(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
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.
detonative
detonative
adj
(of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously
deviations
deviations
noun
plural of deviation
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.
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.
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.
dissentive
dissentive
adj
(obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent
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.
distensive
distensive
adj
distending, or capable of being distended
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.
divestment
divestment
noun
(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
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.
divinister
divinistre
divinistre
Noun
A diviner.
divinities
divinities
noun
plural of divinity
dominative
dominative
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
donatively
donatively
adv
As a donation.
By means of donations.
eatonville
elevations
elevations
noun
plural of elevation
eleventhly
eleventhly
adv
In the eleventh place; eleventh in a row.
elongative
elongative
adj
That produces elongation
eluviating
eluviating
verb
present participle of eluviate
eluviation
eluviation
noun
(geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation.
(soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall
enervating
enervating
adj
That enervates.
verb
present participle of enervate
enervation
enervation
noun
Act of enervating; debilitation.
State of being enervated; debility.
enervative
enervative
adj
Causing enervation.
enervators
enervators
noun
plural of enervator
enlevement
enlevement
noun
(law, Scotland, historical) The abduction of a woman or child.
entitative
entitative
adj
Considered as pure entity, abstracted from all attendant circumstances.
enviroment
equivalent
equivalent
adj
(cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
(chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
(geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
(mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
(mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
noun
(chemistry) An equivalent weight.
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
verb
(transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal.
estivating
estivating
verb
present participle of estivate
estivation
estivation
noun
Alternative spelling of aestivation
evacuating
evacuating
verb
present participle of evacuate
evacuation
evacuation
noun
Abolition; nullification.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
evaginated
evaginated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaginate
evaluating
evaluating
verb
present participle of evaluate
evaluation
evaluation
noun
(computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
(mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
evanescent
evanescent
adj
(botany) Of plant parts: shed after a period.
(electromagnetism) Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in the vicinity of its source.
(mathematics) Of a number or value: diminishing to the point of reaching zero as a limit; infinitesimal.
Barely there; almost imperceptible.
Disappearing, vanishing.
Ephemeral, fleeting, momentary.
evangelist
evangelist
noun
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A patriarch.
(biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
(by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(technology) A person hired to promote a particular technology.
evectional
evectional
adj
(astronomy) Relating to evection.
eventerate
eventerate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To rip open; to disembowel.
eventfully
eventfully
adv
In a eventful manner; with much activity.
eventilate
eventilate
verb
(obsolete) To discuss; to ventilate.
(obsolete) To winnow out; to fan.
eventually
eventually
adv
(mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
eventuated
eventuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of eventuate
eventuates
eventuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eventuate
evenworthy
everything
everything
noun
everything
pron
(colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
(colloquial) Considerable effort.
(colloquial) The most important thing.
(colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.
(literally) All the things under discussion.
evidential
evidential
adj
Of or providing evidence.
noun
(linguistics) A syntactic element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.
evincement
evincement
noun
manifestation
evocations
evocations
noun
plural of evocation
evolutions
evolutions
noun
plural of evolution
evolvement
evolvement
noun
Evolution.
evtushenko
evulgation
evulgation
noun
(obsolete) A divulging.
excavating
excavating
verb
present participle of excavate
excavation
excavation
noun
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
extinctive
extinctive
adj
Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
exuviating
exuviating
verb
present participle of exuviate
exuviation
exuviation
noun
The act of exuviating.
The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
eyeservant
eyeservant
noun
A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
fermentive
fervescent
fervescent
adj
Growing hot.
fivestones
fivestones
noun
The game of jacks.
flavescent
flavescent
adj
yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow
flintville
fluviation
fluviation
noun
(geology) deposition by the action of a river or stream
fulvescent
fulvescent
adj
Becoming fulvous; approaching a tawny colour.
gainstrive
gainstrive
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To resist; to fight back.
(obsolete, transitive) To strive against; to resist, oppose.
galavanted
galavanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galavant
galivanted
galivanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galivant
gallivants
gallivants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallivant
gansevoort
geminative
geminative
adj
Relating to, or producing gemination.
generative
generative
adj
(euphemistic) reproductive
Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
gingivitis
gingivitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the gums or gingivae.
governante
governante
noun
(archaic) A woman in charge of someone else, especially a child or young woman; a governess.
