The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
aasvogel
aasvogel
noun
(South Africa, rare, literary) Vulture.
abakumov
abditive
abditive
adj
(rare) Having the quality of hiding
abessive
abessive
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.
noun
(grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case.
ablative
ablative
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing.
(engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .
(geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
(medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
noun
(grammar) The ablative case.
An ablative material.
abluvion
abluvion
noun
(obsolete, rare) That which is washed off.
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
abortive
abortive
adj
(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
(medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
(obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
abrasive
abrasive
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
absolved
absolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolve
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absolves
absolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
acervate
acervate
adj
(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
verb
(obsolete) To heap up.
acervose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
achieved
achieved
adj
(of a goal or status) Having been reached, attained or accomplished.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achieve
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
achieves
achieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve
activate
activate
verb
(transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
(transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
(transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
(transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
(transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
(transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.
(transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
(transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.
actively
actively
adv
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
In an active manner.
activism
activism
noun
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
activist
activist
adj
Behaving as an activist.
noun
One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
activity
activity
noun
(countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
(countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
(physics) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
The propery of substances to react with other substances
activize
activize
verb
(transitive) To convert to activism.
adaptive
adaptive
adj
(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
additive
additive
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
(genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
(group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
(mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
(mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.
A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.
adessive
adessive
adj
(grammar) of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location
noun
(grammar) the adessive case, or a word in that case.
adhesive
adhesive
adj
apt or tending to adhere; clinging
sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
noun
a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
adjuvant
adjuvant
adj
(medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
noun
(agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. [from mid 20th c.]
(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]
(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.]
(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.]
Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
adjuvate
adjuvate
verb
To help; to further
adnerval
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
adustive
advanced
advanced
adj
(Philippines, of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.
(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
At or close to the state of the art.
Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
with greater complexity, more difficult
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advance
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
advected
advected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advect
advehent
advehent
adj
(anatomy) Carrying towards an organ or structure.
adventry
adversed
adversus
adverted
adverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advert
advisees
advisees
noun
plural of advisee
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advising
advising
noun
(obsolete) Advice.
verb
present participle of advise
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advitant
advocaat
advocaat
noun
A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
advocacy
advocacy
noun
the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something
the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
the profession of an advocate
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
aeroview
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
affidavy
affidavy
noun
(colloquial, dialect) An affidavit.
affydavy
agentive
agentive
adj
(linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
(linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
noun
(linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.
aggrieve
aggrieve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
aguavina
aguavina
noun
The fish Diplectrum radiale.
airville
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
aktivist
akvavits
akvavits
noun
plural of akvavit
alcavala
alcavala
noun
In Spain, a tax levied on transactions involving property movable or immovable.
alcazava
alevitsa
alewives
alewives
noun
plural of alewife
algovite
alkedavy
allative
allative
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards a place.
noun
(grammar) The allative case, or a word in that case.
allelvia
allovers
allusive
allusive
adj
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
alluvial
alluvial
adj
Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
noun
(countable) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
alluvium
alluvium
noun
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
alvadore
alvarado
alveated
alveated
adj
Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
alveolae
alveolae
noun
Misspelling of alveoli.
alveolar
alveolar
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
(phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
noun
(phonetics) An alveolar consonant.
alveolus
alveolus
noun
(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
alverson
alverton
amadavat
amadavat
noun
An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amerveil
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
amravati
andreyev
angevine
annexive
annville
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
antenave
antevert
antevert
verb
(medicine, obsolete) To displace by anteversion.
(obsolete) To prevent, to avert.
antivice
antivice
adj
Opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour).
anusvara
anusvara
noun
A diacritic used in Indic scripts as a nasal consonant.
anvasser
anviling
anvilled
anvilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anvil
anviltop
approval
approval
noun
(especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
approver
approver
noun
(dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.
One who approves or gives approval.
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
aquavits
aquavits
noun
plural of aquavit
arbovale
archival
archival
adj
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
noun
(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
archived
archived
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archive
archiver
archiver
noun
One who, or that which, archives.
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
argovian
arivaipa
arkville
arrivage
arrivals
arrivals
noun
plural of arrival
arrivers
arrivers
noun
plural of arriver
arriving
arriving
verb
present participle of arrive
arrivism
arrivism
noun
Alternative form of arrivisme
arrivist
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
arteveld
arvicola
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
ashville
ashville
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a hamlet in New York, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a small borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a community in south-western Manitoba, Canada.
atavisms
atavisms
noun
plural of atavism
atavists
atavists
noun
plural of atavist
atharvan
auditive
auditive
adj
Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
audivise
aurilave
aurilave
noun
An ear-brush.
An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
auvergne
auxvasse
avadavat
avadavat
noun
Any of various estrildid finches of the genus Amandava, especially the red avadavat, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird; also known as Java sparrow.
avadhuta
avadhuta
noun
In some Indian religions, a kind of mystic or guru who has gone beyond common worldly concerns and acts without consideration for social etiquette.
availers
availing
availing
adj
Efficacious.
noun
(dated) Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use
verb
present participle of avail
avanious
avantage
avanters
avantlay
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avaritia
avellane
avellane
adj
(heraldry) In the form of four unhusked filberts.
noun
(heraldry) An unhusked hazel filbert.
avellano
avellino
avellino
Proper noun
Province of Campania, Italy.
Town and capital of Avellino.
avelonge
avenalin
avenalin
noun
A globulin or legume-like protein found in oats.
avengers
avengers
noun
plural of avenger
avenging
avenging
noun
The act by which somebody is avenged.
verb
present participle of avenge
aventail
aventail
noun
A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).