(especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
approver
approver
noun
(dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.
One who approves or gives approval.
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
arivaipa
breviped
breviped
adj
(zoology) Having short feet or legs.
brevipen
brevipen
noun
(zoology) A brevipennate bird.
buplever
buplever
noun
A bupleurum.
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
depraved
depraved
adj
(archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deprave
depraver
depraver
noun
One who depraves or corrupts.
depraves
depraves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave
deprival
deprival
noun
The condition of being deprived
deprived
deprived
adj
Subject to deprivation; poor.
verb
past participle of deprive
depriver
depriver
noun
One who deprives.
deprives
deprives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive
disprove
disprove
verb
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
drivecap
eavedrop
eavedrop
noun
A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
envapour
eruptive
eruptive
adj
(geology) Produced by eruption.
Accompanied by eruptions.
That erupts or bursts forth.
noun
An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.
fevercup
flopover
flopover
noun
(television) A form of television signal distortion where the displayed image appears to scroll vertically rather than remaining still.
improved
improved
adj
That has been made better; enhanced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improve
improver
improver
noun
(historical) A pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.
(obsolete) Specifically, a person who improves land or property, a landscaper.
A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).
One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
Something that, or someone who, improves something.
improves
improves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve
livetrap
livetrap
verb
Alternative spelling of live-trap
overcape
overcrop
overcrop
verb
To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility
overdeep
overdeep
adj
Excessively deep.
overdrip
overflap
overheap
overheap
verb
(transitive) To heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.
overhelp
overhelp
verb
To supply with too much help.
overhope
overhope
noun
(UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.
Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.
To hope excessively; presume.
overhype
overhype
verb
(transitive) To promote or publicize excessively.
overjump
overjump
verb
(intransitive) To jump too far or too high.
(transitive) To jump over.
(transitive, obsolete) To omit or ignore.
overkeep
overkeep
verb
(transitive) To keep or observe too strictly.
(transitive) To keep too long.
overlaps
overlaps
noun
plural of overlap
overleap
overleap
verb
(dated, reflexive) To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.
(transitive) To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
(transitive) To pass over; to omit, leave out.
overloup
overpack
overpack
noun
A container intended to hold smaller containers.
verb
(intransitive) To pack too much.
overpaid
overpaid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpay
overpark
overpark
verb
(intransitive) To park (a vehicle) for longer than is permitted.
overpart
overpart
noun
An upper part.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To give too important or difficult a part to.
overpass
overpass
noun
A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
verb
(transitive) To disregard, skip, or miss something.
(transitive) To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
overpast
overpast
adj
(archaic) ended; having passed over or passed by
overpays
overpays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpay
overpeck
overpeer
overpeer
verb
(figuratively) To rise above.
To peer over; to overlook.
overpert
overpert
adj
Excessively pert.
overpick
overplan
overplan
verb
(transitive) To plan in too much detail.
overplay
overplay
verb
(transitive) To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
(transitive) To play (a song or record) too frequently.
(transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
(transitive, intransitive) To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
overplot
overplot
verb
(transitive) To plot (data) on top of a previous plot.
overplow
overplow
verb
Alternative spelling of overplough
overplus
overplus
noun
That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
overpole
overpost
overpost
noun
(accounting) An entry that has been posted more than once to a journal.
(cartography) An overlap of two graphic elements.
verb
(cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.
(computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.
To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
To post too much or too often.
overpour
overpour
verb
To pour an excessive amount.
To pour on top of something else.
overpray
overpuff
overpump
overpump
verb
To pump excessively.
overripe
overripe
adj
Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.
overskip
overskip
verb
To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.
overslip
overslip
verb
(transitive) To omit or neglect.
(transitive) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond.
to overslip time or opportunity
overslop
overslop
noun
(obsolete) An outer garment or slop.
oversoap
overspan
overspan
verb
(transitive) To reach or extend over.
overspin
overspin
noun
A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion; topspin;top.
