(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.
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acquaviva
acurative
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
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.
alluvials
alluvials
noun
Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium.
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
alluvions
alluvions
noun
plural of alluvion
alluvious
alluvious
adj
(archaic) alluvial
alluviums
alluviums
noun
plural of alluvium
alluvivia
alvearium
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
anovulant
anovulant
noun
Any drug that prevents ovulation.
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
artukovic
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
avalvular
avalvular
adj
Having no valves
avascular
avascular
adj
(medicine) Lacking blood vessels.
avengeful
avengeful
adj
(obsolete) vengeful
aventurin
avicolous
avicolous
adj
(ecology) That is parasitic on birds
avifaunae
avifaunal
avifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to avifauna.
avifaunas
avifaunas
noun
plural of avifauna
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
avourneen
avourneen
Noun
darling, sweetheart
avulsions
avulsions
noun
plural of avulsion
avuncular
avuncular
adj
(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.
In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
awunctive
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
babouvism
babouvism
Noun
Babouvist beliefs generally
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
bahuvrihi
bahuvrihi
noun
(grammar, also attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning.
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
benvenuto
bicalvous
bienvenue
biovulate
bivalvous
bivalvous
adj
(archaic) Having two valves; bivalvular.
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bivouaced
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
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.
bouvardia
bullivant
bullville
burggrave
burggrave
noun
Alternative form of burgrave
burgraves
burgraves
noun
plural of burgrave
burkville
calvarium
calvarium
noun
(anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
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.
cavanaugh
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.
cavillous
cavillous
adj
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
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
colluvial
colluvial
adj
Of or pertaining to colluvium
colluvies
colluvies
noun
effluvium
medley, hotchpotch
colluvium
colluvium
noun
(geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
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.
convoluta
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.
culavamsa
cultivars
cultivars
noun
plural of cultivar
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.
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
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
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
curviness
curviness
noun
The state or condition of being curvy.
curvities
curvities
noun
plural of curvity
curvulate
cuvierian
davisburg
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.
diluvions
diluviums
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
disfavour
disfavour
noun
A state of being out of favour.
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
Lack of favour; displeasure.
verb
(British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
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.
dividuity
dividuous
dividuous
adj
divided; dividual
divisural
divisural
adj
Being or relating to a division.
divulgate
divulgate
adj
(obsolete) Published.
verb
(obsolete) To divulge.
divulgers
divulgers
noun
plural of divulger
divulging
divulging
noun
The act by which something is divulged.
verb
present participle of divulge
divulsing
divulsing
verb
present participle of divulse
divulsion
divulsion
noun
The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.