Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
approvability
beneceptive
biplosive
bishopville
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
brevicipitid
brevicipitid
noun
(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.
brevicipitidae
breviped
breviped
adj
(zoology) Having short feet or legs.
brevipen
brevipen
noun
(zoology) A brevipennate bird.
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
campbellsville
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disapprovable
disapprovable
adj
Able or suitable to be disapproved.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
imperceivable
imperceivable
adj
that cannot be perceived; imperceptible
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperceivably
imperceivably
adv
imperceptibly
impervertible
impervestigable
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
imperviableness
impreventability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
imprevisibility
imprevisible
imprevisible
adj
(rare) unforeseeable
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
indeprivability
indeprivable
indeprivable
adj
(now rare) That one cannot be deprived of; inalienable.
inevaporable
irrepleviable
irrepleviable
adj
(law) Not capable of being replevied.
irreplevisable
irreprovable
irreprovable
adj
Not reprovable; irreproachable.
irreprovableness
irreprovableness
noun
The quality of being irreprovable.
irreprovably
irreprovably
adv
In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably.
nonabsorptive
nonabsorptive
adj
Not absorptive
nondeprivable
nondeprivable
adj
Not deprivable.
nonperceivable
nonperceivably
nonpervertible
nonpreventible
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
nonprohibitive
nonprohibitive
adj
not prohibitive
nonprohibitively
observership
observership
noun
The office or work of an observer.
overabsorption
overabsorption
noun
Excessive absorption.
overbumptious
overbumptious
adj
Excessively bumptious.
overbumptiously
overbumptiousness
overcapability
overimpressibility
overimpressible
overimpressibly
overimpressionability
overimpressionable
overimpressionableness
overimpressionably
overplausible
overplausible
adj
Excessively plausible.
overplausibleness
overplausibly
overprescribe
overprescribe
verb
(transitive) To prescribe (a drug) more frequently than appropriate.
overprescribed
overprescribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprescribe
overprescribes
overprescribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprescribe
overprescribing
overprescribing
verb
present participle of overprescribe
overpublic
overpublicity
overpublicity
noun
Excessive publicity.
overpublicize
overpublicize
verb
(transitive) To publicize excessively.
overpublicized
overpublicized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpublicize
overpublicizes
overpublicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpublicize
overpublicizing
overpublicizing
verb
present participle of overpublicize
oversubscription
oversubscription
noun
(networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.
(programming) A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
A subscription for more than is available.
oversusceptibility
oversusceptibility
noun
The quality of being oversusceptible.
oversusceptible
oversusceptible
adj
Excessively susceptible.
oversusceptibleness
oversusceptibly
pemberville
perceivability
perceivability
noun
The condition of being perceivable
perceivable
perceivable
adj
Capable of being perceived; discernible.
perceivableness
perceivableness
noun
The state of being perceivable
perceivably
perceivably
adv
In a way that can be perceived.
perivertebral
perivertebral
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the vertebrae.
perturbative
perturbative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation
pervertibility
pervertibility
noun
The quality of being pervertible.
pervertible
pervertible
adj
Capable of being perverted.
noun
A person who is liable to corruption.
An everyday or household object that can be used in sexual activity.
pervertibly
perviability
perviability
noun
The property of being perviable.
perviable
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
plumbisolvent
plumbisolvent
adj
Alternative form of plumbosolvent
preadvisable
prebelieve
prebelieved
prebeliever
prebeliever
noun
One who is not yet a believer.
prebelieving
preconceivable
preconceivable
adj
Able to be preconceived.
precontributive
predivinable
preobjective
preobservation
preobservation
adj
Before observation.
noun
An observation or assessment made before an experimental intervention or procedure.
preobservational
preobservational
adj
Prior to observation.
preobserving
preobtrusive
preobviate
preobviated
preobviating
preobvious
preobviously
preobviousness
preservability
preservability
noun
The condition, or the extent, of being preservable.
preventability
preventability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is preventable
(uncountable) The condition of being preventable
preventible
preventible
adj
Alternative form of preventable
previsibility
previsibility
noun
(uncommon) The quality of being previsible; able to be previewed.
previsible
previsible
adj
(uncommon) foreseeable
previsibly
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
probatively
prohibitive
prohibitive
adj
(Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner.
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
noun
(grammar) A negative imperative.
prohibitively
prohibitively
adv
In a prohibitive manner.
To a prohibitive extent.
prohibitiveness
prohibitiveness
noun
The quality of being prohibitive.
prosubstantive
provability
provability
noun
The condition of being provable
proverbial
proverbial
adj
Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
noun
(euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
(euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles.
proverbialism
proverbialism
noun
A proverbial phrase.
proverbialist
proverbialist
noun
One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing.
proverbialize
proverbialize
verb
(intransitive) To speak in proverbs.
(transitive) To turn into a proverb.
proverbially
proverbially
adv
In a manner reminiscent of a proverb.
In a manner that uses proverbs; in proverbs.
proverbic
proverbic
adj
Of or relating to proverbs; proverbial.
proverbing
proverbing
verb
present participle of proverb
proverbiologist
proverbiologist
noun
(rare) A person who studies proverbs.
proverbiology
proverbiology
noun
(rare) The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
proverbize
proverblike
proverblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proverb.
providable
providable
adj
Capable of being provided.
pubovesical
pubovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.