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.
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.
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.
avoyership
beaverpelt
carvership
cavekeeper
cervicapra
cloverport
coapprover
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
depravedly
depravedly
adv
In a depraved manner.
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
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.
devaporate
developers
developers
noun
plural of developer
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.
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
dispersive
dispersive
adj
That becomes dispersed
That causes dispersion
disportive
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
divekeeper
divekeeper
noun
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
drivership
eavesdrops
eavesdrops
noun
plural of eavesdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eavesdrop
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
envelopers
envelopers
noun
plural of enveloper
eprouvette
eprouvette
noun
A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
espressivo
espressivo
adv
(music) To be played in an expressive manner.
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
excerptive
excerptive
adj
That excerpts or selects.
expressive
expressive
adj
Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
noun
(linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.
(linguistics, more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.
grapeville
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
gravipause
grieveship
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.
imperverse
impervious
impervious
adj
Immune to damage or effect.
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
impressive
impressive
adj
Appealing.
Capable of being impressed.
Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvided
improvided
adj
Unforeseen.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
improviser
improviser
noun
One who improvises.
improvises
improvises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise
interpaved
misimprove
misimprove
verb
(transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse.
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misprovoke
naperville
nerveproof
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
oppressive
oppressive
adj
Burdensome or difficult to bear.
Hot and humid of the weather.
Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
overcanopy
overcanopy
verb
(transitive) To form a canopy over.
overdeepen
overdeepen
verb
(geography) To erode (a basin or valley) far deeper than the thalweg.
overdeeply
overdeeply
adv
Excessively deeply.
overdepend
overemploy
overemploy
verb
To overuse.
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overexpect
overexpect
verb
To expect too much.
overexpend
overexpert
overexpose
overexpose
verb
(photography) To expose (film) to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.
To expose excessively.
To provide excessive publicity or reporting regarding (a person, event, etc.).
overheaped
overheaped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overheap
overhoping
overhoping
verb
present participle of overhope
overimport
overimport
verb
(transitive) To import too much of.
overimpose
overimpose
verb
(transitive) To impose too much or too often.
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
overpeople
overpeople
noun
plural of overperson
verb
(transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate.
overpepper
overpepper
verb
(transitive) To season with too much pepper.
overphysic
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.
overplenty
overpluses
overpluses
noun
plural of overplus
overplying
overplying
verb
present participle of overply
overpolice
overpolice
verb
To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.
overpolish
overpolish
verb
(transitive) To polish too much.
overpotent
overpotent
adj
Too potent or powerful.
overpowers
overpowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpower
overpraise
overpraise
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
overprased
overprases
overpreach
overpriced
overpriced
adj
Priced higher than its real worth.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprice
overprices
overprices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprice
overprints
overprints
noun
plural of overprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprint
overprized
overprized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprize
overprizer
overprolix
overprolix
adj
Excessively prolix.
overprompt
overprompt
adj
Too prompt or eager; precipitate.
overproved
overpruned
overpruned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprune
overpublic
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
overripely
overripely
adv
In an overripe manner.
oversimple
oversimple
adj
Excessively simple; lacking the necessary complexity.
oversimply
oversimply
adv
In a way that is too simple; without the necessary detail or complexity.
oversleeps
oversleeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oversleep
overspeech
overspeedy
overspeedy
adj
Excessively speedy.
overspends
overspends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspend
overspiced
overspiced
adj
Too strongly spiced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspice
oversplash
overspoken
overspoken
verb
past participle of overspeak
overspread
overspread
verb
(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.
(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
oversupped
oversupped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oversup
oversupply
oversupply
noun
An excessive supply.
verb
To supply more than is needed.
overtapped
overtipple
overtopped
overtopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtop
overtopple
overtopple
verb
To topple over; to overturn (typically something precarious or unstable)
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.
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.
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.
pelvimeter
pelvimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the pelvis.
pelvimetry
pelvimetry
noun
The assessment of the female pelvis in relation to the birth of a baby.
perceivers
perceivers
noun
plural of perceiver
perceiving
perceiving
noun
The act by which something is perceived.
verb
present participle of perceive
perceptive
perceptive
adj
Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.