(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
captivating
captivating
adj
Showing great beauty; beautiful.
That captivates; fascinating.
verb
present participle of captivate
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
carpetwoven
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
encaptivate
encaptivate
verb
(transitive) To captivate.
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
explanative
explanative
adj
That serves to explain; explanatory
havenership
havenership
noun
The role or status of havener.
heptavalent
heptavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 7.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 7.
hypovanadic
incaptivate
inculpative
indepravate
inexpansive
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
inspirative
inspirative
adj
Tending to inspire.
interpaving
intrapelvic
intrapelvic
adj
(anatomy) Within the (cavity of the) pelvis
invalidship
invalidship
noun
The state of being an invalid.
lipovaccine
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
nonadaptive
nonadaptive
adj
Not adaptive; unable to adapt.
nonapproval
nonapproval
noun
Absence of approval; failure to approve something.
nondepraved
nonprovable
nonprovable
adj
Not provable.
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nuncupative
nuncupative
adj
(obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name.
(obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Oral; not written.
opiconsivia
opinatively
opinatively
adv
In an opinative manner.
overaptness
overexpands
overexpands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpand
overexplain
overexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
overheaping
overheaping
verb
present participle of overheap
overlapping
overlapping
adj
That overlaps something else
noun
The situation in which things overlap.
verb
present participle of overlap
overleaping
overleaping
verb
present participle of overleap
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overpassing
overpassing
verb
present participle of overpass
overpatient
overpatient
adj
Excessively patient.
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overplainly
overplanned
overplanned
adj
Excessively planned.
overplanted
overplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplant
overplaying
overplaying
verb
present participle of overplay
overprasing
overspanned
overspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspan
oversparing
oversparing
adj
Excessively sparing.
painesville
paintsville
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmiveined
palsgravine
palsgravine
noun
The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
papaverines
papaverines
noun
plural of papaverine
paperknives
paperknives
noun
plural of paperknife
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
parvipotent
parvipotent
adj
Of limited power.
parviscient
parviscient
adj
Of limited knowledge; ignorant.
passivating
passivating
verb
present participle of passivate
passivation
passivation
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride) that inhibits further corrosion.
(chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.
(control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one.
passiveness
passiveness
noun
The state or condition of being passive; passivity.
pattonville
pavilioning
pavilioning
verb
present participle of pavilion
paxtonville
paynesville
penetrative
penetrative
adj
(sports) That can penetrate opposition defences.
Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating.
Pertaining to sexual activity involving penetration by the penis.
That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating.
pentavalent
pentavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 5.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 5.
perceivance
perceivance
noun
(obsolete) Power of perception.
perceivancy
perceivancy
noun
Alternative form of perceivance (“power of perception”)
perivaginal
perivaginal
adj
(anatomy) Around the vagina.
pernavigate
perseverant
perseverant
adj
Enduring; persistent, resistant.
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
peruvianize
pervadingly
pervadingly
adv
In a manner that pervades.
pervagation
pickedevant
pignorative
pignorative
adj
pledging; pawning
plaintively
plaintively
adv
In a plaintive manner.
planoconvex
planoconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
plantsville
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
polyvalence
polyvalence
noun
(countable) Congruence with polyvalency.
(countable) The state of being polyvalent.
(uncountable, music) A quality of music that is played in more than one harmonic function in the same key.
polyvalency
polyvalency
noun
polyvalence
ponderative
ponderative
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to pondering or deliberation
postventral
postventral
adj
Alternative form of posteroventral
preadvising
preaverring
precarnival
precarnival
adj
Before a carnival.
preconveyal
prediluvian
prediluvian
adj
Before the Flood; antediluvian.
noun
One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
preendeavor
preinvasion
preinvasion
adj
Before an invasion; the state before an invasion.
preinvasive
preinvasive
adj
Before an invasion.
prepavement
prevacating
prevacation
prevacation
adj
Before a vacation.
prevailance
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
prevalences
prevalences
noun
plural of prevalence
prevalently
prevalently
adv
Generally, usually, mainly.
prevenances
prevenances
noun
plural of prevenance
preventable
preventable
adj
Capable of being prevented.
noun
Something that can be prevented.
preventably
preventably
adv
Such that it could be prevented.
preventoria
previgilant
previsional
previsional
adj
Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic.
prevoidance
privateness
privateness
noun
The quality or state of being private.
privatising
privatising
verb
present participle of privatise
privatizing
privatizing
noun
privatization
verb
present participle of privatize
proaviation
procarnival
procivilian
protevangel
provenances
provenances
noun
plural of provenance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provenance
provincials
provincials
noun
plural of provincial
provinciate
provinciate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
provisional
provisional
adj
Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.
noun
(dentistry) An interim denture.
(philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
provocation
provocation
noun
(emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
Something that provokes; a provocative act
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
pulverating
pulverating
verb
present participle of pulverate
pulveration
pulvinarian
pulvinately
pulvinately
adv
In a pulvinate manner.
pulvination
punctuative
punctuative
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
pursuivants
pursuivants
noun
plural of pursuivant
purveyancer
purveyances
purveyances
noun
plural of purveyance
putnamville
pyrovanadic
pyrovanadic
adj
of, or relating to pyrovanadic acid or its derivatives