| abdominovesical
|
(adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder |
- |
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| ablative
|
(adjective) tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature |
- |
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| (adjective) relating to the ablative case |
- |
| (noun) the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb |
Synonyms:
ablative case |
| abortive
|
(adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result |
Synonyms:
unsuccessful,
stillborn |
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| abortively
|
(adverb) in an unfruitful manner |
- |
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| above
|
(adverb) (in writing) at an earlier place |
Synonyms:
supra |
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| (adverb) in or to a place that is higher |
Synonyms:
in a higher place,
higher up,
to a higher place |
| (adjective) appearing earlier in the same text |
- |
| (noun) an earlier section of a written text |
- |
| aboveboard
|
(adverb) in an honest manner |
Synonyms:
honestly |
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| (adjective) without concealment or deception; honest |
Synonyms:
straightforward |
| aboveground
|
(adjective) on or above the surface of the ground |
- |
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| abrasive
|
(noun) a substance that abrades or wears down |
Synonyms:
abradant,
abrasive material |
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| (adjective) causing abrasion |
Synonyms:
scratchy |
| (adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous |
Synonyms:
harsh |
| abrasiveness
|
(noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions |
Synonyms:
harshness,
scratchiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable |
- |
| absolve
|
(verb) grant remission of a sin to |
Synonyms:
shrive |
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| (verb) let off the hook |
Synonyms:
free |
| absolved
|
(adjective) freed from any question of guilt |
Synonyms:
exculpated,
exonerated,
vindicated,
clear,
cleared |
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| absolver
|
(noun) someone who grants absolution |
- |
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| absorptive
|
(adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) |
Synonyms:
absorbent |
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| abstractive
|
(adjective) of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting |
- |
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| abusive
|
(adjective) expressing offensive reproach |
Synonyms:
opprobrious,
scurrilous |
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| (adjective) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment |
- |
| abusively
|
(adverb) in an abusive manner |
- |
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| accelerative
|
(adjective) tending to increase velocity |
Synonyms:
acceleratory |
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| acceptive
|
(adjective) inclined to accept rather than reject |
- |
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| (adjective) accepting willingly |
Synonyms:
acceptant |
| accommodative
|
(adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
Synonyms:
accommodating |
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| (adjective) willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement |
Synonyms:
cooperative |
| (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony |
Synonyms:
reconciling |
| accretive
|
(adjective) growing by accretion |
- |
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| acculturative
|
(adjective) of or relating to acculturation |
Synonyms:
acculturational |
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| accumulative
|
(adjective) increasing by successive addition |
Synonyms:
cumulative |
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| (adjective) marked by acquiring or amassing |
- |
| accusative
|
(adjective) containing or expressing accusation |
Synonyms:
accusatory,
accusing,
accusive |
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| (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes |
Synonyms:
objective |
| (noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb |
Synonyms:
objective case,
accusative case |
| accusive
|
(adjective) containing or expressing accusation |
Synonyms:
accusative,
accusatory,
accusing |
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| achieve
|
(verb) to gain with effort |
Synonyms:
reach,
attain,
accomplish |
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| achievement
|
(noun) the action of accomplishing something |
Synonyms:
accomplishment |
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| achiever
|
(noun) a person with a record of successes |
Synonyms:
success,
winner,
succeeder |
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| acquisitive
|
(adjective) eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
- |
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| acquisitiveness
|
(noun) strong desire to acquire and possess |
- |
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| active
|
(noun) chemical agent capable of activity |
Synonyms:
active agent |
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| (noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
Synonyms:
active voice |
| (noun) a person who is a participating member of an organization |
- |
| (adjective) tending to become more severe or wider in scope |
- |
| (adjective) disposed to take action or effectuate change |
- |
| (adjective) characterized by energetic activity |
- |
| (adjective) exerting influence or producing a change or effect |
- |
| (adjective) full of activity or engaged in continuous activity |
- |
| (adjective) (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions |
- |
| (adjective) expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: |
- |
| (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being |
Synonyms:
dynamic |
| (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting |
- |
| (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt |
- |
| (adjective) engaged in full-time work |
- |
| (adjective) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations |
Synonyms:
combat-ready,
fighting |
| (adjective) taking part in an activity |
Synonyms:
participating |
| (adjective) in operation |
Synonyms:
alive |
| actively
|
(adverb) in an active manner |
- |
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| activeness
|
(noun) the state of being active |
Synonyms:
action,
activity |
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| (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically |
Synonyms:
activity |
| activewear
|
(noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear |
Synonyms:
sportswear,
athletic wear |
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| adaptative
|
(adjective) having a capacity for adaptation |
Synonyms:
adaptive |
|---|
| adaptive
|
(adjective) having a capacity for adaptation |
Synonyms:
adaptative |
|---|
| addictive
|
(adjective) causing or characterized by addiction |
Synonyms:
habit-forming |
|---|
| additive
|
(noun) something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree |
Synonyms:
linear |
| (adjective) characterized or produced by addition |
- |
| adductive
|
(adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part |
Synonyms:
adducent,
adducting |
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| adhesive
|
(noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
Synonyms:
adhesive agent,
