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.
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.
avoyership
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
carvership
compassive
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
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
gravipause
kampsville
mappsville
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
overpraise
overpraise
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
palaverist
palaverist
noun
(rare) Synonym of palaverer (“one who palavers”)
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
preadvised
preadvised
adj
advised in advance
preadviser
preestival
preevasion
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
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
riverscape
riverscape
noun
A landscape that features a river.
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.
Serving to take away, diminish, or rob.
springvale
supervisal
supervisal
noun
(dated) supervision
supervital
tapedrives
tapedrives
noun
plural of tapedrive
unplausive
unplausive
adj
(obsolete) disapproving
unpleasive
unpleasive
adj
(obsolete) unpleasant
usurpative
usurpative
adj
That usurps.
vapidities
vapidities
noun
plural of vapidity
vaporiness
vaporizers
vaporizers
noun
plural of vaporizer
vapourised
vapourised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vapourise