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.
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.
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
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
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
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
operatively
operatively
adv
In an operative manner.
operativity
operativity
noun
operativeness
overexploit
overexploit
verb
to exploit excessively
overpartial
overpartial
adj
Being overly partial; unduly partial.
overpatient
overpatient
adj
Excessively patient.
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
overpointed
overpointed
adj
Excessively pointed.
overpolitic
overpratice
overprinted
overprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprint
overstoping
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
oviparities
ovipositors
ovipositors
noun
plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ.
parvipotent
parvipotent
adj
Of limited power.
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
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
pervagation
phytivorous
phytivorous
adj
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
pignorative
pignorative
adj
pledging; pawning
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
porterville
postdivorce
postdivorce
adj
After divorce.
postolivary
potterville
precontrive
precontrive
verb
To contrive or plan beforehand.
predevotion
prefavorite
premonitive
premonitive
adj
premonitory
preobviated
prepositive
prepositive
adj
Put before; prefixed
noun
A prepositive word.
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.
prevacation
prevacation
adj
Before a vacation.
preventions
preventions
noun
plural of prevention
preventoria
previolated
proaviation
probatively
procreative
procreative
adj
Having the power to beget; generative.
procurative
procurative
adj
Of or relating to procurement; procuring.
progenitive
progenitive
adj
Being able to produce offspring, reproductive
prohibitive
prohibitive
adj
(Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner.
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
noun
(grammar) A negative imperative.
prolatively
propagative
propagative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by propagation
prosecutive
prosecutive
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to prosecution.
prospective
prospective
adj
(grammar) Indicating grammatically an activity about to begin.
(medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future
Anticipated in the near or far future.
Likely or expected to happen or become.
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
noun
(informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
(obsolete) A perspective glass.
(obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
1613 March 2 (first performance), Francis Beaumont, “The Masque of the Inner-Temple and Gray’s Inn, Gray’s Inn and the Inner-Temple;[…]”, in The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher:[…], volume IV, London: […] John Stockdale,[…], published 1811, OCLC 910211381, page 573, column 2:
[T]hey [two pavillions] were trimmed on the inside with rich armour and military furniture, hanged up as upon the walls; and behind the tents there were represented, in prospective, the tops of divers other tents, as if it had been a camp.
prostrative
protractive
protractive
adj
Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
provability
provability
noun
The condition of being provable
proveditore
providently
providently
adv
In a provident manner.
provinciate
provinciate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
provocation
provocation
noun
(emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
Something that provokes; a provocative act
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
provocative
provocative
adj
Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.
noun
(obsolete) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac.
provostship
provostship
noun
The state, property, or office of being a provost.
pulveration
purposivist
purposivist
noun
A proponent of purposivism.
reprobative
reprobative
adj
Expressing, or pertaining to, reprobation.
serpivolant
silverpoint
silverpoint
noun
(countable) An artwork produced by this technique.
(uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
thymoprivic
thyroprival
thyroprival
adj
(medicine) Due to loss of function or removal of the thyroid gland.