Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
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.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
evaporative
evaporative
adj
Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
hyperovaria
imprevision
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvingly
improvingly
adv
In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person).
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisers
improvisers
noun
plural of improviser
improvising
improvising
noun
improvisation
verb
present participle of improvise
improvision
improvision
noun
(obsolete) the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
improvisors
improvisors
noun
plural of improvisor
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
loupcervier
misimproved
misimproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misimprove
misprovoked
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nonprovided
nonprovided
adj
(UK, education, historical) Of a school: not operated and funded by the school board.
nonprovider
operatively
operatively
adv
In an operative manner.
operativity
operativity
noun
operativeness
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overcopious
overcopious
adj
Excessively copious.
overempired
overexplain
overexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
overexploit
overexploit
verb
to exploit excessively
overhappily
overheaping
overheaping
verb
present participle of overheap
overimposed
overimposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overimpose
overimpress
overimpress
verb
(transitive) To impress too much.
overlapping
overlapping
adj
That overlaps something else
noun
The situation in which things overlap.
verb
present participle of overlap
overleaping
overleaping
verb
present participle of overleap
overlipping
overnipping
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overpartial
overpartial
adj
Being overly partial; unduly partial.
overpassing
overpassing
verb
present participle of overpass
overpatient
overpatient
adj
Excessively patient.
overpending
overpensive
overpensive
adj
Excessively pensive.
overpicture
overpicture
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
overpitched
overpitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpitch
overpiteous
overplaided
overplaided
adj
Having an overplaid pattern.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplaid
overplainly
overplaying
overplaying
verb
present participle of overplay
overpointed
overpointed
adj
Excessively pointed.
overpoliced
overpoliced
adj
Excessively policed.
overpolitic
overpraised
overpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpraise
overpraises
overpraises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpraise
overprasing
overpratice
overprecise
overprecise
adj
Excessively precise; more accurate than is needed.
overpricing
overpricing
verb
present participle of overprice
overprinted
overprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprint
overprizing
overprizing
verb
present participle of overprize
overpromise
overpromise
verb
To promise more than is delivered.
overprovide
overproving
overpruning
overpruning
verb
present participle of overprune
overpumping
overpumping
verb
present participle of overpump
overskipper
overslipped
overslipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overslip
oversparing
oversparing
adj
Excessively sparing.
overspicing
overspicing
verb
present participle of overspice
overspilled
overstoping
oversupping
oversupping
verb
present participle of oversup
overtipping
overtipping
verb
present participle of overtip
overtippled
overtopping
overtopping
adj
Surmounting, surpassing.
noun
An instance of water going over the top of a barrier such as a sea wall or levee.
verb
present participle of overtop
overwhipped
overwhipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhip
overwhisper
overworship
overworship
noun
Excessive worship.
verb
To worship excessively.
ovicapsular
oviparities
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
ovipositors
ovipositors
noun
plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ.
ovispermary
ovopyriform
ovovivipara
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
papovavirus
papovavirus
noun
(archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals.
parvipotent
parvipotent
adj
Of limited power.
passoverish
passoverish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.
pejoratives
pejoratives
noun
plural of pejorative
percolative
percolative
adj
That percolates
perforative
perforative
adj
Having power to perforate or pierce.
perovskites
perovskites
noun
plural of perovskite
perronville
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
pervagation
perversions
perversions
noun
plural of perversion
phytivorous
phytivorous
adj
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
pignorative
pignorative
adj
pledging; pawning
piscivorous
piscivorous
adj
(chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating
plurivorous
plurivorous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That lives on several types of host
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
pluviometer
pluviometer
noun
(meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
pluviometry
pluviometry
noun
The scientific measurement of rainfall.
ponderative
ponderative
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to pondering or deliberation
poplarville
porterville
postdivorce
postdivorce
adj
After divorce.
postolivary
potterville
powersville
preadvisory
preconceive
preconceive
verb
To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.
precontrive
precontrive
verb
To contrive or plan beforehand.
preconvince
precovering
precovering
adj
(mathematics) Synonym of precover
verb
(astronomy) present participle of precover
predevotion
prediscover
prediscover
verb
(transitive) To discover beforehand.
predissolve
predivision
predivision
noun
(biology) division of a chromosome prior to meiosis
prefavorite
preforgiven
preimproved
preinvasion
preinvasion
adj
Before an invasion; the state before an invasion.
preinvolved
premonitive
premonitive
adj
premonitory
preobviated
prepositive
prepositive
adj
Put before; prefixed
noun
A prepositive word.
preprovided
preremoving
prerevision
prerevision
adj
Prior to revision
prerogative
prerogative
adj
Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state.
Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
noun
A hereditary or official right or privilege.
A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.