(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
approving
approving
adj
Expressing approbation; commending
verb
present participle of approve
biplosive
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
copeville
coverslip
coverslip
noun
A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
verb
To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
disproval
disproval
noun
The act of disproving; disproof.
disproved
disproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disprove
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
disprover
disprover
noun
One who disproves.
disproves
disproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprove
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
evaporite
evaporite
noun
The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates.
evaporize
evilproof
explosive
explosive
adj
(figurative) Shocking; startling.
(slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
Having the character of an explosion.
With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
noun
(linguistics, dated) A plosive.
Any explosive substance.
implosive
implosive
adj
Formed by implosion.
noun
(phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent.
improvers
improvers
noun
plural of improver
improving
improving
adj
That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
verb
present participle of improve
improvise
improvise
verb
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
improviso
improviso
adj
(obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
ivorytype
ivorytype
noun
(photography, dated) A picture produced by superposing a tinted translucent print upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colours.
liverpool
liverpool
Proper noun
A city in Merseyside; once an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and one of the biggest in the world.
A city in New South Wales, Australia, which is a suburb of Sydney.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Illinois, USA
A village in New York State, USA.
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
A small city in Texas, USA.
lovership
operative
operative
adj
Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
Effectual or important.
Functional, in working order.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
noun
A participant in an operation.
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
opinative
opinative
adj
(obsolete) Opinionated, maintaining one's position stubbornly.
Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
optatives
optatives
noun
plural of optative
overequip
overequip
verb
(transitive) To furnish with too much equipment.
overpaint
overpaint
verb
To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
To color or describe too strongly.
overpious
overpious
adj
Excessively pious.
overpitch
overpitch
verb
(transitive) To give too high a pitch to.
(transitive, cricket) To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length, allowing the batsman to hit it easily.
overplain
overplain
adj
Excessively plain.
overplied
overplied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overply
overplies
overplies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overply
overpoise
overpoise
noun
(chiefly figurative) That which outweighs; excessive weight.
verb
(obsolete) To exceed in importance, strength or value.
(obsolete) To place excessive weight on (someone or something).
(obsolete) To throw (someone or something) off balance.
overprice
overprice
verb
To give a commodity an excessive price.
overprick
overpride
overprint
overprint
noun
(philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
verb
(printing) To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.
(transitive) To print too many copies of.
(transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp).
To print over what has already been printed.
overprize
overprize
verb
(transitive) To prize excessively; to overvalue.
overripen
overripen
verb
To ripen too much; to become overripe.
overslips
overslips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overslip
overslipt
overslipt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of overslip
overspice
overspice
verb
(transitive) To add too much spice to (a dish).
overspill
overspill
noun
That which spills over.
verb
To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
overspilt
overspilt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspill
overspins
overspins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspin
overwiped
overwiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwipe
oviparity
oviparity
noun
The condition of being oviparous
oviparous
oviparous
adj
Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
oviposits
oviposits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oviposit
palmolive
parvoline
parvoline
noun
(organic chemistry) A base of the pyridine group, found in coal tar.
(organic chemistry) Any of the series of isometric substances of which parvoline is the type.
parvolins
pavilions
pavilions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pavilion
pavillion
pavillion
noun
Alternative spelling of pavilion (obsolete, except in the names of theatres, hotels, etc.)
paviotsos
pavlovian
pavlovian
adj
Alternative form of Pavlovian
pelviform
pelviform
adj
basin-shaped
pervasion
pervasion
noun
The act of pervading; permeation, suffusion
piacevole
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
pivotally
pivotally
adv
In a pivotal way.
plurivory
polkville
pollutive
pollutive
adj
That causes environmental pollution; polluting
polverine
polverine
noun
(countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America.
(uncountable) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
polyvinyl
polyvinyl
adj
(organic chemistry) composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups
noun
(organic chemistry) Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound.
pondville
pontlevis
pontlevis
noun
(obsolete) A drawbridge.
