Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
acceptavit
adaptative
adaptative
adj
Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
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.
amphivasal
amphivasal
adj
(botany) In which the xylem surrounds the phloem
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
aparavidya
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
apperceive
apperceive
verb
(obsolete) To perceive.
(psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.
appetitive
appetitive
adj
Having the quality of desiring gratification.
applausive
applausive
adj
Conveying applause.
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
appraisive
appraisive
adj
Of or relating to appraisal.
ascriptive
ascriptive
adj
ascribing; relating to ascription
noun
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
attemptive
attemptive
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
avoidupois
avoyership
capacitive
capacitive
adj
Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance
capitative
capitative
adj
Of or pertaining to capitation
per head; capitatim
captivance
captivance
noun
(obsolete, rare) Captivity.
captivated
captivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captivate
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
captivator
captivator
noun
A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
carvership
cervicapra
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
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
depauville
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
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.
dispansive
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
grapeville
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
gravipause
guptavidya
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
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.
imputative
imputative
adj
Of, related, or pertaining to imputation.
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
interpaved
kampsville
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
lopatnikov
mapleville
mappsville
naperville
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
palavering
palavering
noun
gerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
verb
present participle of palaver
palaverist
palaverist
noun
(rare) Synonym of palaverer (“one who palavers”)
palenville
palliative
palliative
adj
(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
noun
(medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
panivorous
panivorous
adj
(formal) Eating bread.
papaverine
papaverine
noun
(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A nonaddictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.
parksville
parovarian
parovarian
adj
Alternative form of paraovarian
parovarium
parovarium
noun
(anatomy) The epoophoron.
parryville
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
patavinity
patavinity
noun
The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian.
pavilioned
pavilioned
adj
Having a pavilion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pavilion
payneville
pejorative
pejorative
adj
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
noun
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
pelvigraph
pelvigraph
noun
An instrument for producing scale drawings of the pelvis.
periovular
periovular
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an ovary
(pathology) About the time of ovulation
periuvular
periuvular
adj
(anatomy) Around the uvula.
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
permeative
permeative
adj
Tending to permeate.
perorative
perorative
adj
Of or relating to peroration.
persuasive
persuasive
adj
Able to persuade; convincing.
noun
That which persuades; incitement.
phomvihane
picorivera
pikestaves
pinaverdol
plainville
plurivalve
pluvialine
portglaive
postclival
praefervid
prattville
prattville
Proper noun
A city in the U.S. state of that is the of
A in
A in
A former in that was founded in 1873 and largely abandoned in 1878.
preadvised
preadvised
adj
advised in advance
preadviser
preestival
preevading
preevasion
preobviate
prerevival
prerevival
adj
Before a revival.
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
prevailers
prevailers
noun
plural of prevailer
prevailing
prevailing
adj
Predominant; of greatest force.
Prevalent, common, widespread.
verb
present participle of prevail
prevalidly
prevaluing
prevesical
prevesical
adj
(anatomy) In front of a bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
previolate
prevocalic
prevocalic
adj
(phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound
primaveral
primaveral
adj
Relating to or characteristic of early spring.
primaveras
primaveras
noun
plural of primavera
primaveria
primevally
primevally
adv
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
privateers
privateers
noun
plural of privateer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer
privations
privations
noun
plural of privation
privatized
privatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of privatize
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
pulvinaria
pulvinated
pulvinated
adj
pulvinate
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
pursuivant
pursuivant
noun
(Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge
(archaic) A follower
(heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
(law enforcement, by extension) A warrant officer.
A royal messenger, (particularly) one with the authority to execute warrants.
putatively
putatively
adv
According to belief.
readaptive
reparative
reparative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.
Tending to or intended to repair.
noun
(rare) That which repairs.
repudative
reputative
reputative
adj
reputed; putative
revaporize
revaporize
verb
To vaporize again.
riverscape
riverscape
noun
A landscape that features a river.
saviorship
saviorship
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of saviourship
separative
separative
adj
(rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.
Serving to separate.
noun
Something that serves to separate.
silverpeak
slavophile
spearville
spirivalve
splenative
splenative
adj
(obsolete) pertaining to the spleen
spoliative
spoliative
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.