or double meaning.
equvalent
eruptives
eruptives
noun
plural of eruptive
euflavine
evacuants
evacuants
noun
plural of evacuant
evacuated
evacuated
adj
Containing a vacuum.
Having had population removed, by evacuation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evacuate
evacuates
evacuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evacuate
evacuator
evacuator
noun
An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
One who evacuates; a nullifier.
evaluable
evaluable
adj
Able to be evaluated in a certain way
evaluated
evaluated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaluate
evaluates
evaluates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaluate
evaluator
evaluator
noun
Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
evaristus
evenblush
eventuate
eventuate
verb
(intransitive) To happen as a result; to come about.
(intransitive) To have a given result; to turn out (well, badly etc.); to result in.
evirtuate
evolution
evolution
noun
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
(chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
(chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
(mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
(military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
(now rare) The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
(obsolete) A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
evolutive
evolutive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or advocating evolution or development; evolutionary
evolutoid
evolvulus
evulsions
evulsions
noun
plural of evulsion
exclusive
exclusive
adj
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
(linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
(of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
Exclusionary.
Whole, undivided, entire.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.