(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
adventists
adventitia
adventitia
noun
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
advowsance
aldenville
aldrovanda
andreyevka
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
anteverted
anteverted
adj
Turned or tipped forward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antevert
antidivine
antidivine
adj
Opposing or counteracting that which is divine.
archdivine
audivision
avalanched
avalanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avalanche
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
avaradrano
avellaneda
avidnesses
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
avowedness
avowedness
noun
The state or quality of being avowed.
barneveldt
basinerved
bedeviling
bedeviling
noun
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
verb
(US) present participle of bedevil
belverdian
benediktov
bidonville
bidonville
noun
A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
blandville
bondsville
borodankov
bravadoing
bravadoing
verb
present participle of bravado
budennovsk
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cadaverine
cadaverine
noun
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
caravanned
coadjuvant
coadjuvant
adj
cooperating
noun
(medicine) An adjuvant.
coderiving
conditivia
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
convertend
convertend
noun
(logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse.
convexedly
convexedly
adv
In a convex form; convexly.
convocated
convocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convocate
convoluted
convoluted
adj
(chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
covenanted
covenanted
adj
Bound by a covenant.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of covenant
credencive
credensive
curvedness
curvedness
noun
The property of being curved.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
deceivance
deceivance
noun
deceit, deception
decennoval
decennoval
adj
Of or related to a nineteen-year period.
Of or related to the number nineteen.
deconvolve
deconvolve
verb
To subject data or a signal to deconvolution
definitive
definitive
adj
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
explicitly defined
limiting; determining
noun
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
delineavit
delivering
delivering
noun
An act of delivering.
verb
present participle of deliver
demivirgin
demiwivern
denotative
denotative
adj
Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
That denotes or names; designative.
denudative
denudative
adj
That causes denudation.
derivation
derivation
noun
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
descensive
descensive
adj
Tending to descend or move downward; descending.
deservings
deservings
noun
plural of deserving
detonative
detonative
adj
(of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously
devanagari
developing
developing
adj
In the process of development.
Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.
noun
A process of development.
verb
present participle and gerund of develop
deviancies
deviancies
noun
plural of deviancy
deviations
deviations
noun
plural of deviation
devilizing
devilizing
verb
present participle of devilize
devilments
devilments
noun
plural of devilment
devitation
devitation
noun
(obsolete) A warning.
(obsolete) An avoiding or escaping.
devocation
devocation
noun
A calling off or away.
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devonshire
devonshire
Proper noun
The former (pre-1974) name for the county of Devon, England.
devoration
devoration
noun
(obsolete) The act of devouring.
devotement
devotement
noun
The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
devotional
devotional
adj
(usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
noun
A brief religious service.
A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
devourment
devourment
noun
The act of devouring something.
devoutness
devoutness
noun
The state or quality of being devout.
dillonvale
diminutive
diminutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
noun
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
disadvance
disadvance
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To draw back, pull back.
disavaunce
disavaunce
verb
(obsolete) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
disavowing
disavowing
verb
present participle of disavow
disenslave
disenslave
verb
(obsolete) To free from slavery, to emancipate.
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
disinvolve
disinvolve
verb
(transitive) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
disleaving
disleaving
verb
present participle of disleave
dispansive
dispensive
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
dissentive
dissentive
adj
(obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent
disserving
disserving
verb
present participle of disserve
dissolvent
dissolvent
adj
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve a solid body.
noun
A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
dissolving
dissolving
noun
The act by which something dissolves.
verb
present participle of dissolve
distensive
distensive
adj
distending, or capable of being distended
disvaluing
disvaluing
verb
present participle of disvalue
disvantage
disventure
disventure
noun
(obsolete) A disadventure.
divagating
divagating
verb
present participle of divagate
divagation
divagation
noun
(medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
Straying off from a course or way.
divergence
divergence
noun
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i)
(obsolete) disagreement; difference
The degree to which two or more things diverge.
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
divergency
divergency
noun
(countable) divergence
(uncountable) The state of being divergent
divergenge
diversions
diversions
noun
plural of diversion
divestment
divestment
noun
(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
dividendus
dividingly
dividingly
adv
By division.
divination
divination
noun
(countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.
(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
divinatory
divinatory
adj
Pertaining to divination.
divineness
divineness
noun
The quality of being divine; divinity.
divineress
divineress
noun
(archaic) A female diviner.
divinified
divinified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divinify
diviningly
diviningly
adv
In a divining manner.
divinising
divinising
verb
present participle of divinise
divinister
divinistre
divinistre
Noun
A diviner.
divinities
divinities
noun
plural of divinity
divinizing
divinizing
verb
present participle of divinize
divisional
divisional
adj
Of or pertaining to a division.
Of or pertaining to the process of division.
noun
(US, sports) A playoff determining the winning team from a particular division.
divulgence
divulgence
noun
Something that is divulged.
The act of divulging.
dixonville
dominative
dominative
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
donatively
donatively
adv
As a donation.
By means of donations.
dovishness
dovishness
noun
(politics) The condition of being a dove, as opposed to a hawk.