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.
approvement
approvement
noun
(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
autoceptive
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
carpetwoven
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
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.
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
developable
developable
adj
(geometry, of a surface) Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
(photography, of a latent image) Which can be developed into a visible image.
Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
noun
(geometry) A developable surface.
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
eavedropper
elisavetpol
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.
evaporative
evaporative
adj
Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
evaporators
evaporators
noun
plural of evaporator
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
hyperovaria
hypovanadic
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
lipovaccine
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.
operatively
operatively
adv
In an operative manner.
operativity
operativity
noun
operativeness
opiconsivia
opinatively
opinatively
adv
In an opinative manner.
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overapplaud
overaptness
overcapable
overcapable
adj
Too capable.
overcapably
overcheaply
overcheaply
adv
Excessively cheaply.
overdrapery
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.
overhappily
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
overoperate
overoperate
verb
To perform too many surgical operations.
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overpartial
overpartial
adj
Being overly partial; unduly partial.
overpassing
overpassing
verb
present participle of overpass
overpatient
overpatient
adj
Excessively patient.
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overpedaled
overplaided
overplaided
adj
Having an overplaid pattern.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplaid
overplainly
overplanned
overplanned
adj
Excessively planned.
overplanted
overplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplant
overplaying
overplaying
verb
present participle of overplay
overpleased
overpleased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplease
overpopular
overpopular
adj
Excessively popular.
overpraised
overpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpraise
overpraises
overpraises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpraise
overprasing
overpratice
overpreface
overprogram
overprogram
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To include too much in a program, scheme or schedule.
overrapture
oversapless
overspanned
overspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspan
oversparing
oversparing
adj
Excessively sparing.
oversparred
oversparred
adj
(nautical) Having spars larger than the usual dimension.
overspatter
overspatter
verb
(transitive) To spatter excessively.
overspreads
overspreads
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspread
overtrample
overtrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over.
ovicapsular
oviparities
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
ovispermary
ovovivipara
oxycopaivic
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
papovavirus
papovavirus
noun
(archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals.
parvipotent
parvipotent
adj
Of limited power.
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.
passoverish
passoverish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.
pattonville
pavilioning
pavilioning
verb
present participle of pavilion
paxtonville
pejoratives
pejoratives
noun
plural of pejorative
percolative
percolative
adj
That percolates
perforative
perforative
adj
Having power to perforate or pierce.
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
pervagation
pervouralsk
photoactive
photoactive
adj
Able to convert the energy of light into electricity via photoelectricity
Able to react chemically under the influence of light
photovisual
photovisual
adj
(astronomy) Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
(optics) Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.
pignorative
pignorative
adj
pledging; pawning
planoconvex
planoconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
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
poplarville
possessival
possessival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the possessive case.
postharvest
postharvest
adj
After a harvest (especially with regard to food preservation).
postolivary
postventral
postventral
adj
Alternative form of posteroventral
postvesical
postvesical
adj
(anatomy) Behind a bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
postvocalic
postvocalic
adj
(phonetics) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.
potestative
potestative
adj
(law) of a condition in a legal contract: being completely controlled by exactly one of the parties to the contract
(obsolete) authoritative
preadvisory
preadvocacy
preadvocate
prealveolar
preapproval
preapproval
noun
approval in advance
preapproved
preapproved
adj
Approved in advance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preapprove
preapproves
preapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preapprove
preconveyal
preendeavor
prefavorite
preinvasion
preinvasion
adj
Before an invasion; the state before an invasion.
preobviated
prerogative
prerogative
adj
Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state.
Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
noun
A hereditary or official right or privilege.
A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.