(derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
chauvinisms
chauvinisms
noun
plural of chauvinism
chemosensitive
chemosensitive
adj
That is sensitive to changes in its chemical environment
chemosensitivities
chemosensitivities
noun
plural of chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
noun
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a microbial sample to the effects of an antimicrobial drug.
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a tumour to the effects of an anticancer drug.
cimcumvention
circumaviation
circumnavigable
circumnavigable
adj
able to be circumnavigated
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb
(intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
circumnavigating
circumnavigating
verb
present participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumvallating
circumvallating
verb
present participle of circumvallate
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventing
circumventing
verb
present participle of circumvent
circumvention
circumvention
noun
The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumventive
circumventive
adj
evading or overcoming some protective measure.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumvoisin
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumvolving
circumvolving
verb
present participle of circumvolve
cogovernment
combativeness
combativeness
noun
the state of being combative
combinantive
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
commemorativeness
commemorativeness
noun
The quality of being commemorative.
commentative
commentative
adj
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
commoving
commoving
verb
present participle of commove
communicative
communicative
adj
Eager to communicate; talkative.
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
competitiveness
competitiveness
noun
The state of being competitive.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
comprehensive
comprehensive
adj
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
noun
(Britain) A comprehensive school.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
comprehensiveness
comprehensiveness
noun
The state of being comprehensive.
comprehensivenesses
comprehensives
comprehensives
noun
plural of comprehensive
comprovincial
comprovincial
adj
Being part of the same province.
noun
One who comes from the same province.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
conditivium
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conglomerative
conglomerative
adj
Causing, or relating to, conglomeration.
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
conservationism
conservationism
noun
A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatisms
conservatisms
noun
plural of conservatism
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively
consummativeness
consummativeness
noun
The quality of being consummative.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contaminative
contaminative
adj
That contaminates
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
contrivement
contrivement
noun
(obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan
controversialism
controversialism
noun
The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversionalism
convallamarin
convallamarin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous glucoside extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
conventionalism
conventionalism
noun
(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint.
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
conventionism
conventionism
noun
Support for a convention or assembly.
convergement
convergement
noun
The act of converging or coming closer together.
conversationalism
conversationalism
noun
Synonym of conversationism
conversationism
conversationism
noun
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
conversionism
convertism
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
convictment
convincement
convincement
noun
The act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.
convolvement
convulsionism
convulsionism
noun
(historical) The practice of the convulsionists, going into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion.
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
corycavamine
costermansville
counteraverment
counteravouchment
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
countermaneuver
countermaneuver
noun
A maneuver made in response to another maneuver.
verb
To make a maneuver in response to another maneuver.
countermove
countermove
noun
A move in opposition or response to a preceding move.
verb
To move in opposition or in retaliation.
countermoved
countermoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermove
countermovement
countermovement
noun
A movement in opposition, or retaliation to another.
countermovements
countermovements
noun
plural of countermovement
countermoves
countermoves
noun
plural of countermove
countermoving
countermoving
adj
That moves in opposition or retaliation
verb
present participle of countermove
countervenom
countervenom
noun
antivenin
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
cryptovolcanism
culminative
cumulativeness
cumulativeness
noun
The state or quality of being cumulative.
curvesomeness
darsonvalism
davilman
dearmanville
decontaminative
deliveryman
deliveryman
noun
Someone employed to make deliveries.
deliverymen
deliverymen
noun
plural of deliveryman
demandative
demavend
demiculverin
demiculverin
noun
(now historical) A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
demiheavenly
demirevetment
demisovereign
demivirgin
demiwivern
demonstrative
demonstrative
adj
(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
given to open displays of emotion
that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
noun
A demonstrative adjective.
A demonstrative pronoun.
demonstratively
demonstratively
adv
In a demonstrative manner.
demonstrativeness
demonstrativeness
noun
The state or quality of being demonstrative.
denominative
denominative
adj
(grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
Being a name.
Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
noun
A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
denominatively
denominatively
adv
By denomination.
denumerantive
denumerative
deorsumvergence
deorsumversion
deorsumversion
noun
(medicine) lowering of the eyes; downward gaze
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
dermosynovitis
dermovaccine
determinative
determinative
adj
(law) Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
noun
(linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
determinatively
determinatively
adv
In a determinative manner.
determinativeness
determinativeness
noun
The state or quality of being determinative.
developement
developement
noun
Obsolete spelling of development
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.