(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
aftervision
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antierosive
catonsville
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
consecutive
consecutive
adj
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
noun
(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
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.
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
costiveness
costiveness
noun
(obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
davidsonite
derivations
derivations
noun
plural of derivation
devastation
devastation
noun
(law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
devotionist
devotionist
noun
Alternative form of devotionalist
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
dissolvents
dissolvents
noun
plural of dissolvent
eluviations
eluviations
noun
plural of eluviation
emotiveness
emotiveness
Noun
The condition of being emotive
enervations
enervations
noun
plural of enervation
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
estivations
estivations
noun
plural of estivation
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
gastonville
hustonville
hutsonville
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
inchoatives
inchoatives
noun
plural of inchoative
inobservant
inobservant
adj
Not observant; heedless.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
insectivora
insectivore
insectivore
noun
(zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.
Insect-eating animal or plant.
insectivory
insectivory
noun
The activity of eating insects
The condition of being an insectivore
interstrove
intervenors
intervenors
noun
plural of intervenor
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
inventories
inventories
noun
plural of inventory
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inventory
inventurous
invigorates
invigorates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate
levigations
levigations
noun
plural of levigation
levitations
levitations
noun
plural of levitation
livingstone
livingstone
Proper noun
variant of Livingston.
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer; he discovered the Zambezi River (1851) and Victoria Falls (1855); Henry M. Stanley found him in Tanzania (1871), and together they attempted to find the source of the Nile.
longevities
longevities
noun
plural of longevity
misdevotion
misdevotion
noun
Mistaken devotion.
neovitalism
neovitalism
noun
Any revival of vitalism, but especially that of Johannes Reinke (1849–1931).
nervosities
nervosities
noun
plural of nervosity
nominatives
nominatives
noun
plural of nominative
nonpositive
nonpositive
adj
(mathematics, of a quantity) Not positive; either zero or negative.
Not positive.
noun
Any value that is not positive.
nonsanative
nonseverity
nonvitreous
nonvitreous
adj
Not vitreous.
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
novelettish
novelettish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a novelette.
novelettist
novelettist
noun
A writer of novelettes.
observation
observation
noun
(stochastics) A realization of a random variable.
A judgement based on observing.
A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.
A remark or comment.
Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
Philosophically as: the phenomenal presence of human being existence.
The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
obstinative
obstinative
adj
(obsolete) obstinate
ostensively
ostensively
adv
(manner) In an ostensive manner.
(modal) Ostensibly.
overabstain
overactions
overactions
noun
plural of overaction
overcasting
overcasting
noun
A spell of overcast weather.
verb
present participle of overcast
overdistant
overdistant
adj
Excessively distant.
overdistend
overfasting
overincrust
overintense
overintense
adj
Excessively intense.
overinvests
overinvests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overinvest
overmoisten
overmoisten
verb
To add too much liquid when moistening; to make overly moist.
oversalting
oversalting
verb
present participle of oversalt
oversetting
oversetting
verb
present participle of overset
oversmitten
overstaring
overstaring
verb
present participle of overstare
overstating
overstating
verb
present participle of overstate
overstaying
overstaying
verb
present participle of overstay
overstiffen
overstoping
overstoring
overstoring
verb
present participle of overstore
overstrains
overstrains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstrain
overstriven
overstriven
verb
past participle of overstrive
overtasking
overtasking
verb
present participle of overtask
overtension
overtension
noun
Excessive tension.
overwinters
overwinters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwinter
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
preventions
preventions
noun
plural of prevention
renovations
renovations
noun
plural of renovation
reservation
reservation
noun
(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.
(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
(law, politics) A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.
(often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
Something that is withheld or kept back.
The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
retrovision
retrovision
noun
The power of mentally seeing events from the past.
revelations
revelations
noun
plural of revelation
revisionist
revisionist
adj
Of or pertaining to revisionism
noun
A proponent of revisionism
revocations
revocations
noun
plural of revocation
revolutions
revolutions
noun
plural of revolution
riverfronts
riverfronts
noun
plural of riverfront
seatonville
semiconvert
seminovelty
serpivolant
sextonville
silverpoint
silverpoint
noun
(countable) An artwork produced by this technique.
(uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
slovenliest
slovenliest
adj
superlative form of slovenly: most slovenly
somnivolent
somnivolent
adj
Having a desire to sleep.
sovereignty
sovereignty
noun
An independent or sovereign territory.
Excellence, mastery, preeminent efficacy.
Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
sovietising
sovietizing
stevedoring
stevedoring
verb
present participle of stevedore
stovemaking
stovemaking
noun
The manufacture of stoves.
subinvolute
sublevation
sublevation
noun
An insurrection, an uprising.
The act of raising on high; elevation.
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subventions
subventions
noun
plural of subvention
sulfovinate
syncopative
syncopative
adj
Of or relating to syncopation.
synovitises
televisions
televisions
noun
plural of television
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of television
trinovantes
trinovantes
Noun
A Celtic tribe of pre-Roman Britain, holding territory on the north side of the Thames estuary in current Essex and Suffolk.
uninsolvent
unisolative
unloveliest
unloveliest
adj
superlative form of unlovely: most unlovely
unobtrusive
unobtrusive
adj
Not noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
unostensive
unvexatious
unvexatious
adj
Not vexatious.
vacationers
vacationers
noun
plural of vacationer
vasodentine
vasodentine
noun
(anatomy) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.
vasosection
vegetations
vegetations
noun
plural of vegetation (in pathology)
venatorious
venatorious
adj
(obsolete) Venatorial.
venerations
venerations
noun
plural of veneration
venesection
venesection
noun
(medicine) Cutting open or exposing a vein; phlebotomy.
venisection
ventilators
ventilators
noun
plural of ventilator
ventrimeson
ventrimeson
noun
(anatomy) The ventral edge of the meson.
vertiginous
vertiginous
adj
(pharmacology) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
vinoacetous
violentness
violentness
noun
(rare) The state or condition of being violent; violence, force.
visceration
viscountess
viscountess
noun
A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
The wife of a viscount.
viscounties
viscounties
noun
plural of viscounty
vivisection
vivisection
noun
The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.