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.
amphivasal
amphivasal
adj
(botany) In which the xylem surrounds the phloem
applausive
applausive
adj
Conveying applause.
appositive
appositive
adj
of or being in apposition
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
appraisive
appraisive
adj
Of or relating to appraisal.
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.
avoidupois
avoyership
captivates
captivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate
carvership
codevelops
codevelops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codevelop
compassive
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
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.
depressive
depressive
adj
Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
Causing depression; dispiriting.
Relating to or characteristic of depression.
noun
A person suffering from depression.
developers
developers
noun
plural of developer
developist
developpes
developpes
noun
plural of developpe
deviascope
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.
disenvelop
disenvelop
verb
To unwrap or disentangle.
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.
dispansive
dispensive
dispersive
dispersive
adj
That becomes dispersed
That causes dispersion
disportive
disprovide
disprovide
verb
(obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
disproving
disproving
verb
present participle of disprove
disruptive
disruptive
adj
(business) Causing major change, as in a market.
Causing disruption or unrest.
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
espressivo
espressivo
adv
(music) To be played in an expressive manner.
evaporates
evaporates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate
expletives
expletives
noun
plural of expletive
explosives
explosives
noun
plural of explosive
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
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.
grapevines
grapevines
noun
plural of grapevine
gravipause
grieveship
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.
impositive
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
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
improvisor
improvisor
noun
Alternative form of improviser
inspective
inspective
adj
Engaged in inspection; involving inspection.
kampsville
kulpsville
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
mappsville
misimprove
misimprove
verb
(transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse.
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misprovoke
noviceship
noviceship
noun
The state or position of being a novice.
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
oppositive
oppositive
adj
Expressing contrariety.
noun
The oppositive case, or an instance of its use.
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
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.).
overimpose
overimpose
verb
(transitive) To impose too much or too often.
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
overphysic
overplease
overplease
verb
To please excessively.
overpluses
overpluses
noun
plural of overplus
overpolish
overpolish
verb
(transitive) To polish too much.
overpowers
overpowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpower
overpraise
overpraise
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
overprased
overprases
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
overpunish
overpunish
verb
To punish excessively.
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.
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
oviposited
oviposited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oviposit
ovipositor
ovipositor
noun
(zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.
ovoplasmic
packstaves
packstaves
noun
plural of packstaff
palaverist
palaverist
noun
(rare) Synonym of palaverer (“one who palavers”)
palaverous
palaverous
adj
Verbose; wordy.
panivorous
panivorous
adj
(formal) Eating bread.
papaverous
papaverous
adj
(figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
parkleaves
parkleaves
noun
A plant, the tutsan.
parksville
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
peevedness
peevedness
noun
The quality of being peeved.
pennsville
perceivers
perceivers
noun
plural of perceiver
perculsive
percussive
percussive
adj
(phonetics) Produced by striking organs together, for example, smacking the lips or gnashing the teeth.
Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something.
noun
(phonetics) A percussive phone.
perivenous
perivenous
adj
(medicine) Surrounding a vein.
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
permissive
permissive
adj
(biology) That allows the replication of viruses.
(of a footpath, bridleway or similar) Open to the public by permission of the landowner.
Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
persevered
persevered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of persevere
perseveres
perseveres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persevere
persistive
persistive
adj
(obsolete) persistent
persuasive
persuasive
adj
Able to persuade; convincing.
noun
That which persuades; incitement.
perversely
perversely
adv
In a perverse manner.
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.
perversite
perversity
perversity
noun
A perverse act.
The quality of being perverse.
perversive
perversive
adj
Tending to pervert.
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
pikestaves
pikesville
pinivorous
pittsville
pluviosity
pluviosity
noun
(meteorology) Level of rainfall.
poliovirus
poliovirus
noun
A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.
pomivorous
poseyville
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
possessive
possessive
adj
(grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
Unwilling to yield possession of.
noun
(grammar) A word used to indicate the possessive case.
(grammar) The possessive case.
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.
poxviruses
poxviruses
noun
plural of poxvirus
preadvised
preadvised
adj
advised in advance
preadviser
precanvass
preclusive
preclusive
adj
Serving to preclude.
precursive
precursive
adj
Being a style of handwriting that can later be developed into cursive.