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
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
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
appetitive
appetitive
adj
Having the quality of desiring gratification.
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
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.
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
captivator
captivator
noun
A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
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
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
devaporate
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
guptavidya
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
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.
imputative
imputative
adj
Of, related, or pertaining to imputation.
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
interpaved
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
lopatnikov
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.
overparted
overparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpart
overtapped
packstaves
packstaves
noun
plural of packstaff
palaverist
palaverist
noun
(rare) Synonym of palaverer (“one who palavers”)
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.
patavinity
patavinity
noun
The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian.
pavemental
pejorative
pejorative
adj
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
noun
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
permeative
permeative
adj
Tending to permeate.
perorative
perorative
adj
Of or relating to peroration.
pervulgate
pervulgate
verb
(obsolete) To publish.
pikestaves
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
portglaive
postclival
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
postlarval
postlarval
adj
Following a larval stage
Relating to postlarvae
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
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.
preestival
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
preobviate
prevacated
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.
previolate
privateers
privateers
noun
plural of privateer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer
privations
privations
noun
plural of privation
privatized
privatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of privatize
provitamin
provitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
provocator
provocator
noun
one who engages in provocation
provoquant
pulverated
pulverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pulverate
pulvinated
pulvinated
adj
pulvinate
purgatives
purgatives
noun
plural of purgative
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.
putatively
putatively
adv
According to belief.
readaptive
reparative
reparative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.
Tending to or intended to repair.
noun
(rare) That which repairs.
repavement
repudative
reputative
reputative
adj
reputed; putative
revampment
revampment
noun
An act of revamping.
separative
separative
adj
(rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.
Serving to separate.
noun
Something that serves to separate.
sevastopol
spermatova
spermatova
noun
plural of spermatovum
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.
supervital
supravital
supravital
adj
(cytology, of a stain) Capable of staining living cells after their removal from a host
tapedrives
tapedrives
noun
plural of tapedrive
unadaptive
unadaptive
adj
Not adaptive
unadoptive
uncaptived
uncaptived
adj
(obsolete) Freed from captivity.
unputative
usurpative
usurpative
adj
That usurps.
vagotropic
vagotropic
adj
Stimulating the vagus nerve.
vapidities
vapidities
noun
plural of vapidity
vaporettos
vaporosity
vaporosity
noun
(countable) Anything lacking substance.
The quality of being vaporous.
vaportight
vaportight
adj
impermeable to vapor
vapulation
vapulation
noun
(obsolete) The act of beating or whipping.
vapulatory
vapulatory
adj
Relating to flogging.
varityping
varityping
verb
present participle of varitype
varitypist
varitypist
noun
The operator of a varitype machine.
vasotripsy
vectograph
vectograph
noun
A kind of stereoscopic print or transparency to be viewed with polarized 3D glasses.
verkrampte
verkrampte
noun
(South Africa) A person with a verkramp political attitude.
vestalship
vestalship
noun
The state or condition of a vestal.
videotaped
videotaped
adj
Having been recorded on videotape.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of videotape
videotapes
videotapes
noun
plural of videotape
vitascopic
vitascopic
adj
Of or relating to the vitascope.
vituperate
vituperate
adj
(rare) Which has been abusively or harshly criticized; also, deserving harsh criticism.
Of, characterized by, or relating to abusive or harsh criticism.
verb
(intransitive) To use abusive or harsh words.
To attack (someone or something) with abusive language; to revile, to vilify.
To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
viviparity
viviparity
noun
The condition of being viviparous.
volapukist
volplanist
voltaplast
voltaplast
noun
(obsolete) A form of electrical battery once used for electrotyping
voluptuary
voluptuary
adj
Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure.
noun
One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.