| ABRASIVELY | • abrasively adv. In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people’s feelings. • abrasively adv. Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner. • ABRASIVE adv. capable of grinding away another material. |
| ADVERBIALS | • adverbials n. Plural of adverbial. • ADVERBIAL n. an adverbial phrase. |
| APPROVABLE | • approvable adj. Able to be confirmed or approved. • APPROVABLE adj. worthy of being approved; meritorious. |
| APPROVABLY | • approvably adv. In an approvable manner; in a manner that is able to be approved. • APPROVABLE adv. worthy of being approved; meritorious. |
| BEAVERTAIL | • beavertail n. (North American) Any object like a beaver’s tail, oval or tear-drop in plan, usually broad and flat;… • beavertail n. (North American) A fried-dough pastry of such shape; usually beaver tail or Beaver Tail. • beavertail n. A species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia basilaris. |
| BEHAVIORAL | • behavioral adj. (American spelling) Of or relating to behavior. • BEHAVIORAL adj. (US) relating to behaviour, also BEHAVIOURAL. |
| BIVALVULAR | • bivalvular adj. Having two valves. • BIVALVULAR adj. having two valves. |
| BRAAIVLEIS | • braaivleis n. (South Africa) A braai or barbecue. • BRAAIVLEIS n. (South African) a barbecue party. |
| EVAPORABLE | • evaporable adj. Capable of evaporation. • EVAPORABLE adj. capable of being converted into vapor. |
| FAVOURABLE | • favourable adj. Pleasing, encouraging or approving. • favourable adj. Useful or helpful. • favourable adj. Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune. |
| FAVOURABLY | • favourably adv. (Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner. • FAVOURABLE adv. conducive to, also FAVORABLE. |
| INVARIABLE | • invariable adj. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value. • invariable adj. (Mathematics) Constant. • invariable adj. (By extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension. |
| INVARIABLY | • invariably adv. Every time; always, without change. • INVARIABLE adv. not varying, also UNVARIABLE. |
| LABIOVELAR | • labiovelar adj. (Phonetics) co-articulated at the velum and the lips. • labiovelar n. (Phonetics) A labiovelar sound. • labio-velar n. Alternative spelling of labiovelar. |
| LAVERBREAD | • laverbread n. A traditional Welsh delicacy of boiled laver, coated with oatmeal and fried. • laverbread n. Porphyra umbilicalis, a red alga, one kind of laver. • laver␣bread n. Alternative form of laverbread. |
| REVEALABLE | • revealable adj. Able to be revealed; capable of revealing. • REVEALABLE adj. capable of being revealed. |
| UNVARIABLE | • unvariable adj. (Obsolete) Invariable. • UNVARIABLE adj. that cannot be varied, also INVARIABLE. |
| VAPOURABLE | • vapourable adj. Alternative form of vaporable. • VAPOURABLE adj. that can be vaporized, also VAPORABLE, VAPORIZABLE. |
| VIBRACULAR | • vibracular adj. Relating to the vibraculum. • VIBRACULAR adj. of or like a vibraculum, one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished, also VIBRACULOID. |
| VOCABULARY | • vocabulary n. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for… • vocabulary n. The collection of words a person knows and uses. • vocabulary n. The stock of words used in a particular field. |