(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
anviltop
captived
captived
adj
(obsolete) Captured; captive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captive
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
cooptive
cooptive
adj
Relating to cooption
eruptive
eruptive
adj
(geology) Produced by eruption.
Accompanied by eruptions.
That erupts or bursts forth.
noun
An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.
livetrap
livetrap
verb
Alternative spelling of live-trap
optative
optative
adj
(grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Expressing a wish or a choice.
noun
(grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
(grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
overpart
overpart
noun
An upper part.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To give too important or difficult a part to.
overpast
overpast
adj
(archaic) ended; having passed over or passed by
overpert
overpert
adj
Excessively pert.
overplot
overplot
verb
(transitive) To plot (data) on top of a previous plot.
overpost
overpost
noun
(accounting) An entry that has been posted more than once to a journal.
(cartography) An overlap of two graphic elements.
verb
(cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.
(computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.
To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
To post too much or too often.
overstep
overstep
noun
A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.
A movement in which one oversteps.
verb
(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
overtips
overtips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtip
overtops
overtops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtop
overtype
overtype
noun
(computing, uncountable) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
(historical, countable) A kind of steam wagon having the engine above the cab.
verb
To type on top of something already typed.
oviposit
oviposit
verb
(intransitive, formal) To lay eggs
oviscapt
pacative
pacative
adj
(formal) Relating to pacation.
palative
palative
adj
(obsolete) Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
palstave
palstave
noun
A prehistoric bronze axe.
paravant
paravant
adv
(obsolete, rare) Pre-eminently; first.
paravent
paravent
noun
A windscreen.
patavian
pavement
pavement
noun
(architecture) The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.
(chiefly British) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
(now chiefly Canada, US) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
(now chiefly Canada, US) The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
pavidity
pavidity
noun
(rare) timidity
paviotso
pelvetia
perverts
perverts
noun
plural of pervert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pervert
petrovsk
pivoting
pivoting
noun
A motion by which something pivots.
The pivot-work in a machine.
verb
present participle of pivot
pivotman
pivotman
noun
(figurative) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
(military) A pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
(sports) A player in a central position.
pivotmen
pivotmen
noun
plural of pivotman
popovets
positive
positive
adj
(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
(chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
(chemistry) electropositive
(chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
(grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
(law) Formally laid down.
(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
(physics) Having more protons than electrons.
(slang) HIV positive.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Fully assured in opinion.
Not negative or neutral.
Optimistic.
Overconfident, dogmatic.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
noun
(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
A favourable point or characteristic.
A positive result of a test.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
postcava
postcava
noun
(anatomy) The inferior vena cava.
postdive
postdive
adj
After a dive.
postvide
potative
potative
adj
Relating to potation, or drinking.
pourvete
practive
practive
adj
(obsolete) Doing; active.
prevents
prevents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevent
previsit
previsit
adj
Prior to a visit.
noun
A prior visit.
verb
To visit beforehand.
prevotal
prevoted
prithivi
privater
privater
adj
comparative form of private: more private
privates
privates
noun
(informal) The genitalia; those body parts that are not normally displayed; private parts.
plural of private
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of private
privatum
priviest
priviest
adj
superlative form of privy: most privy
proterve
protivin
protovum
proviant
proviant
noun
(Scotland) provisions, especially for an army
provosts
provosts
noun
plural of provost
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provost
punitive
punitive
adj
(law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.
putative
putative
adj
(derogatory) Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
pyruvate
pyruvate
noun
(biochemistry) A salt or ester of pyruvic acid.
septleva
septleva
noun
(card games, obsolete) In the game of faro, the situation where a player gains seven times the number he or she laid down.
sorptive
sorptive
adj
Relating to sorption or sorptivity
sportive
sportive
adj
(archaic) lively; merry; spritely
Interested in sport.
Playful, coltish.
Sporty, good at sport.
noun
(cycling) cyclosportive
spurtive
stopover
stopover
noun
A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
tapemove
upstrive
upstrive
verb
(archaic, poetic) To strive upward.
vamplate
vamplate
noun
A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting lance, to stabilize and protect the hand.
vapidity
vapidity
noun
The state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
vaporate
vaporate
verb
To emit vapour; to evaporate.
vapulate
vapulate
verb
(obsolete, intransitive, stative) To be flogged, beaten etc.
(obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
vardapet
vardapet
noun
(Christianity) A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.
varitype
varitype
noun
(printing, historical) A kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces.
verb
(printing, historical) To prepare printed material using a machine of this kind.
vespetro
viewport
viewport
noun
(computer graphics) A typically rectangular region representing the range or area currently visible (within a window, screen, etc.).
A viewing window.
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To clip (an image or region) so that it fits in a viewport.