An excessive amount of spin applied to a projectile such that its nose does not turn down at the summit of the trajectory.
verb
To spin too much or too far.
overspun
overspun
adj
(textiles) Too tightly spun.
overstep
overstep
noun
A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.
A movement in which one oversteps.
verb
(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
oversups
oversups
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oversup
overtips
overtips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtip
overtops
overtops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtop
overtype
overtype
noun
(computing, uncountable) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
(historical, countable) A kind of steam wagon having the engine above the cab.
verb
To type on top of something already typed.
overweep
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
overwrap
overwrap
noun
A secondary wrapper covering an item.
verb
(transitive) To wrap in a secondary wrapper.
To provide with too many wrappings.
To wrap such that the wrapping goes beyond the edge.
oviparal
palavers
palavers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palaver
palgrave
palgrave
noun
Alternative form of palsgrave
paravail
paravail
adj
At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
paravane
paravane
noun
(nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.
(nautical) A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses.
paravant
paravant
adv
(obsolete, rare) Pre-eminently; first.
paravent
paravent
noun
A windscreen.
parseval
parvenue
parvenue
noun
female equivalent of parvenu
parvenus
parvenus
noun
plural of parvenu
parvises
parvises
noun
plural of parvis
plural of parvise
parvolin
parvolin
noun
Alternative form of parvoline
parvulus
parzival
passover
passover
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Passover
paviours
paviours
noun
plural of paviour
pavisers
pavlodar
pavlodar
Proper noun
A city on the Irtysh River in the northeast of Kazakhstan.
perceive
perceive
verb
(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
To interpret something in a particular way
perceval
percival
perijove
perijove
noun
Periapsis around Jupiter.
persolve
peruvian
peruvian
Noun
A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.
pervaded
pervaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pervade
pervader
pervader
noun
That which pervades.
pervades
pervades
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pervade
perverse
perverse
adj
(law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
Wayward; vexing; contrary.
verb
(nonstandard) To pervert.
perverts
perverts
noun
plural of pervert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pervert
pervious
pervious
adj
(obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
(zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Accepting of new ideas.
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
petrovsk
pickover
pilliver
poivrade
poivrade
noun
A type of sauce (generally a vinaigrette) with pepper as a main ingredient.
popovers
popovers
noun
plural of popover
pourvete
poverish
poxvirus
poxvirus
noun
Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae, that cause pox diseases in vertebrates
practive
practive
adj
(obsolete) Doing; active.
praecava
praecava
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) The superior vena cava.
preavers
precavae
precavae
noun
plural of precava
precaval
precaval
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the vena cava.
noun
(anatomy) A precaval vein.
precover
precover
noun
(mathematics) A generalization of a cover in which the kernal may contain a non-zero pure subgroup.
Something that occurs in preparation for a covering.
verb
(astronomy) To find an older image of an object in archived images after it has been discovered.
predrive
predrove
preevade
prefavor
prelives
prelives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prelive
premover
prenaval
prepaved
preprove
preserve
preserve
noun
A reservation, a nature preserve.
A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
An activity with restricted access.
verb
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
presolve
pressive
pressive
adj
(obsolete) oppressive
(obsolete) pressing; urgent
prevails
prevails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevail
prevalid
prevalue
prevelar
prevelar
adj
(phonetics) Having an articulation intermediate between palatal and velar.
prevened
prevened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prevene
prevents
prevents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevent
previews
previews
noun
plural of preview
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preview
previous
previous
adj
(informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
noun
(informal, UK) A track record of similar behaviour.
(informal, UK) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
prevised
prevised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of previse
previses
previses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of previse
previsit
previsit
adj
Prior to a visit.
noun
A prior visit.
verb
To visit beforehand.
previsor
prevocal
prevogue
prevomer
prevomer
noun
(zoology) A bone from non-mammalian vertebrates forming the anterior roof of the palate.