adhesive material |
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| (adjective) tending to adhere |
- |
| adhesiveness
|
(noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition |
Synonyms:
bond,
adherence,
adhesion |
|---|
| adjective
|
(adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective |
Synonyms:
adjectival |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law |
Synonyms:
procedural |
| (noun) a word that expresses an attribute of something |
- |
| (noun) the word class that qualifies nouns |
- |
| adjectively
|
(adverb) as an adjective |
- |
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| adjudicative
|
(adjective) concerned with adjudicating |
Synonyms:
adjudicatory |
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| adjunctive
|
(adjective) joining; forming an adjunct |
- |
|---|
| adjustive
|
(adjective) conducive to adjustment |
- |
|---|
| administrative
|
(adjective) of or relating to or responsible for administration |
- |
|---|
| administratively
|
(adverb) by or for an administrator |
- |
|---|
| admissive
|
(adjective) characterized by or allowing admission |
- |
|---|
| adoptive
|
(adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice |
Synonyms:
adopted |
| adsorptive
|
(adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface |
Synonyms:
surface-assimilative,
adsorbent |
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| adumbrative
|
(adjective) indistinctly prophetic |
Synonyms:
prefigurative,
foreshadowing |
|---|
| advect
|
(verb) convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid |
- |
|---|
| advection
|
(noun) (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties |
- |
|---|
| advective
|
(adjective) of or relating to advection |
- |
|---|
| advent
|
(noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) |
Synonyms:
coming |
|---|
| adventitia
|
(noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue |
Synonyms:
tunic,
tunica |
|---|
| adventitial
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia |
- |
|---|
| adventitious
|
(adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part |
- |
|---|
| adventive
|
(adjective) not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized |
- |
|---|
| adventure
|
(noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
Synonyms:
risky venture,
dangerous undertaking,
escapade |
|---|
| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
Synonyms:
gamble,
chance,
risk,
run a risk,
hazard,
take a chance,
take chances |
| (verb) put at risk |
Synonyms:
stake,
jeopardize,
hazard,
venture |
| adventurer
|
(noun) a person who enjoys taking risks |
Synonyms:
venturer |
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| (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) |
Synonyms:
explorer |
| adventuresome
|
(adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
Synonyms:
adventurous |
|---|
| adventuress
|
(noun) a woman adventurer |
- |
|---|
| adventurism
|
(noun) recklessness in politics or foreign affairs |
- |
|---|
| adventuristic
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism |
- |
|---|
| adventurous
|
(adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
Synonyms:
adventuresome |
|---|
| adventurousness
|
(noun) the trait of being adventurous |
Synonyms:
venturesomeness |
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| adverb
|
(noun) the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun |
- |
| adverbial
|
(adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a word or group of words function as an adverb |
- |
| adverbially
|
(adverb) as an adverb |
- |
|---|
| adversary
|
(noun) someone who offers opposition |
Synonyms:
antagonist,
resister,
opponent,
opposer |
|---|
| adversative
|
(adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition |
Synonyms:
oppositive |
|---|
| adverse
|
(adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare |
Synonyms:
untoward,
inauspicious |
|---|
| (adjective) in an opposing direction |
Synonyms:
contrary |
| adversely
|
(adverb) in an adverse manner |
- |
|---|
| adversity
|
(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction |
Synonyms:
hardship,
hard knocks |
|---|
| (noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event |
- |
| advert
|
(verb) give heed (to) |
Synonyms:
hang,
attend,
pay heed,
give ear |
|---|
| (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to |
Synonyms:
touch,
allude |
| (verb) make reference to |
Synonyms:
refer,
name,
bring up,
mention,
cite |
| (noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advertisement,
advertizement,
advertizing |
| advertence
|
(noun) the process of being heedful |
Synonyms:
advertency |
|---|
| advertency
|
(noun) the process of being heedful |
Synonyms:
advertence |
|---|
| advertent
|
(adjective) giving attention |
Synonyms:
heedful |
|---|
| advertently
|
(adverb) in a careful deliberate manner |
Synonyms:
heedfully,
mindfully |
|---|
| advertise
|
(verb) call attention to |
Synonyms:
publicise,
publicize,
advertize |
|---|
| (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
Synonyms:
push,
promote,
advertize |
| advertised
|
(adjective) called to public attention |
- |
|---|
| advertisement
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertizement,
advertizing |
|---|
| advertiser
|
(noun) someone whose business is advertising |
Synonyms:
adman,
advertizer |
|---|
| advertising
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
ad,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizement,
advertizing |
|---|
| (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services |
Synonyms:
merchandising,
publicizing |
| advertize
|
(verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) |
Synonyms:
push,
promote,
advertise |
|---|
| (verb) call attention to |
Synonyms:
publicise,
publicize,
advertise |
| advertizement
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizing |
|---|
| advertizer
|
(noun) someone whose business is advertising |
Synonyms:
adman,
advertiser |
|---|
| advertizing
|
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service |
Synonyms:
advertising,
ad,
advert,
advertisement,
advertizement |
|---|
| advertorial
|
(noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report |
- |
|---|
| affective
|
(adjective) characterized by emotion |
Synonyms:
emotive,
affectional |
|---|
| affirmative
|
(adjective) affirming or giving assent |
Synonyms:
affirmatory |
|---|
| (adjective) expecting the best |
Synonyms:
optimistic |
| (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval |
Synonyms:
plausive,
approbative,
approbatory,
approving |
| (noun) a reply of affirmation |
- |
| affirmatively
|
(adverb) in an affirmative manner |
- |
|---|
| affirmativeness
|
(noun) the agreeable quality of one who assents |
- |
|---|
| afflictive
|
(adjective) causing misery or pain or distress |
Synonyms:
painful,
sore |
|---|
| affricative
|
(noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') |
Synonyms:
affricate,
affricate consonant |
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| agave
|
(noun) tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber |
Synonyms:
century plant,
American aloe |
|---|
| agglomerative
|
(adjective) clustered together but not coherent |
Synonyms:
clustered,
agglomerate,
agglomerated |
|---|
| agglutinative
|
(adjective) forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning |
Synonyms:
polysynthetic |
|---|
| (adjective) united as if by glue |
Synonyms:
agglutinate |
| aggregative
|
(adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole |
Synonyms:
mass,
aggregate,
aggregated |
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