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.
cloverport
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
concaptive
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
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
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
devaporate
developist
disportive
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
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.
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
excerptive
excerptive
adj
That excerpts or selects.
expeditive
expeditive
adj
(obsolete) Performing with speed.
expletives
expletives
noun
plural of expletive
exploitive
exploitive
adj
Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
guptavidya
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
impeditive
impeditive
adj
(archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding.
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.
impositive
impunitive
impunitive
adj
Relating to impunity
imputative
imputative
adj
Of, related, or pertaining to imputation.
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
inspective
inspective
adj
Engaged in inspection; involving inspection.
interpaved
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
lopatnikov
nonprivity
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.
oppositive
oppositive
adj
Expressing contrariety.
noun
The oppositive case, or an instance of its use.
optatively
optatively
adv
In an optative way.
overexpect
overexpect
verb
To expect too much.
overexpert
overimport
overimport
verb
(transitive) To import too much of.
overparted
overparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpart
overplenty
overpotent
overpotent
adj
Too potent or powerful.
overprints
overprints
noun
plural of overprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprint
overprompt
overprompt
adj
Too prompt or eager; precipitate.
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)
oviposited
oviposited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oviposit
ovipositor
ovipositor
noun
(zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.
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
pedomotive
pedomotive
adj
Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
pejorative
pejorative
adj
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
noun
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
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.
pelviotomy
pelviotomy
Noun
symphysiotomy
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.
perceptive
perceptive
adj
Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
perfective
perfective
adj
(grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
(obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
noun
(grammar) a perfective verb form
perfervent
permeative
permeative
adj
Tending to permeate.
permixtive
perorative
perorative
adj
Of or relating to peroration.
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
persistive
persistive
adj
(obsolete) persistent
perversite
perversity
perversity
noun
A perverse act.
The quality of being perverse.
perverting
perverting
verb
present participle of pervert
pervertive
pervulgate
pervulgate
verb
(obsolete) To publish.
pikestaves
pittsville
pluviosity
pluviosity
noun
(meteorology) Level of rainfall.
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
portglaive
positively
positively
adv
(manner) In a positive manner.
(modal) With certainty.
Absolutely; utterly.
positivest
positivest
adj
(nonstandard) superlative form of positive: most positive
positivism
positivism
noun
(law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
positivist
positivist
adj
Related to positivism, positivistic.
noun
A believer in positivism.
positivity
positivity
noun
(countable) The result of being positive.
(physics and chemistry) The characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge
(uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.
positivize
positivize
verb
To make positive, or to emphasize a positive aspect
postclival
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
postlarval
postlarval
adj
Following a larval stage
Relating to postlarvae
postvenous
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
pottsville
pottsville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Pennsylvania, USA
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
a town in the region of New South Wales, Australia.
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.
preceptive
preceptive
adj
(law) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts
instructive; didactic
preconvert
preconvert
verb
To convert prior to some other process
preconvict
predictive
predictive
adj
(computing) Describing a predictor.
(medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.
Useful in predicting.
noun
(grammar) A conditional statement that includes a prediction in the dependent clause (e.g. "if it rains, the game will be cancelled", "give her an inch and she'll take a mile.").
(statistics) Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.
preemptive
preemptive
adj
(bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.
Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
Of or relating to preemption.
preestival
preevident
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
preinvited
preobviate
presentive
presentive
adj
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination.
pretensive
pretensive
adj
(chiefly US) Pretentious.
(now rare) Pretended; feigned.
prevacated
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
prevetoing
previolate
previsitor
primitives
primitives
noun
plural of primitive
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