| ABREACTIVE | • abreactive adj. Capable of producing abreaction. • ABREACTIVE adj. relating to abreaction, the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| ACERVATELY | • acervately adv. In an acervate manner. • ACERVATE adv. heaped. |
| ACERVATION | • acervation n. (Obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation. • ACERVATION n. the action of heaping up; an accumulation. |
| ACTIVEWEAR | • activewear n. Casual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; sportswear. |
| ARCHITRAVE | • architrave n. (Architecture) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns. • architrave n. (Architecture) The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening. • ARCHITRAVE n. the collective name for the various parts, jambs, lintels, etc., that surround a door or window. |
| ATTRACTIVE | • attractive adj. Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force. • attractive adj. Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing. • attractive adj. Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner. |
| AVIATRICES | • aviatrices n. Plural of aviatrix. • AVIATRIX n. a female aviator. |
| CALAVERITE | • calaverite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral form of gold telluride (AuTe2). • CALAVERITE n. a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. |
| COACERVATE | • coacervate adj. (Obsolete) Clumped together, clustered. • coacervate n. (Chemistry) The microsphere droplet that results from coacervation. • COACERVATE v. to heap; to cause to mass together. |
| COVARIATES | • covariates n. Plural of covariate. • COVARIATE n. a statistical variable. |
| DIVARICATE | • divaricate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off. • divaricate adj. (Botany) Having wide angles between the branches. • DIVARICATE adj. forking. |
| EVACUATORS | • evacuators n. Plural of evacuator. • EVACUATOR n. something or someone that evacuates. |
| EXCAVATORS | • excavators n. Plural of excavator. • EXCAVATOR n. a vehicle for excavating. |
| LACERATIVE | • lacerative adj. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate. • LACERATIVE adj. having the power to lacerate. |
| MACERATIVE | • macerative adj. Causing or relating to maceration. • MACERATIVE adj. tending to macerate. |
| REACTIVATE | • reactivate v. To activate again. • re-activate v. Alternative form of reactivate. • REACTIVATE v. to activate again. |
| STAVESACRE | • stavesacre n. A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers, Delphinium staphisagria. • STAVESACRE n. a tall larkspur whose seeds were formerly used against lice. |
| VACATIONER | • vacationer n. (US) Someone who is on vacation. • VACATIONER n. one who takes a vacation, also VACATIONIST. |
| VANTBRACES | • vantbraces n. Plural of vantbrace. • VANTBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VAMBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| VICARIATES | • vicariates n. Plural of vicariate. • VICARIATE n. the office or authority of a vicar, also VICARATE. |