Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.
noun
A process of development.
verb
present participle and gerund of develop
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
dispansive
dispensive
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
endopelvic
endopelvic
adj
(anatomy) Within the pelvis
envelopers
envelopers
noun
plural of enveloper
enveloping
enveloping
verb
present participle of envelop
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
impunitive
impunitive
adj
Relating to impunity
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
inspective
inspective
adj
Engaged in inspection; involving inspection.
interpaved
lopatnikov
naperville
nerveproof
nonprivity
noviceship
noviceship
noun
The state or position of being a novice.
opiniative
opiniative
adj
Archaic form of opinionative.
overcanopy
overcanopy
verb
(transitive) To form a canopy over.
overdeepen
overdeepen
verb
(geography) To erode (a basin or valley) far deeper than the thalweg.
overdepend
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overexpend
overhoping
overhoping
verb
present participle of overhope
overpained
overpaying
overpaying
verb
present participle of overpay
overplenty
overplying
overplying
verb
present participle of overply
overpotent
overpotent
adj
Too potent or powerful.
overprints
overprints
noun
plural of overprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprint
overpruned
overpruned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprune
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
overspends
overspends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspend
overspoken
overspoken
verb
past participle of overspeak
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
palavering
palavering
noun
gerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
verb
present participle of palaver
palenville
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.
parovarian
parovarian
adj
Alternative form of paraovarian
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
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.
pavemental
pavilioned
pavilioned
adj
Having a pavilion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pavilion
pavoncella
payneville
peevedness
peevedness
noun
The quality of being peeved.
pendentive
pendentive
noun
(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.
pennsville
perceiving
perceiving
noun
The act by which something is perceived.
verb
present participle of perceive
perfervent
perivenous
perivenous
adj
(medicine) Surrounding a vein.
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
pervadence
perversion
perversion
noun
(geometry) Tendril perversion.
A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
perverting
perverting
verb
present participle of pervert
phomvihane
pinaverdol
pinivorous
plainville
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
pontvolant
portentive
portentive
adj
portentous; presaging or foreshadowing
postvenous
preadvance
precanvass
preconvert
preconvert
verb
To convert prior to some other process
preconvict
predriving
preenvelop
preevading
preevasion
preevident
prehensive
prehensive
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
preinvited
preinvolve
prerevenge
presentive
presentive
adj
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination.
preserving
preserving
noun
preservation
verb
present participle of preserve
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
pretensive
pretensive
adj
(chiefly US) Pretentious.
(now rare) Pretended; feigned.
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.
prevalency
prevalency
noun
prevalence
prevaluing
prevenance
prevenance
noun
A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
prevenancy
prevenancy
noun
(obsolete) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
prevenient
prevenient
adj
Relating to prevenience; anticipatory.
preventing
preventing
verb
present participle and gerund of prevent
prevention
prevention
noun
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
(obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
(obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
precaution; forethought.
preventive
preventive
adj
(obsolete) Going before; preceding.
Carried out to deter military aggression.
Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
noun
(dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
(nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
A contraceptive, especially a condom.
preventral
preventral
noun
In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.
preventure
preversing
preversion
prevetoing
previdence
previewing
previewing
verb
present participle of preview
prevoyance
primeverin
prineville
prineville
Proper noun
a city in Oregon, USA
privations
privations
noun
plural of privation
proflavine
proflavine
noun
(organic chemistry) A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria
protensive
protensive
adj
Drawn out; extended.
provaccine
provaccine
adj
Alternative form of pro-vaccine.
provection
provection
noun
(Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation.
(linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "nickname" for "an ekename".
provenance
provenance
noun
(archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.
(art) The history of ownership of a work of art
(computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)
(computing) The execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance)
(of a person) Background; history; place of origin
Place or source of origin.
verb
To establish the provenance of something
provencale
provencial
provenders
provenders
noun
plural of provender
provenient
provenient
adj
(rare) Forthcoming; issuing.
proverbing
proverbing
verb
present participle of proverb
providance
providence
providence
noun
(now rare) Preparation for the future; good governance, foresight.
A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.
Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality.
The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature etc.).
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.
provisions
provisions
noun
plural of provision
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provision
provitamin
provitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
provoquant
pulvinaria
pulvinated
pulvinated
adj
pulvinate
pulvinulus
pulvinulus
noun
(zoology) A pulvillus
punitively
punitively
adv
In a punitive manner.
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.
purveyance
purveyance
noun
(Britain, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.
The act of purveying.
repavement
replevined
replevined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of replevin
replevying
replevying
verb
present participle of replevy
reprieving
reprieving
verb
present participle of reprieve
responsive
responsive
adj
(graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
(obsolete) responsible
(obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent
able to receive and respond to external stimuli
answering, replying or responding
susceptible to the feelings of others
using antiphons; antiphonal
revampment
revampment
noun
An act of revamping.
semiproven
semiproven
adj
proven to a certain extent
sevenpence
sevenpence
noun
(UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.
(UK, obsolete, rare) Construed as singular.
sevenpenny
sevenpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of sevenpence.
splenative
splenative
adj
(obsolete) pertaining to the spleen
splenetive
splenetive
adj
Alternative form of splenitive
splenitive
splenitive
adj
(obsolete) splenetic
springvale
supernovae
supernovae
noun
plural of supernova
supernovas
supervened
supervened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of supervene
supervenes
supervenes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supervene