(obsolete) A female ruler or regent.
government
government
noun
(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
(uncountable) The management or control of a system.
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
The tenure of a chief of state.
grandevity
grandevity
noun
(obsolete) Great age; long life, longevity.
grantville
graveolent
graveolent
adj
That has a rank smell
gravestone
gravestone
noun
A stone slab set at the head of a grave.
gravettian
gravettian
Adjective
Of or relating to a specific archaeological tool-making industry of the European Upper Paleolithic era prevalent before the last glacial maximum.
greenovite
grovertown
hanoverton
harvesting
harvesting
noun
(agriculture) The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
(by extension) The gathering of any resource.
verb
present participle of harvest
harvestman
harvestman
noun
A field-worker who works to gather in the harvest.
An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones.
harvestmen
harvestmen
noun
plural of harvestman
hexavalent
hexavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 6.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 6.
hovertrain
hovertrain
noun
A train that uses hovercraft technology to take advantage of lower friction to deliver high speeds; an aerotrain.
huntsville
huntsville
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA
a city in Arkansas, USA, and the county seat of Arkansas'
a community in Connecticut, USA.
an unincorporated community in Illinois, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Indiana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a city in Missouri, USA
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a village in Ohio, USA.
a town in Tennessee, USA
a city in Texas, USA
a town in Utah, USA.
an unincorporated community in Washington, USA.
a former community in West Virginia, USA.
a town in the region of Ontario, Canada.
impunitive
impunitive
adj
Relating to impunity
inactivate
inactivate
verb
(transitive) To make inactive.
inactively
inactively
adv
In an inactive manner.
inactivity
inactivity
noun
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
incavation
incavation
noun
A hollow; a physical depression.
The act of making hollow.
incentives
incentives
noun
plural of incentive
inchoative
inchoative
adj
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
(grammar) Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
noun
(grammar) An inchoative construction.
incitative
incitative
adj
inciting
noun
A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.
incivility
incivility
noun
(countable) Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding.
(uncountable) Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
(uncountable) The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner.
increative
incrustive
incubative
incubative
adj
Of or pertaining to incubation.
incurvated
incurvated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incurvate
indagative
indagative
adj
(obsolete) Searching; exploring; investigating.
indevotion
indevotion
noun
(archaic) Lack of devotion; impiety; irreligion.
indevoutly
indevoutly
adv
In an indevout manner.
indicative
indicative
adj
(grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
noun
(grammar, countable) A term in the indicative mood.
(grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.
indivinity
indivinity
noun
(obsolete) Absence of divinity or divine power.
indurative
indurative
adj
Relating to, causing, or marked by induration or hardening.
inevitable
inevitable
adj
Impossible to avoid or prevent.
Predictable or always happening.
noun
Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
inevitably
inevitably
adv
As usual; predictably; as expected.
In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
infinitive
infinitive
adj
(grammar) Formed with the infinitive.
Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
noun
(grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
(grammar) A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
(grammar) The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
inflective
inflective
adj
(grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.
inflictive
inflictive
adj
Of, pertaining to or causing infliction
inhibitive
inhibitive
adj
that inhibits
initiative
initiative
adj
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
noun
(politics) An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
A beginning; a first move.
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
The ability to act first or on one's own.
injunctive
injunctive
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to the injunctive mood.
Pertaining to or being an injunction.
noun
(grammar, countable) A verbal lexeme in injunctive mood.
(grammar, uncountable) A verbal mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually resembling an augmentless aorist or imperfect.
innervated
innervated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of innervate
innervates
innervates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of innervate
innovating
innovating
verb
present participle of innovate
innovation
innovation
noun
A change effected by innovating; a change in customs
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
innovative
innovative
adj
Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.
Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking.
innovators
innovators
noun
plural of innovator
innovatory
innovatory
adj
Producing new ideas or products
insalivate
insalivate
verb
(transitive) To mix with saliva, as when eating.
insectival
inservient
inservient
adj
(obsolete) Conducive; instrumental.
inspective
inspective
adj
Engaged in inspection; involving inspection.
intensives
intensives
noun
plural of intensive
intercivic
intercivic
adj
Between cities.
interfluve
interfluve
noun
(geology) The region of higher land between two connected river valleys.
intergrave
interleave
interleave
noun
An interleaved or interspersed arrangement.
verb
(computing, transitive) To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks.
(transitive) To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book.
(transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.