(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.
autoceptive
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bioactivity
bioactivity
noun
(biology, medicine) Biologic activity, such as biochemical or immunologic reactivity: the biologic effect (function or dysfunction, benefit or toxicity) of a substance.
bivocalized
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
bovovaccine
bovovaccine
noun
(historical) A vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in cattle.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
cannonville
canyonville
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
carludovica
carnivories
carnivorism
carnivorism
noun
The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
carsonville
casanovanic
castroville
catonsville
caulivorous
cavillation
cavillation
noun
The act of cavilling.
cavillatory
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chilacavote
circovarian
circovarian
adj
Surrounding an ovary
circumvolve
circumvolve
verb
(intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
(transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clavichords
clavichords
noun
plural of clavichord
clavicornes
clavicornia
clavicotomy
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coagulative
coagulative
adj
Having the power to cause coagulation
coatesville
cocultivate
cocultivate
verb
To cultivate along with another organism
codiscovers
codiscovers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codiscover
coevalities
coevalneity
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
coexclusive
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
coffeeville
coffeeville
Proper noun
A town in Alabama.
A town in Mississippi.
A ghost town in Texas.
coffeyville
cognitively
cognitively
adv
Relating to thinking (cognition).
cognitivity
cohortative
cohortative
adj
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.
Encouraging.
noun
(grammar) The cohortative mood.
coinventing
coinventing
verb
present participle of coinvent
coinventors
coinventors
noun
plural of coinventor
coinvestors
coinvestors
noun
plural of coinvestor
collectives
collectives
noun
plural of collective
collectivum
colleyville
colligative
colligative
adj
(chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.
collocative
collocative
adj
Of , pertaining to, or representing a collocation
collusively
collusively
adv
in a collusive manner; fraudulently through collusion
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
combatively
combatively
adv
In a combative way.
combativity
combativity
noun
Synonym of combativeness
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
commulative
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
concavation
concavation
noun
The act of making concave.
concavities
concavities
noun
plural of concavity
conceivable
conceivable
adj
Capable of being conceived or imagined
conceivably
conceivably
adv
In a conceivable manner; possibly.
concrescive
concrescive
adj
Growing together, or into union; uniting.
conditivium
condivision
condonative
condonative
adj
(obsolete) Condoning; betokening, or relating to, condonement or condonation.
conflictive
conflictive
adj
Causing conflict.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
congelative
congelative
adj
That which tends to congeal.
congerville
congressive
congressive
adj
Encountering, or coming together.
conjugative
conjugative
adj
Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
conjunctiva
conjunctiva
noun
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.
conjunctive
conjunctive
adj
(astrology, astronomy) Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptical longitude).
(grammar) Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
(grammar) Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
(grammar) Relating to the conjunctive mood.
(grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
(logic) Of or relating to logical conjunction.
(obsolete) Closely united.
noun
(grammar) A conjunction.
(logic) A conjunction.
connectival
connectives
connectives
noun
plural of connective
connerville
connivances
connivances
noun
plural of connivance
connivantly
connivently
conniveries
conniveries
noun
plural of connivery
connivingly
connivingly
adv
In a conniving manner.
connotative
connotative
adj
that implies or suggests something else
connotively
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.
contracivil
contractive
contractive
adj
Able to contract; contractile
contrastive
contrastive
adj
Contrasting.
contrivable
contrivable
adj
Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
contrivance
contrivance
noun
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
Something overly artful or artificial.
contrivancy
contrivancy
noun
Alternative form of contrivance
contrivedly
contrivedly
adv
In a contrived manner.
convallaria
convallaria
noun
Any member of the genus Convallaria; a lily of the valley.
convallarin
convallarin
noun
(biochemistry) A cardiac glycoside obtained from lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
convections
convections
noun
plural of convection
conveneries
convenience
convenience
noun
(chiefly Britain) Ellipsis of public convenience: a public lavatory.
A convenient time.
Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
The quality of being convenient.
verb
To make convenient
conveniency
conveniency
noun
(obsolete) Convenience.
conventical
conventical
adj
conventual
conventicle
conventicle
noun
A Quaker meetinghouse.
A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
The place where such a meeting is held.
verb
To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
conventions
conventions
noun
plural of convention
conversible
conversible
adj
(archaic) Capable of being converted.
(obsolete) Capable of being substituted or swapped (with another thing).
Alternative form of conversable
conversions
conversions
noun
plural of conversion
convertible
convertible
adj
(finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
(logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
(obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
(obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
(vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
noun
(computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
(dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
convertibly
convertibly
adv
in a convertible manner
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
conveyorise
conveyorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize.
conveyorize
conveyorize
verb
(transitive, rare) To streamline (an industrial operation) by means of conveyors.
convicinity
convicinity
noun
(archaic) Immediate vicinity; neighbourhood.
convictable
convictable
adj
Capable of being convicted.
convictfish
convictible
convictions
convictions
noun
plural of conviction
convictment
convincedly
convincedly
adv
In a convinced manner; with belief or conviction.
convincible
convincible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being disproved by argument; refutable.
Capable of being convinced or won over.
convivially
convivially
adv
In a convivial manner
convocating
convocating
verb
present participle of convocate
convocation
convocation
noun
(collective) A flock of eagles.
An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.