Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
appointive
appointive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
appositive
appositive
adj
of or being in apposition
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
avoidupois
avoyership
captivator
captivator
noun
A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
compassive
concaptive
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
deviascope
disapprove
disapprove
verb
(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.
(transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.
To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
lopatnikov
occupative
occupative
adj
occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
opiniative
opiniative
adj
Archaic form of opinionative.
oppilative
oppilative
adj
(obsolete) Obstructive.
noun
(obsolete) A medicine that obstructs, or closes the pores.
optatively
optatively
adv
In an optative way.
overpained
overpaying
overpaying
verb
present participle of overpay
overpraise
overpraise
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
ovoplasmic
panivorous
panivorous
adj
(formal) Eating bread.
parovarian
parovarian
adj
Alternative form of paraovarian
parovarium
parovarium
noun
(anatomy) The epoophoron.
pavilioned
pavilioned
adj
Having a pavilion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pavilion
pejorative
pejorative
adj
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
noun
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
periovular
periovular
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an ovary
(pathology) About the time of ovulation
perorative
perorative
adj
Of or relating to peroration.
phomvihane
picorivera
pinaverdol
portglaive
postclival
preevasion
preobviate
previolate
prevocalic
prevocalic
adj
(phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound
privations
privations
noun
plural of privation
proflavine
proflavine
noun
(organic chemistry) A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria
provaccine
provaccine
adj
Alternative form of pro-vaccine.
provencial
proverbial
proverbial
adj
Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
noun
(euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
(euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles.
providable
providable
adj
Capable of being provided.
providance
provincial
provincial
adj
Constituting a province.
Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
Limited in outlook; narrow.
Narrow; illiberal.
Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
Of or pertaining to a province.
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
(obsolete) A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province.
A country bumpkin.
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
provitamin
provitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
revaporize
revaporize
verb
To vaporize again.
saviorship
saviorship
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of saviourship
slavophile
spoliative
spoliative
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.
Serving to take away, diminish, or rob.
unadoptive
unoverpaid
vaginopexy
vagotropic
vagotropic
adj
Stimulating the vagus nerve.
valparaiso
vaporarium
vaporarium
noun
(medicine, archaic) A steam bath.
vaporiform
vaporiform
adj
(archaic) Existing in a vaporous state.
vaporiness
vaporingly
vaporingly
adv
Alternative form of vapouringly
vaporising
vaporising
verb
present participle of vaporise
vaporizers
vaporizers
noun
plural of vaporizer
vaporizing
vaporizing
verb
present participle of vaporize
vaporosity
vaporosity
noun
(countable) Anything lacking substance.
The quality of being vaporous.
vaportight
vaportight
adj
impermeable to vapor
vapourific
vapourised
vapourised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourise
vapouriser
vapouriser
noun
Alternative form of vaporizer
vapourized
vapourized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourize
vapourizer
vapulation
vapulation
noun
(obsolete) The act of beating or whipping.
vasotripsy
vibraphone
vibraphone
noun
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
vibrograph
vibrograph
noun
An instrument that records vibrations
videotaped
videotaped
adj
Having been recorded on videotape.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of videotape
videotapes
videotapes
noun
plural of videotape
viperoidea
viragoship
vitascopic
vitascopic
adj
Of or relating to the vitascope.
viviparous
viviparous
adj
(of a plant or plant species) Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).
(of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).