(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.
algovite
avantage
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
aviating
aviating
verb
present participle of aviate
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
bhagavat
cognovit
cognovit
noun
(law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
coveting
coveting
noun
The act of one who covets.
verb
present participle of covet
devoting
devoting
verb
present participle of devote
divagate
divagate
verb
(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
(intransitive) To wander about.
egestive
egestive
adj
Of or pertaining to egestion.
eightvos
ergative
ergative
adj
(grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from that of an intransitive construction.
noun
An ergative verb or other expression.
Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”).
estivage
evelight
everting
everting
verb
present participle of evert
evicting
evicting
verb
present participle of evict
evington
evulgate
evulgate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To publish or divulge.
fugitive
fugitive
adj
Elusive or difficult to retain.
Fleeing or running away; escaping.
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
noun
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
galavant
galavant
verb
Alternative form of gallivant
galivant
gallivat
gallivat
noun
(nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
gavotted
gavotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gavotte
gavottes
gavottes
noun
plural of gavotte
gconvert
genitive
genitive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
noun
(grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.
(grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
gigavolt
gigavolt
noun
One billion (10⁹) volts. Symbol: GV.
gravante
gravette
gravette
noun
A prehistoric flint blade
gravitas
gravitas
noun
(figuratively) Substance, weight.
Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
gravitic
gravitic
adj
Of or pertaining to gravity.
graviton
graviton
noun
(physics) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
gravolet
grievant
grievant
noun
One who submits a grievance.
groveton
groveton
Proper noun
a CDP in New Hampshire, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
a CDP in Virginia, USA.
guestive
gustavus
gustavus
Proper noun
name, a Latinized form of Gustav.
ignitive
ignitive
adj
That ignites or relates to ignition.
inviting
inviting
adj
Alluring; tempting; attractive.
noun
invitation
verb
present participle of invite
legative
levigate
levigate
adj
(rare) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Smooth.
verb
(transitive) To make into a smooth paste or fine powder.
(transitive) To make smooth or polish.
(transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
(transitive, rare) To belittle.
(transitive, rare) To lighten.
ligative
ligative
adj
(grammar) Serving to connect separate elements.
megavolt
megavolt
noun
One million (10⁶) volts, abbreviated as MV.
motiving
motiving
verb
present participle of motive
navigant
navigate
navigate
verb
(intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
(intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
(transitive, computing) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
(transitive, figurative) To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
negative
negative
adj
(New Age jargon, derogatory) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
(linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition.
(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
(often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
(slang) COVID-19 negative.
(slang) HIV negative.
(weather) Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
Not positive nor neutral.
Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
intj
(law, signalling) No; nay.
noun
(grammar) A word that indicates negation.
(law) A right of veto.
(mathematics) A negative quantity.
(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
(weightlifting) A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
An unfavorable point or characteristic.
Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
verb
(transitive) To contradict.
(transitive) To disprove.
(transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize, to negate.
(transitive) To refuse; to veto.
outgiven
outgiven
verb
past participle of outgive
outgives
outgives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgive
outvigil
outvying
outvying
verb
present participle of outvie
overgilt
overgilt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overgild
overgirt
overglut
pivoting
pivoting
noun
A motion by which something pivots.
The pivot-work in a machine.
verb
present participle of pivot
ravigote
ravigote
noun
A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
regitive
revoting
revoting
verb
present participle of revote
riveting
riveting
adj
Commanding the attention of spectators.
noun
A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
The act of joining with rivets.
The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
verb
present participle of rivet
rogative
savagest
savagest
adj
superlative form of savage: most savage
starving
starving
noun
starvation
verb
present participle of starve
steeving
steeving
verb
present participle of steeve
stravage
stravage
verb
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) to wander aimlessly.
to gallivant.
stravaig
stravaig
verb
(Scotland) to stroll, meander
1946: Rebecca West, "Greenhouse with Cyclamens I," in A Train of Powder, p. 22.
1964: Mary Poppins (movie).
striving
striving
noun
Effort; the act of one who strives.
verb
present participle of strive
thieving
thieving
adj
That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
noun
The action of theft.
verb
present participle of thieve
thriving
thriving
adj
That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
noun
The action of the verb to thrive.
verb
present participle of thrive
travelog
travelog
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of travelogue
trivirga
trivirga
noun
(music) A neume that trebles the value of the first note in a series of virgae.
turgenev
unvoting
unvoting
verb
present participle of unvote
vacating
vacating
verb
present participle of vacate
vagarist
vagarist
noun
One whose thought wanders in many directions.
vagarity
vagarity
noun
(rare) The character or state of being vagarious; capriciousness; irregularity.
(rare) Vagary.
vagation
vagation
noun
(obsolete) The act of wandering, straying, or departing from the expected or regular course; an instance or occasion of this; a wandering; a rambling; a roaming; an aberration.
vagility
vagility
noun
(biology) The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment.
vaginant
vaginant
adj
(botany) Serving as a sheathe.
vaginate
vaginate
adj
vaginated
verb
(transitive) To ensheathe; to enclose in a sheath.
vagotomy
vagotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
vagotony
vagrants
vagrants
noun
plural of vagrant
valetage
valetage
noun
The work of a valet.
valeting
valeting
verb
present participle of valet
vantages
vantages
noun
plural of vantage
vaultage
vaultage
noun
(obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar.
(obsolete) Vaulted work.
vaulting
vaulting
adj
(figurative) Exaggerated or overreaching.
Leaning upward or over.
performing
noun
A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.
verb
present participle of vault
vauntage
vauntage
noun
Obsolete form of vantage.
vaunting
vaunting
noun
boasting
verb
present participle of vaunt
vectigal
vectigal
noun
(obsolete) A tax.
vegasite
vegetant
vegetant
adj
(pathology) growing, or causing growth
Characteristic of vegetation
vegetate
vegetate
verb
(informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
(of a plant) To grow or sprout.
(of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
vegetism
vegetism
noun
vegetal state or characteristic
vegetist
vegetist
noun
(archaic) vegetarian
vegetive
vegetive
adj
(obsolete) vegetable
vegetous
vegetous
adj
(obsolete) vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
velating
vengeant
vengeant
adj
Seeking or taking vengeance; avenging.
ventages
ventages
noun
plural of ventage
verligte
verligte
noun
(South Africa) A person with a verlig political attitude.
vertigos
vertigos
noun
plural of vertigo
vertugal
vestigal
vestiges
vestiges
noun
plural of vestige
vestigia
vestigia
noun
plural of vestigium
vestings
vestings
noun
plural of vesting
vietcong
vigilant
vigilant
adj
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
vigilate
vigilate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) to monitor, watch over, control
vignette
vignette
noun
(architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
(automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
(computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
(philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
(photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
(photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
(printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
verb
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
vigorist
villaget
villaget
noun
A little village.
vintaged
vintaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vintage
vintager
vintager
noun
One who gathers the vintage, i.e. a grape harvester.
vintages
vintages
noun
plural of vintage
virgated
virgated
adj
(obsolete) Striped; streaked.
virgater
virgater
noun
A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land
virgates
virgates
noun
plural of virgate
visigoth
visigoth
Noun
Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.
visiting
visiting
noun
The act of someone or something that visits.
verb
present participle of visit
vitilago
vitiligo
vitiligo
noun
(dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.
(obsolete) Alphos, a form of leprosy.
vittling
vittling
verb
present participle of vittle
vogesite
vogesite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre mineral containing hornblende and orthoclase.
voltages
voltages
noun
plural of voltage
vomiting
vomiting
noun
The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.