Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
(medicine) aperient
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
appeasive
appeasive
adj
Tending to appease.
applosive
applosive
noun
(phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
approvals
approvals
noun
plural of approval
approvers
approvers
noun
plural of approver
approving
approving
adj
Expressing approbation; commending
verb
present participle of approve
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
aspersive
aspersive
adj
Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
capeville
captivate
captivate
verb
(obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
To attract and hold (someone's) interest and attention; to charm.
captiving
captiving
verb
present participle of captive
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
carvoepra
cavascope
champleve
claviceps
claviharp
claviharp
noun
(music) A 19th-century musical instrument combining a harp with a keyboard.
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
deephaven
depravate
depravers
depravers
noun
plural of depraver
depraving
depraving
verb
present participle of deprave
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprivals
deprivals
noun
plural of deprival
deprivate
disproval
disproval
noun
The act of disproving; disproof.
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”)
eavesdrop
eavesdrop
noun
(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.
(countable) The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard.
The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.
The space around a house on which such water drips.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
(zoology) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
encaptive
ervipiame
evansport
evaporate
evaporate
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
(transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
(transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate
(transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
evaporite
evaporite
noun
The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates.
evaporize
expansive
expansive
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
Able to be expanded.
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Talkative and sociable.
expiative
expiative
adj
That serves to expiate.
fevertrap
grapeview
grapevine
grapevine
noun
(skating) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
(wrestling) A leglock.
A rumor.
An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
verb
(transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock.
graveship
hypovalve
hypovalve
noun
The hypotheca of a diatom
illapsive
impactive
impactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
impartive
impassive
impassive
adj
Having, or revealing, no emotion.
Still or motionless.
impavidly
impavidly
adv
fearlessly
impervial
interpave
ispravnik
ispravnik
noun
Alternative spelling of ispravnic
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
mapaville
mapleview
navpaktos
operative
operative
adj
Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
Effectual or important.
Functional, in working order.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
noun
A participant in an operation.
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
opinative
opinative
adj
(obsolete) Opinionated, maintaining one's position stubbornly.
Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
optatives
optatives
noun
plural of optative
overaptly
overcheap
overclasp
overdrape
overhappy
overhappy
adj
Exceedingly happy.
overheaps
overheaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overheap
overleaps
overleaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overleap
overleapt
overleapt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overleap
overpaint
overpaint
verb
To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
To color or describe too strongly.
overparty
overplace
overplace
verb
(transitive) To place too high in a ranking.
overplain
overplain
adj
Excessively plain.
overplant
overplant
verb
(intransitive) To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).
(transitive) To plant (a place) with too many plants.
(transitive) To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.
overplays
overplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overplay
overprase
oversharp
oversharp
adj
Excessively sharp.
overspeak
overspeak
verb
To exceed in speaking.
To speak too much; to use too many words.
oviparity
oviparity
noun
The condition of being oviparous
oviparous
oviparous
adj
Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
paasikivi
palavered
palavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of palaver
palaverer
palaverer
noun
One who palavers.
palmolive
paloverde
paloverde
noun
Alternative spelling of palo verde
palsgrave
palsgrave
noun
(historical) A count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
papaverin
papaverin
noun
Alternative form of papaverine
parasceve
parasceve
noun
Alternative form of Parasceve
paravanes
paravanes
noun
plural of paravane
paravidya
parkville
parleyvoo
parleyvoo
noun
(now rare) A French person.
The French language, especially as understood by an English person.
verb
(intransitive, dated, humorous) To speak a foreign language, especially French.
partitive
partitive
adj
(grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.
That divides something into parts.
noun
(grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.
partivity
parvitude
parvitude
Noun
smallness
parvoline
parvoline
noun
(organic chemistry) A base of the pyridine group, found in coal tar.
(organic chemistry) Any of the series of isometric substances of which parvoline is the type.
parvolins
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.
passivism
passivism
noun
The quality or principle of being passive.
passivist
passivist
noun
One who adopts a passive approach, or passivism.
passivity
passivity
noun
A lack of initiative.
Submissiveness.
The state of being passive.
passovers
passovers
noun
plural of passover. (alternative letter-case form of Passovers)
patercove
pavements
pavements
noun
plural of pavement
pavestone
pavestone
noun
Synonym of paving stone
pavilions
pavilions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pavilion
pavillion
pavillion
noun
Alternative spelling of pavilion (obsolete, except in the names of theatres, hotels, etc.)
paviotsos
pavlovian
pavlovian
adj
Alternative form of Pavlovian
pavonated
pavonated
adj
(dated, poetic or sciences) Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.
pavonazzo
peiraievs
pendative
percivale
perlative
perlative
adj
(grammar) Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".
noun
(grammar) The perlative case.
perminvar
peruvians
pervaders
pervaders
noun
plural of pervader
pervading
pervading
verb
present participle of pervade
pervagate
pervalvar
pervalvar
adj
perpendicular to the centre of the valve face of a diatom
pervasion
pervasion
noun
The act of pervading; permeation, suffusion
pervasive
pervasive
adj
Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
perviable
petiveria
piacevole
piassavas
piassavas
noun
plural of piassava
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
pivotally
pivotally
adv
In a pivotal way.
placative
placative
adj
(chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.
plaintive
plaintive
adj
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
plainview
plainview
Proper noun
a small city in Arkansas, USA.
a CDP in California, USA.
an unincorporated community in Georgia, USA.
an unincorporated community in Illinois, USA.
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA.
a small city in Nebraska, USA.
a hamlet and CDP in New York, USA.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
plicative
plurative
pluvialis
pluvially
polvadera
portative
portative
adj
(now rare) Portable.
(obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying.
noun
(now chiefly historical) A portative organ.
portglave
portgrave
portgrave
noun
Synonym of portreeve
positival
postcavae
postcavae
noun
plural of postcava
postcaval
postcaval
adj
(anatomy) Posterior to the vena cava.
noun
(anatomy) A postcaval vein.
postvelar
postvelar
adj
(phonetics) Having an articulation intermediate between velar and uvular.
noun
(phonetics) A sound of this kind.
postverta
postvorta
pravilege
preactive
preactive
adj
Relating to action taken as a result of a predicted future activity