(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
affidavit
affidavit
noun
(law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
affinitative
affinitative
adj
Of the nature of affinity.
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affinitive
affinitive
adj
Closely connected, as by affinity.
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affirmatives
affirmatives
noun
plural of affirmative
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
aftervision
albificative
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
anthraflavic
anticonfederative
antifermentative
antifermentative
adj
Countering or preventing fermentation.
noun
A substance that counters or prevents fermentation.
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antireflexive
antivenefic
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
avifaunistic
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
birefractive
brevifoliate
calefactive
calefactive
adj
calefactory
certificative
certificative
adj
That certifies.
chylifactive
chylifactive
adj
(physiology) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conflictive
conflictive
adj
Causing conflict.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
consignificative
consignificative
adj
consignificant; jointly significate
convictfish
convictfishes
cosignificative
cosignificative
adj
(rare) Having the same meaning.
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
defective
defective
adj
(Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
(chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
(orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
Having one or more defects.
adv
(chiefly of abjad script) Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
noun
(chiefly of abjad script) A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
A person or thing considered to be defective.
defectively
defectively
adv
In a defective manner.
defectiveness
defectiveness
noun
The state or quality of being defective.
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
defibrillative
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
definitively
definitively
adv
In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.
definitiveness
definitiveness
noun
The state or quality of being definitive.
definitives
definitives
noun
plural of definitive
deflective
deflective
adj
capable of causing deflection.
deformative
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
devitrifiable
devitrification
devitrification
noun
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
devitrified
devitrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devitrify
devitrifies
devitrifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitrify
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
differentiative
differentiative
adj
That differentiates, or causes differentiation
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
diffractively
diffractively
adv
In a diffractive manner; by means of, or accompanied by diffraction
diffractiveness
diffusivity
diffusivity
noun
(physics) a coefficient of diffusion; especially the amount of heat that passes through a given area in unit time
A tendency to diffuse
disaffirmative
disaffirmative
adj
That disaffirms.
disfigurative
disfigurative
adj
disfiguring
disinfective
disinfective
adj
That disinfects
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
diversification
diversification
noun
(finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
The act, or the result, of diversifying.
diversifications
diversifications
noun
plural of diversification
diversiflorate
diversifoliate
driveshafts
driveshafts
noun
plural of driveshaft
edificative
effective
effective
adj
(geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
(physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
Actually in effect.
Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
Producing a decided or decisive effect.
noun
(military) a soldier fit for duty
effectively
effectively
adv
Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes.
In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.
effectiveness
effectiveness
noun
The capacity or potential for achieving results.
The degree to which something achieves results.
The property of being effective, of achieving results.
effectivity
effectivity
noun
(countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
(countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.
(uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
effluviate
effluviate
verb
(intransitive) To give forth effluvium.
efformative
effuviate
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
exfoliative
exfoliative
adj
That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation
fabricative
fabricative
adj
fabricating; involved in manufacture
facilitative
facilitative
adj
Having the effect of making easy; assisting, easing or facilitating.
factitive
factitive
adj
(linguistics, of a verb) Taking a complement that expresses a result along with a direct object, or inherently implying a complement; or synonymous with causative.
(linguistics, rare, of a verb) Factive.
factitively
factitively
adv
In a factitive way.
factive
factive
adj
(epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
(obsolete) Making.
noun
(grammar) A factive verb.
factoryville
faculative
facultative
facultative
adj
(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
That grants permission or power to do something.
facultatively
facultatively
adv
In a facultative manner
famulative
fascinative
fashionative
fauvist
fauvist
adj
Of or pertaining to fauvism.
noun
An artist who used this style.
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
faventine
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
favorite
favorite
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
favorites
favorites
noun
plural of favorite
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favosite
favosite
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
favosites
favositidae
favositoid
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fayetteville
fayetteville
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas
A city in North Carolina
A city in Tennessee
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
federative
federative
adj
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal.
federatively
federatively
adv
In a federative way.
fermentative
fermentative
adj
Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation.
fermentatively
fermentatively
adv
In a fermentative manner
With regard to fermentation
fermentativeness
fermentativeness
noun
The property of being fermentative.
fermentive
fervanite
fervanite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.
fervidities
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
festival
festival
adj
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
festivally
festivally
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a festive manner.
festivals
festivals
noun
plural of festival
festive
festive
adj
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
In the mood to celebrate.
festively
festively
adv
In a festive manner
festiveness
festiveness
noun
The quality of being festive; festivity
festivities
festivities
noun
plural of festivity
festivity
festivity
noun
(often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
festivous
festivous
adj
Pertaining to a feast; festive.
fevertwig
fevertwitch
fictive
fictive
adj
Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.
Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented.
noun
(Internet slang) In claimed cases of dissociative identity disorder: an introject based on a character from a fictional work.
fictively
fictively
adv
In a fictive manner.
fictiveness
fictiveness
noun
The quality of being fictive.
figurative
figurative
adj
(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
Metaphorically so called.
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
With many figures of speech.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
figurativeness
figurativeness
noun
The property of being figurative.
finitive
fivestones
fivestones
noun
The game of jacks.
fixative
fixative
adj
Serving to fix or bind.
noun
(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.