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
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.
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
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.
approvable
approvable
adj
Able to be confirmed or approved.
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
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.
avoyership
beaverpelt
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
carvership
cavekeeper
cervicapra
coapprover
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
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
depauville
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
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
devaporate
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
evaporable
evaporable
adj
capable of evaporation
evaporated
evaporated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaporate
evaporates
evaporates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate
evaporator
evaporator
noun
A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.
The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
everyplace
everyplace
adv
(US, informal) everywhere
grapeville
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
gravipause
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
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.
imputative
imputative
adj
Of, related, or pertaining to imputation.
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
interpaved
kampsville
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.
overcanopy
overcanopy
verb
(transitive) To form a canopy over.
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overheaped
overheaped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overheap
overlapped
overlapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overlap
overleaped
overpained
overpamper
overpamper
verb
(transitive) To pamper excessively.
overparted
overparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpart
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
overpaying
overpaying
verb
present participle of overpay
overplaced
overplaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplace
overplayed
overplayed
adj
Played too frequently.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplay
overplease
overplease
verb
To please excessively.
overpraise
overpraise
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
overprased
overprases
overpreach
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.
overtapped
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
packstaves
packstaves
noun
plural of packstaff
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”)
palaverous
palaverous
adj
Verbose; wordy.
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.
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.
papaverous
papaverous
adj
(figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
parkleaves
parkleaves
noun
A plant, the tutsan.
parksville
parryville
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
pavemental
pavilioned
pavilioned
adj
Having a pavilion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pavilion
pavoncella
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.
pervadence
pervulgate
pervulgate
verb
(obsolete) To publish.
phomvihane
picorivera
pikestaves
pinaverdol
plainville
plurivalve
pluvialine
polyvalent
polyvalent
adj
(biology) Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.
(chemistry) Having a high valence, especially more than three.
(chemistry) Having multiple valencies.
Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
pontevedra
pontevedra
Proper noun
The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
A province in the southwest of Galicia
portglaive
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
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.
preadvance
preadvised
preadvised
adj
advised in advance
preadviser
preapprove
preapprove
verb
(transitive) To approve beforehand, before execution or implementation.
preaverred
precanvass
preestival
preevading
preevasion
preforgave
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
preobviate
preremoval
prerevival
prerevival
adj
Before a revival.
preslavery
preslavery
adj
Prior to a historical period of slavery.
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
prevacated
prevailers
prevailers
noun
plural of prevailer
prevailing
prevailing
adj
Predominant; of greatest force.
Prevalent, common, widespread.
verb
present participle of prevail
prevalence
prevalence
noun
(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.