(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
absolved
absolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolve
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absolves
absolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve
acervose
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advocaat
advocaat
noun
A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
advocacy
advocacy
noun
the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something
the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
the profession of an advocate
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
aeroview
algovite
allovers
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
alvadore
alvarado
alveolae
alveolae
noun
Misspelling of alveoli.
alveolar
alveolar
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
(phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
noun
(phonetics) An alveolar consonant.
alveolus
alveolus
noun
(anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
(anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
alverson
alverton
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
anviltop
approval
approval
noun
(especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
approver
approver
noun
(dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.
One who approves or gives approval.
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
arbovale
argovian
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
arvicola
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
avanious
avellano
avellino
avellino
Proper noun
Province of Campania, Italy.
Town and capital of Avellino.
avelonge
averrhoa
averroes
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.
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.
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
aviatory
aviatory
adj
Of or relating to aviation.
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
aviemore
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
aviolite
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.
avocados
avocados
noun
plural of avocado
avodires
avogadro
avogadro
Proper noun
Italian physicist
avoidant
avoidant
adj
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
noun
A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
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
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
avowable
avowable
adj
Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
avowably
avowably
adv
In an avowable manner.
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
avowedly
avowedly
adv
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
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
banovina
banovina
noun
(historical) Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
beauvoir
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
befavour
behavior
behavior
noun
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
behooved
behooved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behoove
behooves
behooves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behoove
behovely
behovely
adj
(archaic) Necessary; advantageous.
(archaic) Useful.
adv
(archaic) Usefully.
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beloveds
beloveds
noun
plural of beloved
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevoiled
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
biovular
biovular
adj
(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bohuslav
boilover
boilover
noun
A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
bolivars
bolivian
bolivias
bolivias
noun
plural of bolivia
bonavist
bonnyvis
borislav
boshvark
bouviers
bouvines
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarist
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
boviform
boviform
adj
Shaped like an ox.
bovinely
bovinely
adv
In a bovine manner
sluggishly
bovinity
bovinity
noun
The condition of being bovine.
bowstave
bowstave
noun
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bozovich
bratstvo
bratstvo
noun
(historical) A union of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
bravados
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
bravoite
bromvoel
bucorvus
bucovina
bukovina
burnover
burnover
noun
The situation in which a fire overtakes the firefighters who are attempting to deal with it.
calvados
calvados
noun
(countable) A glass of this spirit.
(uncountable) An apple brandy made in Normandy, France.
casanova
casanova
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Casanova
caseconv
casnovia
cavalero
cavalero
noun
(obsolete) A cavalier.
caveator
caveator
noun
One who enters a caveat.
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
cavettos
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
caviteno
cavorted
cavorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavort
cavorter
cavorter
noun
One who cavorts.
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
cerenkov
cevenole
chavicol
chavicol
noun
(organic chemistry) The naturally-occurring allylphenol
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
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.
chivarro
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
clavicor
clavicor
noun
A brass musical instrument that had three valves
claviole
clavolae
clavolet
clovered
clovered
adj
Covered with growing clover.
coactive
coactive
adj
(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.