Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
appointive
appointive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
appositive
appositive
adj
of or being in apposition
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
captivator
captivator
noun
A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
cloverport
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
concaptive
conceptive
conceptive
adj
relating to conception (in all senses)
cooptative
cooptative
adj
Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group.
copulative
copulative
adj
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Of or pertaining to copulation.
noun
(grammar) A copulative conjunction.
(obsolete) connection
corruptive
corruptive
adj
Tending to corrupt.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
depositive
depositive
adj
(medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules.
Involving or relating to the process of depositing.
devaporate
developist
disportive
eprouvette
eprouvette
noun
A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
evaporated
evaporated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaporate
evaporates
evaporates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate
evaporator
evaporator
noun
A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.
The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.
evaporitic
evaporitic
adj
Of or pertaining to an evaporite
exploitive
exploitive
adj
Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
impositive
larviposit
larviposit
verb
(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs
lopatnikov
nonprivity
occupative
occupative
adj
occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment
operatives
operatives
noun
plural of operative
opiniative
opiniative
adj
Archaic form of opinionative.
oppilative
oppilative
adj
(obsolete) Obstructive.
noun
(obsolete) A medicine that obstructs, or closes the pores.
oppositive
oppositive
adj
Expressing contrariety.
noun
The oppositive case, or an instance of its use.
optatively
optatively
adv
In an optative way.
overexpect
overexpect
verb
To expect too much.
overexpert
overimport
overimport
verb
(transitive) To import too much of.
overparted
overparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpart
overplenty
overpotent
overpotent
adj
Too potent or powerful.
overprints
overprints
noun
plural of overprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprint
overprompt
overprompt
adj
Too prompt or eager; precipitate.
overtapped
overtipple
overtopped
overtopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtop
overtopple
overtopple
verb
To topple over; to overturn (typically something precarious or unstable)
oviposited
oviposited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oviposit
ovipositor
ovipositor
noun
(zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.
pedomotive
pedomotive
adj
Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
pejorative
pejorative
adj
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
noun
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
pelviotomy
pelviotomy
Noun
symphysiotomy
perorative
perorative
adj
Of or relating to peroration.
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
pluviosity
pluviosity
noun
(meteorology) Level of rainfall.
polyvalent
polyvalent
adj
(biology) Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.
(chemistry) Having a high valence, especially more than three.
(chemistry) Having multiple valencies.
Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
pontevedra
pontevedra
Proper noun
The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
A province in the southwest of Galicia
pontvolant
portentive
portentive
adj
portentous; presaging or foreshadowing
portglaive
positively
positively
adv
(manner) In a positive manner.
(modal) With certainty.
Absolutely; utterly.
positivest
positivest
adj
(nonstandard) superlative form of positive: most positive
positivism
positivism
noun
(law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
positivist
positivist
adj
Related to positivism, positivistic.
noun
A believer in positivism.
positivity
positivity
noun
(countable) The result of being positive.
(physics and chemistry) The characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge
(uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.
positivize
positivize
verb
To make positive, or to emphasize a positive aspect
postclival
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
postlarval
postlarval
adj
Following a larval stage
Relating to postlarvae
postvenous
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
pottsville
pottsville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kentucky, USA.
a city in Pennsylvania, USA
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
a town in the region of New South Wales, Australia.
preconvert
preconvert
verb
To convert prior to some other process
preconvict
preobviate
prevention
prevention
noun
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
(obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
(obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
precaution; forethought.
prevetoing
previolate
previsitor
privations
privations
noun
plural of privation
proclivity
proclivity
noun
A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
productive
productive
adj
(linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
(medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
(medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
projective
projective
adj
(mathematics) describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection
of, relating to, or caused by a projection
projecting outward
noun
(linguistics) A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.
(mathematics) A projective member of a category.
(psychology) An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.
proprovost
protective
protective
adj
Serving or intended to protect.
Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something.