(obsolete) The act of a horse that rears up on its hind legs, risking tumbling backward and falling upon the rider.
poolville
portative
portative
adj
(now rare) Portable.
(obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying.
noun
(now chiefly historical) A portative organ.
positival
positiver
positiver
adj
(nonstandard) comparative form of positive: more positive
positives
positives
noun
plural of positive
postville
poverties
poverties
noun
plural of poverty
prevision
prevision
noun
Advance knowledge; foresight.
verb
To predict or envision the future.
previsors
prevoting
primevous
primevous
adj
(obsolete) primeval
privation
privation
noun
(obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.
(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
proactive
proactive
adj
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
procivism
profusive
profusive
adj
(obsolete) profuse; lavish; prodigal
progravid
prokofiev
prolative
prolative
adj
(grammar) extending or completing a predication
(obsolete) uttered
noun
(grammar) the prolative case
promotive
promotive
adj
Tending to promote
promptive
pronative
proverbic
proverbic
adj
Of or relating to proverbs; proverbial.
provident
provident
adj
Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
Providing (for someone’s needs).
Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it.
providers
providers
noun
plural of provider
providing
providing
noun
Something provided; a provision.
verb
present participle of provide
providore
providore
noun
One who makes provision; a purveyor.
provinces
provinces
noun
The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
plural of province
provingly
provision
provision
noun
(Britain, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
(Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
(law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
Money set aside for a future event.
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
verb
(transitive) To supply with provisions.
(transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.
provisive
provisoes
provisoes
noun
plural of proviso
provisory
provisory
adj
Containing a proviso.
Dependent on a proviso or condition.
Temporary; pending something more permanent.
noun
(philately) Synonym of provisional
provoking
provoking
adj
annoying; irritating
noun
provocation
verb
present participle of provoke
purposive
purposive
adj
(grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
(psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
Possessed of a firm purpose.
Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
reimprove
reimprove
verb
(transitive) To improve again.
reprovide
reprovide
verb
(transitive) To provide again.
reproving
reproving
adj
Expressing reproof; reproachful or admonishing.
noun
The act of giving a reproof.
verb
present participle of reprove
roopville
shopville
silvertop
slavophil
slipcover
slipcover
noun
A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.
slipovers
slipovers
noun
plural of slipover
spillover
spillover
noun
(epidemiology) The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans.
That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
spoilfive
spoilfive
noun
A card game in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be "spoiled".
stovepipe
stovepipe
noun
(clothing) A stovepipe hat.
(firearms) A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or be able to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
verb
(firearms) Of a cartridge case, to become wedged vertically in the ejection port of a breechloading firearm, rather than ejecting completely from the weapon.
(idiomatic) To collect or store information in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or ability to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
unprovide
unprovide
verb
(transitive) To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.
unproving
vaporetti
vaporetti
noun
plural of vaporetto
vaporific
vaporific
adj
(chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.
vaporings
vaporings
noun
plural of vaporing
vaporised
vaporised
adj
Alternative spelling of vaporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vaporise
vaporises
vaporises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vaporise
vaporized
vaporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vaporize
vaporizer
vaporizer
noun
(medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
vaporizes
vaporizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vaporize
vaporlike
vaporlike
adj
Resembling vapor; vaporous, misty.
vapouring
vapouring
noun
Boasting; blustering.
verb
present participle of vapour
vapourise
vapourise
verb
Misspelling of vaporise.
vapourish
vapourish
adj
(dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish
Characteristic of vapour.
vapourize
vapourize
verb
Canadian and Oxford British spelling of vaporize
veriscope
vespiform
vespiform
adj
(biology) Resembling a wasp
vespoidea
videocomp
videotape
videotape
noun
A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
verb
to make a recording of something on videotape
viewpoint
viewpoint
noun
An angle, outlook or point of view.
The position from which something is observed or considered
vipolitic
vitaphone
vitascope
vitascope
noun
(historical) An early machine for exhibiting animated pictures.