(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
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.]
adnerval
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
advehent
advehent
adj
(anatomy) Carrying towards an organ or structure.
adventry
advising
advising
noun
(obsolete) Advice.
verb
present participle of advise
advitant
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
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.
aguavina
aguavina
noun
The fish Diplectrum radiale.
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
alverson
alverton
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
argovian
arriving
arriving
verb
present participle of arrive
atharvan
auvergne
availing
availing
adj
Efficacious.
noun
(dated) Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use
verb
present participle of avail
avanious
avantage
avanters
avantlay
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”).
aventine
aventine
Adjective
Pertaining to Aventine Hill, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
Noun
A post of security or defense.
aventure
aventure
noun
(obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire
(obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
verb
Obsolete form of adventure.
averment
averment
noun
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
averring
averring
verb
present participle of aver
aversant
aversant
adj
(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a right hand.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
avianize
avianize
verb
(medicine) To attenuate (something such as a virus, for example for use in a vaccine) by repeatedly culturing it in bird embryos.
(rare) To make avian; to make bird-like or into a bird.
aviating
aviating
verb
present participle of aviate
aviation
aviation
noun
(collectively, military) aircraft
A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice
Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
Industry that produces aircraft.
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
avicenna
avicenna
Proper noun
Latinized name of Ibn Sina, a Persian polymath
avidness
avidness
noun
The characteristic of being avid.
avifauna
avifauna
noun
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
avionics
avionics
noun
(aviation) The devices used in avionics.
(aviation) The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
avoidant
avoidant
adj
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
noun
A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoiding
avoiding
noun
Avoidance.
verb
present participle and gerund of avoid
avondale
avondale
Proper noun
A city in Arizona.
A in Colorado.
A in Louisiana.
A city in Missouri.
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
A village in New South Wales, Australia.
One of two communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
avonmore
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
avulsing
avulsing
verb
present participle of avulse
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
aznavour
bakeoven
bandhava
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
banville
batavian
batavian
Adjective
From Batavia; Jakartan.
From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
Noun
Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
bavarian
bavarian
noun
A type of custard-like food, made with fruit.
bavenite
bavenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beknived
bereaven
bereaven
adj
(obsolete) bereft
besnivel
bevaring
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
beveling
beveling
noun
Alternative spelling of bevelling
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
bienvenu
bivalent
bivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
(genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against two different viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
bivinyls
bolivian
bonavist
bonnyvis
bouvines
bovinely
bovinely
adv
In a bovine manner
sluggishly
bovinity
bovinity
noun
The condition of being bovine.
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
brevipen
brevipen
noun
(zoology) A brevipennate bird.
brezhnev
bucovina
bukovina
burnover
burnover
noun
The situation in which a fire overtakes the firefighters who are attempting to deal with it.
calvinna
canavali
canevari
canvased
canvaser
canvaser
noun
Alternative form of canvasser
canvases
canvases
noun
(US) plural of canvas
canvassy
canvassy
Adjective
Resembling canvas (the fabric).
caravans
caravans
noun
plural of caravan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caravan
carnival
carnival
noun
(US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
carvings
carvings
noun
plural of carving
casanova
casanova
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Casanova
casavant
caseconv
casnovia
cavanagh
cavatina
cavatina
noun
(music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.
(music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
cavatine
cavatine
noun
Alternative form of cavatina
cavernal
caverned
caverned
adj
(poetic) Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
Living in a cavern.
cavesson
cavesson
noun
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.
cavetown
cavicorn
cavicorn
adj
(zoology) Having hollow horns
noun
(obsolete) A hollow-horned ruminant, one of a group formerly treated taxonomically as Cavicornia.
(zoology) Any animal having hollow horns
caviling
caviling
noun
cavilation
caviness
caviteno
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
cerenkov
cervinae
cevadine
cevadine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of veratrine
cevennes
cevenole
charivan
chavante
chavicin
chavicin
noun
Alternative form of chavicine
cheshvan
cheshvan
Proper noun
The second month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar.
chevance
chevener
chevener
noun
(obsolete) A person who embroidered hosiery
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
chevesne
chevrone
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chevying
chevying
verb
present participle of chevy
chivying
chivying
verb
present participle of chivy
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
civetone
civetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone 1-cycloheptadec-9-enone that is a pheromone produced by the civet cat, and is used to add a musky tone to perfumes
civilian
civilian
adj
Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
noun
(informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
A student of civil law at a university or college.
One skilled in civil law.
clavacin
clavacin
Noun
patulin
clavatin
clavatin
noun
patulin
clavecin
clavecin
noun
(archaic, music) harpsichord
cleaving
cleaving
adj
That cleaves
noun
The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
verb
present participle of cleave
codivine
codriven
codriven
verb
past participle of codrive
cognovit
cognovit
noun
(law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.