(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
(botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.
aftervision
alleviators
alleviators
noun
plural of alleviator
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
antierosive
appositives
appositives
noun
plural of appositive
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
archvisitor
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
assortative
assortative
adj
Characterized by assorting.
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
behaviorist
behaviorist
noun
One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
bloviations
bloviations
noun
plural of bloviation
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bolshevists
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
castroville
catonsville
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
coatesville
coevalities
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
collectives
collectives
noun
plural of collective
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
consecutive
consecutive
adj
following, in succession, without interruption
having some logical sequence
noun
(linguistics, countable) A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another.
(music, countable) A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval.
(uncountable and countable) Consecutive interpretation.
constatives
constatives
noun
plural of constative
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
convictfish
convictions
convictions
noun
plural of conviction
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
correctives
correctives
noun
plural of corrective
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
coruscative
costiveness
costiveness
noun
(obsolete) Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
(law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
devolutions
devolutions
noun
plural of devolution
devotionals
devotionals
noun
plural of devotional
devotionist
devotionist
noun
Alternative form of devotionalist
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discovenant
discovenant
verb
(transitive) To dissolve a covenant with.
dispositive
dispositive
adj
(Euro-English or non-native speakers' English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum.
(obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination.
Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter).
noun
Alternative form of dispositif
dissolutive
dissolutive
adj
(now rare) Producing dissolution; dissolvent.
dissolvents
dissolvents
noun
plural of dissolvent
divagations
divagations
noun
plural of divagation
divinations
divinations
noun
plural of divination
divisionist
divisionist
noun
An artist who works in the style of divisionism.
One who supports division (of a territory, etc.).
dostoievski
dostoyevski
elisavetpol
eluviations
eluviations
noun
plural of eluviation
emotiveness
emotiveness
Noun
The condition of being emotive
emotivities
emotivities
noun
plural of emotivity
enervations
enervations
noun
plural of enervation
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
equivocates
equivocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equivocate
erosivities
erosivities
noun
plural of erosivity
estivations
estivations
noun
plural of estivation
evacuations
evacuations
noun
plural of evacuation
evaluations
evaluations
noun
plural of evaluation
eviscerator
eviscerator
noun
A device for eviscerating something.
Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
extorsively
extorsively
adv
In an extorsive manner; extortionately.
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favositidae
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
forestville
fosterville
frivolities
frivolities
noun
plural of frivolity
gastonville
geopositive
geopositive
adj
Having a positive geotropic response.
hustonville
hutsonville
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
inchoatives
inchoatives
noun
plural of inchoative
innovations
innovations
noun
plural of innovation
inobservant
inobservant
adj
Not observant; heedless.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
insectivora
insectivore
insectivore
noun
(zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.
Insect-eating animal or plant.
insectivory
insectivory
noun
The activity of eating insects
The condition of being an insectivore
interstrove
intervenors
intervenors
noun
plural of intervenor
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
introvision
invasionist
invasionist
adj
Advocating invasion
noun
A person who advocates invasion
inventories
inventories
noun
plural of inventory
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inventory
inventurous
invigorates
invigorates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invigorate
inviscation
inviscation
noun
(archaic) insalivation
invitations
invitations
noun
plural of invitation
invocations
invocations
noun
plural of invocation
involutions
involutions
noun
plural of involution
isovalerate
isovalerate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of isovaleric acid.
jovialistic
jovialities
jovialities
noun
plural of joviality
jovinianist
jovinianist
Noun
An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary and opposed the asceticism of his time.
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
levigations
levigations
noun
plural of levigation
levitations
levitations
noun
plural of levitation
livingstone
livingstone
Proper noun
variant of Livingston.
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer; he discovered the Zambezi River (1851) and Victoria Falls (1855); Henry M. Stanley found him in Tanzania (1871), and together they attempted to find the source of the Nile.
locomotives
locomotives
noun
plural of locomotive
locustville
longevities
longevities
noun
plural of longevity
lovastatins
lovastatins
noun
plural of lovastatin
misdevotion
misdevotion
noun
Mistaken devotion.
motivations
motivations
noun
plural of motivation
multivorous
multivorous
adj
(biology, demographics) Liking or consuming more than one kind of product.
muscovadite
muscovitize
navigations
navigations
noun
plural of navigation
neovitalism
neovitalism
noun
Any revival of vitalism, but especially that of Johannes Reinke (1849–1931).
nervosities
nervosities
noun
plural of nervosity
noctivagous
noctivagous
adj
Wandering at night; nightwandering, noctivagant.
noctovision
noctovision
noun
(historical) An early television system using infrared light.
nominatives
nominatives
noun
plural of nominative
nonpositive
nonpositive
adj
(mathematics, of a quantity) Not positive; either zero or negative.
Not positive.
noun
Any value that is not positive.
nonsanative
nonseverity
nonvinosity
nonvirtuous
nonvirtuous
adj
Not virtuous.
nonvisiting
nonvisiting
adj
Not engaging in visits.
Not of or pertaining to visiting.
nonvitreous
nonvitreous
adj
Not vitreous.
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
novatianism
novatianism
Noun
The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.
novatianist
novelettish
novelettish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a novelette.
novelettist
novelettist
noun
A writer of novelettes.
objectivism
objectivism
noun
(philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
(sometimes capitalized) The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.
Moral objectivism.
The state of being objective; objectivity.
objectivist
objectivist
adj
Of or pertaining to objectivism.
noun
An advocate of objectivism.
oblivionist
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
observation
observation
noun
(stochastics) A realization of a random variable.
A judgement based on observing.
A regime under which a subject is routinely observed.
A remark or comment.
Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
Philosophically as: the phenomenal presence of human being existence.
The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)