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.
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.
claviceps
claviharp
claviharp
noun
(music) A 19th-century musical instrument combining a harp with a keyboard.
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
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”)
encaptive
ervipiame
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.
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
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
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
overpaint
overpaint
verb
To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
To color or describe too strongly.
overplain
overplain
adj
Excessively plain.
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
palmolive
papaverin
papaverin
noun
Alternative form of papaverine
paravidya
parkville
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.
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
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
pervading
pervading
verb
present participle of pervade
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
portative
portative
adj
(now rare) Portable.
(obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying.
noun
(now chiefly historical) A portative organ.
positival
pravilege
preactive
preactive
adj
Relating to action taken as a result of a predicted future activity
preadvice
preadvise
precative
precative
adj
Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
noun
(grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.
preclival
predative
predative
adj
Of, or resembling a predator.
prenative
prepaving
prevailed
prevailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prevail
prevailer
prevailer
noun
Agent noun of prevail; one who prevails.
primaeval
primavera
primavera
adj
Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.
noun
A Central American tree, Roseodendron donnell-smithii.
privacies
privacies
noun
plural of privacy
privacity
privateer
privateer
noun
(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.
(historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate.
(motor racing, chiefly Canada, US) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
(motorsports, elite championships) A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive/vehicle manufacturer.
An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
verb
To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.
To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
privately
privately
adv
In a private manner.
privatest
privatest
adj
superlative form of private: most private
privation
privation
noun
(obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.
(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
privatism
privatism
noun
Concern only with issues inasmuch as they affect one as an individual; self-interest.
privative
privative
adj
(grammar) indicating the absence of something
causing privation; depriving
consisting in the absence of something; negative
noun
something that causes privation or indicates an absence
privatize
privatize
verb
(computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
proactive
proactive
adj
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
progravid
prolative
prolative
adj
(grammar) extending or completing a predication
(obsolete) uttered
noun
(grammar) the prolative case
pronative
puinavian
pulsative
pulsative
adj
Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing.
pulvillar
pulvillar
adj
Like a cushion or pad.
pulvinate
pulvinate
adj
(architecture) Curved convexly or swelled.
(zoology) Having the form of a cushion.
purgative
purgative
adj
(capable of) purging
noun
something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative
reprieval
reprieval
noun
the act, process or result of being reprieved
revamping
revamping
noun
gerund of revamp: an act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something.
verb
present participle of revamp
rivalship
rivalship
noun
(fandom slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.
(now rare). Rivalry.
riverdamp
scampavia
scampavia
noun
(historical) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the 19th century.
slavophil
sputative
sputative
adj
Inclined to spit; spitting very much.
superavit
supravise
supravise
verb
To supervise
tipstaves
tipstaves
noun
plural of tipstaff
unpassive
unpassive
adj
Not passive.
unprivate
unprivate
adj
Not private.
upheaving
upheaving
noun
upheaval
verb
present participle of upheave
vampirish
vampirish
adj
Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
vampirize
vampirize
verb
(transitive) To drain the resources or life force of.
(transitive) To make into a vampire.
vanaspati
vanaspati
noun
(botany) Any plant that bears fruits but no evident flowers.
vapidness
vapidness
noun
The state or quality of being vapid; vapidity.
vaporetti
vaporetti
noun
plural of vaporetto
vaporific
vaporific
adj
(chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.
vaporings
vaporings
noun
plural of vaporing
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
vaporized
vaporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vaporize
vaporizer
vaporizer
noun
(medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
vaporizes
vaporizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vaporize
vaporlike
vaporlike
adj
Resembling vapor; vaporous, misty.
vapouring
vapouring
noun
Boasting; blustering.
verb
present participle of vapour
vapourise
vapourise
verb
Misspelling of vaporise.
vapourish
vapourish
adj
(dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish