(obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
To attract and hold (someone's) interest and attention; to charm.
carvoepra
cavascope
champleve
claviceps
codevelop
codevelop
verb
To develop together.
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
copeville
coverslip
coverslip
noun
A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
verb
To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
deceptive
deceptive
adj
Likely or attempting to deceive.
depictive
depictive
adj
Of or pertaining to depiction.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
encaptive
exceptive
exceptive
adj
exceptional, having an exception
expective
expective
adj
(linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.
expectative
fivepence
fivepence
noun
A monetary amount of five pence.
impactive
impactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
inceptive
inceptive
adj
(grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
Beginning; of or relating to inception.
noun
(grammar) An inceptive construction.
overcheap
overclasp
overcreep
overcreep
verb
To creep over or across.
overcrops
overcrops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrop
overpitch
overpitch
verb
(transitive) To give too high a pitch to.
(transitive, cricket) To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length, allowing the batsman to hit it easily.
overplace
overplace
verb
(transitive) To place too high in a ranking.
overprice
overprice
verb
To give a commodity an excessive price.
overprick
overspice
overspice
verb
(transitive) To add too much spice to (a dish).
parasceve
parasceve
noun
Alternative form of Parasceve
patercove
peckville
perceived
perceived
adj
As seen or understood by an individual.
Generally recognized to be true.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perceive
perceiver
perceiver
noun
Agent noun of perceive; one who perceives.
perceives
perceives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perceive
percivale
pervenche
piacevole
placative
placative
adj
(chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.
plicative
postcavae
postcavae
noun
plural of postcava
preactive
preactive
adj
Relating to action taken as a result of a predicted future activity
preadvice
precative
precative
adj
Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
noun
(grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.
precisive
precisive
adj
(logic) Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant.
Cutting off.
preclival
preconvey
prescrive
prevacate
privacies
privacies
noun
plural of privacy
proactive
proactive
adj
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
procurved
procurved
adj
curved forward
provencal
proverbic
proverbic
adj
Of or relating to proverbs; proverbial.
provinces
provinces
noun
The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
plural of province
receptive
receptive
adj
(botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
(neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression.
(zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
Capable of receiving something.
Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
scriptive
slipcover
slipcover
noun
A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.
ventpiece
verascope
veriscope
verplanck
vespacide
videocomp
vitascope
vitascope
noun
(historical) An early machine for exhibiting animated pictures.
vulpecide
vulpecide
noun
Alternative form of vulpicide
vulpecula
vulpicide
vulpicide
noun
Someone who kills foxes other than by hunting them with hounds