Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
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
applausive
applausive
adj
Conveying applause.
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.
avoidupois
avoyership
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
carvership
compassive
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
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
eavesdrops
eavesdrops
noun
plural of eavesdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eavesdrop
evaporates
evaporates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
gravipause
kampsville
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
mappsville
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
overpassed
overpassed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpass
overpasses
overpasses
noun
plural of overpass
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpass
overplease
overplease
verb
To please excessively.
overpraise
overpraise
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
overprased
overprases
oversplash
overspread
overspread
verb
(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.
(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
ovoplasmic
packstaves
packstaves
noun
plural of packstaff
palaverist
palaverist
noun
(rare) Synonym of palaverer (“one who palavers”)
palaverous
palaverous
adj
Verbose; wordy.
panivorous
panivorous
adj
(formal) Eating bread.
papaverous
papaverous
adj
(figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
parkleaves
parkleaves
noun
A plant, the tutsan.
parksville
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
persuasive
persuasive
adj
Able to persuade; convincing.
noun
That which persuades; incitement.
pikestaves
postclival
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
postlarval
postlarval
adj
Following a larval stage
Relating to postlarvae
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
preadvised
preadvised
adj
advised in advance
preadviser
precanvass
preestival
preevasion
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
preslavery
preslavery
adj
Prior to a historical period of slavery.
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
prevailers
prevailers
noun
plural of prevailer
prevesical
prevesical
adj
(anatomy) In front of a bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
primaveras
primaveras
noun
plural of primavera
privateers
privateers
noun
plural of privateer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer
privations
privations
noun
plural of privation
proslavery
proslavery
adj
Supporting slavery.
pseudooval
pseudovary
pseudovary
noun
Alternative form of pseudovarium
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.
reapproves
reapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reapprove
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.
sevastopol
silverpeak
slavophile
slavophobe
spearville
spermatova
spermatova
noun
plural of spermatovum
spirivalve
splenative
splenative
adj
(obsolete) pertaining to the spleen
spokeshave
spokeshave
noun
A woodworking tool used to shape and smooth rods and shafts - often for use as wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.
verb
(transitive) To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.
spoliative
spoliative
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.
Serving to take away, diminish, or rob.
spreadover
spreadover
noun
(employment) The variable arrangement of duties and breaks within overall work periods of fixed duration.
springvale
superbrave
superbrave
adj
Very brave.
superheavy
superheavy
adj
(linguistics, of a syllable) stressed more than is usual
(physics) Describing a transuranic element with an extremely high atomic number; typically taken to mean beyond lawrencium (element 103, the last actinide)
Having far greater weight than usual.
noun
(physics) A superheavy element.
supernovae
supernovae
noun
plural of supernova
supernovas
supervalue
supervisal
supervisal
noun
(dated) supervision
supervital
supravital
supravital
adj
(cytology, of a stain) Capable of staining living cells after their removal from a host
tapedrives
tapedrives
noun
plural of tapedrive
unplausive
unplausive
adj
(obsolete) disapproving
unpleasive
unpleasive
adj
(obsolete) unpleasant
unvaporous
usurpative
usurpative
adj
That usurps.
valparaiso
vapidities
vapidities
noun
plural of vapidity
vaporettos
vaporiness
vaporising
vaporising
verb
present participle of vaporise
vaporizers
vaporizers
noun
plural of vaporizer
vaporosity
vaporosity
noun
(countable) Anything lacking substance.
The quality of being vaporous.
vaporously
vaporously
adv
In a vaporous manner.
vapourised
vapourised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourise
vapouriser
vapouriser
noun
Alternative form of vaporizer
varitypist
varitypist
noun
The operator of a varitype machine.
vasotripsy
vassalship
vassalship
noun
The status of being a vassal.
vespiaries
vespiaries
noun
plural of vespiary
vestalship
vestalship
noun
The state or condition of a vestal.
vibraharps
vibraharps
noun
plural of vibraharp
videotapes
videotapes
noun
plural of videotape
viragoship
vitascopic
vitascopic
adj
Of or relating to the vitascope.
viviparism
viviparism
noun
(biology) viviparous reproduction
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).
volapukism
volapukist
volplanist
voltaplast
voltaplast
noun
(obsolete) A form of electrical battery once used for electrotyping