(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
aspersive
aspersive
adj
Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
biplosive
claviceps
coverslip
coverslip
noun
A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
verb
To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
deprivals
deprivals
noun
plural of deprival
deprivers
deprivers
noun
plural of depriver
devilship
devilship
noun
The character or person of a devil or Satan.
disproved
disproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disprove
disproven
disproven
adj
(archaic, Scottish law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt
Shown to be false
verb
Alternative irregular form of the past participle of disprove
disprover
disprover
noun
One who disproves.
disproves
disproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprove
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
eavesdrip
eavesdrip
noun
Synonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”)
Synonym of eavesdrop (“the space around a house on which such water drips”)
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
eruptives
eruptives
noun
plural of eruptive
expansive
expansive
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
Able to be expanded.
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Talkative and sociable.
expensive
expensive
adj
(computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Having a high price or cost.
explosive
explosive
adj
(figurative) Shocking; startling.
(slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
Having the character of an explosion.
With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
noun
(linguistics, dated) A plosive.
Any explosive substance.
expulsive
expulsive
adj
Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
graveship
illapsive
impassive
impassive
adj
Having, or revealing, no emotion.
Still or motionless.
impeevish
implosive
implosive
adj
Formed by implosion.
noun
(phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent.
improvers
improvers
noun
plural of improver
improvise
improvise
verb
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
impulsive
impulsive
adj
(mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
noun
One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
knaveship
knaveship
noun
(countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
(uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
livetraps
livetraps
noun
plural of livetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of livetrap
lovership
optatives
optatives
noun
plural of optative
overpious
overpious
adj
Excessively pious.
overplies
overplies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overply
overpoise
overpoise
noun
(chiefly figurative) That which outweighs; excessive weight.
verb
(obsolete) To exceed in importance, strength or value.
(obsolete) To place excessive weight on (someone or something).
(obsolete) To throw (someone or something) off balance.
overslips
overslips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overslip
overslipt
overslipt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of overslip
overspice
overspice
verb
(transitive) To add too much spice to (a dish).
overspill
overspill
noun
That which spills over.
verb
To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
overspilt
overspilt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspill
overspins
overspins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspin
passivate
passivate
verb
(chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating
passively
passively
adv
(grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction.
In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.
In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.
peevishly
peevishly
adv
In a peevish manner.
peiraievs
penknives
penknives
noun
plural of penknife
pensively
pensively
adv
In a thoughtful or reflective manner.
perceives
perceives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perceive
perfusive
perfusive
adj
Tending to flow over, or to spread through.
peruvians
pervasion
pervasion
noun
The act of pervading; permeation, suffusion
pervasive
pervasive
adj
Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
pittsview
pontlevis
pontlevis
noun
(obsolete) A drawbridge.
(obsolete) The act of a horse that rears up on its hind legs, risking tumbling backward and falling upon the rider.
positiver
positiver
adj
(nonstandard) comparative form of positive: more positive
positives
positives
noun
plural of positive
postville
poverties
poverties
noun
plural of poverty
preadvise
precisive
precisive
adj
(logic) Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant.
Cutting off.
predevise
preinvest
prelusive
prelusive
adj
Acting as a prelude; preliminary.
prerevise
prescrive
prevising
prevising
verb
present participle of previse
prevision
prevision
noun
Advance knowledge; foresight.
verb
To predict or envision the future.
previsive
previsive
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to foresight or prevision.
previsors
primevous
primevous
adj
(obsolete) primeval
privacies
privacies
noun
plural of privacy
privatest
privatest
adj
superlative form of private: most private
priviness
priviness
noun
(rare) The quality of being privy (to something).
privities
privities
noun
(archaic) The genitals.
plural of privity
profusive
profusive
adj
(obsolete) profuse; lavish; prodigal
providers
providers
noun
plural of provider
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
provisive
provisoes
provisoes
noun
plural of proviso
pulsative
pulsative
adj
Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing.
pulverise
pulverise
verb
(intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
(transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
(transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
(transitive) To render into dust or powder.
purposive
purposive
adj
(grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
(psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
Possessed of a firm purpose.
Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
reeveship
reeveship
noun
The state or business of a reeve.
replevies
replevies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replevy
replevins
replevins
noun
plural of replevin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replevin
reprieves
reprieves
noun
plural of reprieve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprieve
repulsive
repulsive
adj
(physics) Having the capacity to repel.
Cold; reserved; forbidding.
Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
scriptive
septemvir
septemvir
noun
(historical) A member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office.
shopville
silvertip
silvertip
noun
A fir tree (Abies magnifica).
A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis).
A shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus).
silvertop
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.
slipovers
slipovers
noun
plural of slipover
spillover
spillover
noun
(epidemiology) The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans.
That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
spoilfive
spoilfive
noun
A card game in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be "spoiled".
sputative
sputative
adj
Inclined to spit; spitting very much.
stovepipe
stovepipe
noun
(clothing) A stovepipe hat.
(firearms) A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or be able to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
verb
(firearms) Of a cartridge case, to become wedged vertically in the ejection port of a breechloading firearm, rather than ejecting completely from the weapon.
(idiomatic) To collect or store information in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or ability to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
superavit
superhive
superhive
noun
(beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
verb
(beekeeping) To add or to place a superhive atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
supervise
supervise
verb
(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
(transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
supervive
supervive
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To survive; to outlive.
supravise
supravise
verb
To supervise
tipstaves
tipstaves
noun
plural of tipstaff
unpassive
unpassive
adj
Not passive.
unpeevish
unpeevish
adj
Not peevish.
vapidness
vapidness
noun
The state or quality of being vapid; vapidity.
vaporised
vaporised
adj
Alternative spelling of vaporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vaporise
vaporises
vaporises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vaporise
vaporizes
vaporizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vaporize
vapourise
vapourise
verb
Misspelling of vaporise.
veriscope
vespacide
vespasian
vespasian
noun
vespasienne
vesperian
vesperian
adj
vespertine
vespering
vespering
adj
(poetic) westward; moving toward the setting sun.
vespiform
vespiform
adj
(biology) Resembling a wasp
vespoidea
vilipends
vilipends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vilipend
viperfish
viperfish
noun
A deepwater fish of the genus Chauliodus, a fierce predator with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly in tropical and temperate waters.
vitascope
vitascope
noun
(historical) An early machine for exhibiting animated pictures.