To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
disvelop
disvelop
verb
Obsolete form of develop.
improved
improved
adj
That has been made better; enhanced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improve
improver
improver
noun
(historical) A pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.
(obsolete) Specifically, a person who improves land or property, a landscaper.
A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).
One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
Something that, or someone who, improves something.
improves
improves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve
optative
optative
adj
(grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Expressing a wish or a choice.
noun
(grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
(grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
overdrip
overpaid
overpaid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpay
overpick
overripe
overripe
adj
Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.
overskip
overskip
verb
To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.
overslip
overslip
verb
(transitive) To omit or neglect.
(transitive) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond.
to overslip time or opportunity
overspin
overspin
noun
A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion; topspin;top.
An excessive amount of spin applied to a projectile such that its nose does not turn down at the summit of the trajectory.
verb
To spin too much or too far.
overtips
overtips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtip
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
oviparal
oviposit
oviposit
verb
(intransitive, formal) To lay eggs
oviscapt
parvolin
parvolin
noun
Alternative form of parvoline
pavilion
pavilion
noun
(anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
(anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
(cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
(heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
(military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
An ornate tent.
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.
(transitive) To put inside a pavilion.
(transitive, figuratively) To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").
pavillon
pavillon
noun
Archaic form of pavilion.
paviotso
paviours
paviours
noun
plural of paviour
pavisado
pavkovic
pavonian
pavonian
adj
Of or pertaining to the peacock
pavonine
pavonine
adj
Of or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its family Pavonidae, including the peafowl.
Possessing the coloring or iridescence of a peacock feather.
Showy, like a peacock's tail; exhibiting vanity.
noun
Any bird from the family Pavonidae.
Tarnish found on some ores and metals which resembles the tail feathers of a peacock.
pavonize
perijove
perijove
noun
Periapsis around Jupiter.
pervious
pervious
adj
(obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
(zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Accepting of new ideas.
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
pickover
pivoting
pivoting
noun
A motion by which something pivots.
The pivot-work in a machine.
verb
present participle of pivot
pivotman
pivotman
noun
(figurative) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
(military) A pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
(sports) A player in a central position.
pivotmen
pivotmen
noun
plural of pivotman
plosives
plosives
noun
plural of plosive
pluviose
pluviose
adj
(rare) Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy.
pluvious
pluvious
adj
Involving or relating to rain; rainy.
poivrade
poivrade
noun
A type of sauce (generally a vinaigrette) with pepper as a main ingredient.
poldavis
positive
positive
adj
(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
(chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
(chemistry) electropositive
(chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
(grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
(law) Formally laid down.
(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
(physics) Having more protons than electrons.
(slang) HIV positive.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Fully assured in opinion.
Not negative or neutral.
Optimistic.
Overconfident, dogmatic.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
noun
(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
A favourable point or characteristic.
A positive result of a test.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
postdive
postdive
adj
After a dive.
postvide
potative
potative
adj
Relating to potation, or drinking.
poverish
povindah
poxvirus
poxvirus
noun
Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae, that cause pox diseases in vertebrates
previous
previous
adj
(informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
noun
(informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour.
(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
previsor
proavian
proavian
noun
Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a protobird.
procavia
procivic
proclive
proclive
adj
Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
protivin
proviant
proviant
noun
(Scotland) provisions, especially for an army
provicar
provicar
noun
(Roman Catholicism) The deputy of an vicar apostolic
provided
provided
conj
Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of provide
provider
provider
noun
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
provides
provides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provide
province
province
noun
(Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
(Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
(Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.
(in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city.
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
proviral
proviral
adj
Of or pertaining to a provirus
provirus
provirus
noun
(virology) A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.
provisor
provisor
noun
A deputy of a Roman Catholic bishop.
One who provides; a purveyor.
The holder of a papal provision.
provisos
pudovkin
pulvilio
pupivora
pupivore
slipover
slipover
adj
slip-on
noun
Any garment that is easy to put on, especially a dress or top.
sorptive
sorptive
adj
Relating to sorption or sorptivity
sportive
sportive
adj
(archaic) lively; merry; spritely
Interested in sport.
Playful, coltish.
Sporty, good at sport.
noun
(cycling) cyclosportive
vaporing
vaporing
noun
Alternative form of vapouring
verb
present participle of vapor
vaporise
vaporise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vaporize.
vaporish
vaporish
adj
Alternative spelling of vapourish
vaporium
vaporium
noun
A curved hollow metal sheet that is filled with boiling water and used for the therapeutic application of heat.
A shop where one can buy e-cigarettes and vaping paraphernalia, sometimes with a lounge for smoking them.
A steam bath (room for taking steam baths).
vaporize
vaporize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To turn into vapor.
viewport
viewport
noun
(computer graphics) A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).
A viewing window.
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.