Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
approvable
approvable
adj
Able to be confirmed or approved.
approvableness
approvableness
noun
The state or quality of being approvable.
bezpopovets
biplosive
bishopville
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developable
developable
adj
(geometry, of a surface) Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
(photography, of a latent image) Which can be developed into a visible image.
Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
noun
(geometry) A developable surface.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disapprovable
disapprovable
adj
Able or suitable to be disapproved.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
evaporable
evaporable
adj
capable of evaporation
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
inevaporable
irreprovable
irreprovable
adj
Not reprovable; irreproachable.
irreprovableness
irreprovableness
noun
The quality of being irreprovable.
irreprovably
irreprovably
adv
In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably.
nonabsorptive
nonabsorptive
adj
Not absorptive
nondeprivable
nondeprivable
adj
Not deprivable.
nondevelopable
nondevelopable
Adjective
Not developable.
nonevaporable
nonevaporable
adj
Not evaporable.
nonperceivable
nonperceivably
nonpervertible
nonpreservable
nonpreventable
nonpreventable
adj
Not preventable.
nonpreventible
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
nonprohibitive
nonprohibitive
adj
not prohibitive
nonprohibitively
nonprovable
nonprovable
adj
Not provable.
observership
observership
noun
The office or work of an observer.
overabsorption
overabsorption
noun
Excessive absorption.
overbepatched
overbumptious
overbumptious
adj
Excessively bumptious.
overbumptiously
overbumptiousness
overcapability
overcapable
overcapable
adj
Too capable.
overcapably
overimpressibility
overimpressible
overimpressibly
overimpressionability
overimpressionable
overimpressionableness
overimpressionably
overplausible
overplausible
adj
Excessively plausible.
overplausibleness
overplausibly
overplumb
overprescribe
overprescribe
verb
(transitive) To prescribe (a drug) more frequently than appropriate.
overprescribed
overprescribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprescribe
overprescribes
overprescribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprescribe
overprescribing
overprescribing
verb
present participle of overprescribe
overpublic
overpublicity
overpublicity
noun
Excessive publicity.
overpublicize
overpublicize
verb
(transitive) To publicize excessively.
overpublicized
overpublicized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpublicize
overpublicizes
overpublicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpublicize
overpublicizing
overpublicizing
verb
present participle of overpublicize
oversubscription
oversubscription
noun
(networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.
(programming) A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
A subscription for more than is available.
oversusceptibility
oversusceptibility
noun
The quality of being oversusceptible.
oversusceptible
oversusceptible
adj
Excessively susceptible.
oversusceptibleness
oversusceptibly
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
plumbisolvent
plumbisolvent
adj
Alternative form of plumbosolvent
plumbosolvency
plumbosolvency
noun
The ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead.
plumbosolvent
plumbosolvent
adj
Exhibiting plumbosolvency.
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
postvertebral
postvertebral
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the vertebrae
prebeloved
prebeloved
adj
beloved in advance
preconceivable
preconceivable
adj
Able to be preconceived.
precontributive
prefavorable
prefavorably
preobjective
preobservance
preobservation
preobservation
adj
Before observation.
noun
An observation or assessment made before an experimental intervention or procedure.
preobservational
preobservational
adj
Prior to observation.
preobserve
preobserved
preobserving
preobtrusive
preobviate
preobviated
preobviating
preobvious
preobviously
preobviousness
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
probatively
proboulevard
prohibitive
prohibitive
adj
(Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner.
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
noun
(grammar) A negative imperative.
prohibitively
prohibitively
adv
In a prohibitive manner.
To a prohibitive extent.
prohibitiveness
prohibitiveness
noun
The quality of being prohibitive.
promovable
prosubstantive
protovertebra
protovertebra
noun
(anatomy) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite.
protovertebral
protovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the protovertebrae.
provable
provable
adj
Of a statement or hypothesis that can be proven.
provableness
provableness
noun
The quality of being provable.
proverb
proverb
noun
A drama exemplifying a proverb.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
verb
To name in, or as, a proverb.
To provide with a proverb.
To write or utter proverbs.
proverbed
proverbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of proverb
proverbial
proverbial
adj
Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
noun
(euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
(euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles.
proverbialism
proverbialism
noun
A proverbial phrase.
proverbialist
proverbialist
noun
One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing.
proverbialize
proverbialize
verb
(intransitive) To speak in proverbs.
(transitive) To turn into a proverb.
proverbially
proverbially
adv
In a manner reminiscent of a proverb.
In a manner that uses proverbs; in proverbs.
proverbic
proverbic
adj
Of or relating to proverbs; proverbial.
proverbing
proverbing
verb
present participle of proverb
proverbiologist
proverbiologist
noun
(rare) A person who studies proverbs.
proverbiology
proverbiology
noun
(rare) The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
proverbize
proverblike
proverblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proverb.
proverbs
proverbs
noun
plural of proverb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverb
providable
providable
adj
Capable of being provided.
provokable
provokable
adj
That may be provoked.
pseudobenevolent
pseudobenevolent
adj
Apparently, but not actually, benevolent.
pseudobenevolently
pubovesical
pubovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.
reprobative
reprobative
adj
Expressing, or pertaining to, reprobation.
reprobatively
reprovability
reprovable
reprovable
adj
reproachable; worthy of reproof or censure
reprovableness
reprovably
reprovably
adv
In a reprovable manner.
scapulovertebral
scapulovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the vertebrae.