(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
painesville
paintsville
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
palliatives
palliatives
noun
plural of palliative
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmiveined
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
palsgravine
palsgravine
noun
The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
papaverales
papaverines
papaverines
noun
plural of papaverine
paperknives
paperknives
noun
plural of paperknife
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.
paravauxite
paravauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
paravesical
paravesical
adj
(anatomy) Outside, but adjacent to the (urinary) bladder
pardeeville
parishville
partitively
partitively
adv
In a partitive manner.
partiversal
parturitive
parturitive
adj
Pertaining to parturition; obstetric.
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.
passivities
passivities
noun
plural of passivity
passoverish
passoverish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.
pattonville
pavilioning
pavilioning
verb
present participle of pavilion
paxtonville
paynesville
pejoratives
pejoratives
noun
plural of pejorative
pelvigraphy
pelvirectal
pelvirectal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pelvis and rectum.
pelvisacral
pelvisacral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pelvis and sacrum.
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.
perceivable
perceivable
adj
Capable of being perceived; discernible.
perceivably
perceivably
adv
In a way that can be perceived.
perceivance
perceivance
noun
(obsolete) Power of perception.
perceivancy
perceivancy
noun
Alternative form of perceivance (“power of perception”)
percolative
percolative
adj
That percolates
perforative
perforative
adj
Having power to perforate or pierce.
perivaginal
perivaginal
adj
(anatomy) Around the vagina.
perivesical
perivesical
adj
Near, or surrounding the urinary bladder
pernavigate
perseverant
perseverant
adj
Enduring; persistent, resistant.
perseverate
perseverate
verb
(instransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
(transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
peruvianize
pervadingly
pervadingly
adv
In a manner that pervades.
pervagation
pervasively
pervasively
adv
In a pervasive manner, such that a thing is present in all parts.
pervicacity
pervicacity
noun
(obsolete) obstinacy; pervicaciousness
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.
pickedevant
pignorative
pignorative
adj
pledging; pawning
placatively
placatively
adv
In a manner that placates or pacifies.
placerville
placerville
Proper noun
A city in California, USA
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA.
A small city and former mining town in Idaho, USA.
plaintively
plaintively
adv
In a plaintive manner.
planoconvex
planoconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
plantsville
platteville
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
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
prattsville
preachieved
preactively
preactively
adv
In a preactive manner.
preactivity
preactivity
adj
Before an activity takes place.
noun
preactive activity
preadaptive
preadaptive
adj
Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.
preadvising
preadvisory
preadvocacy
preadvocate
preaestival
preaestival
adj
(biology) Before the summer.
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
preaverring
precarnival
precarnival
adj
Before a carnival.
precatively
precatively
adv
In a precative way.
preconveyal
precreative
precreative
adj
Occurring or happening before the supposed creation of the universe.
predicative
predicative
adj
(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
noun
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
(grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.
prediluvial
prediluvial
adj
Before a flood or deluge.
prediluvian
prediluvian
adj
Before the Flood; antediluvian.
noun
One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
preendeavor
prefavorite
prefestival
prefestival
adj
Before a festival.
preinvasion
preinvasion
adj
Before an invasion; the state before an invasion.
preinvasive
preinvasive
adj
Before an invasion.
premedieval
premedieval
adj
Before the Middle Ages.
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
preobviated
preparative
preparative
adj
That serves to prepare something
preliminary or preparatory
noun
Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
prepavement
prereversal
prereversal
adj
Before reversal.
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.
presavagery
preservable
preservable
adj
Capable of being preserved.
presolvated
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.
prevalidity
prevaricate
prevaricate
verb
(intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
(law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
prevascular
prevascular
adj
(anatomy) In front of the chest, between the lungs
(pathology) Prior to vascularization
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
previolated
previsional
previsional
adj
Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic.
prevoidance
primevalism
primevarous
privateered
privateered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of privateer
privateness
privateness
noun
The quality or state of being private.
privatising
privatising
verb
present participle of privatise
privatistic
privatively
privatively
adv
In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.