(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
beneceptive
captivating
captivating
adj
Showing great beauty; beautiful.
That captivates; fascinating.
verb
present participle of captivate
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
carpetwoven
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
deprevation
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
dispunitive
encaptivate
encaptivate
verb
(transitive) To captivate.
envelopment
envelopment
noun
(fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
(military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
That which envelops; a covering.
The act of enveloping.
evaporating
evaporating
verb
present participle of evaporate
evaporation
evaporation
noun
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
explanative
explanative
adj
That serves to explain; explanatory
heptavalent
heptavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 7.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 7.
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
incaptivate
inceptively
inceptively
adv
In an inceptive manner.
inculpative
indepravate
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
inscriptive
inscriptive
adj
Bearing an inscription.
Of the character or nature of an inscription.
inspirative
inspirative
adj
Tending to inspire.
interpaving
intrapelvic
intrapelvic
adj
(anatomy) Within the (cavity of the) pelvis
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
nociceptive
nociceptive
adj
(physiology) Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.
nonadaptive
nonadaptive
adj
Not adaptive; unable to adapt.
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nonpositive
nonpositive
adj
(mathematics, of a quantity) Not positive; either zero or negative.
Not positive.
noun
Any value that is not positive.
nonpunitive
nonpunitive
adj
Not punitive.
nuncupative
nuncupative
adj
(obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name.
(obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Oral; not written.
opinatively
opinatively
adv
In an opinative manner.
overaptness
overpatient
overpatient
adj
Excessively patient.
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overplanted
overplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplant
overpointed
overpointed
adj
Excessively pointed.
overpotency
overprinted
overprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overprint
overstoping
overtipping
overtipping
verb
present participle of overtip
overtopping
overtopping
adj
Surmounting, surpassing.
noun
An instance of water going over the top of a barrier such as a sea wall or levee.
verb
present participle of overtop
ovipositing
ovipositing
verb
present participle of oviposit
oviposition
oviposition
noun
The process of laying eggs.
paintsville
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
parvipotent
parvipotent
adj
Of limited power.
parviscient
parviscient
adj
Of limited knowledge; ignorant.
passivating
passivating
verb
present participle of passivate
passivation
passivation
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride) that inhibits further corrosion.
(chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.
(control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one.
pattonville
paxtonville
peltinerved
peltinerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the veins radiating from the centre
pendentives
pendentives
noun
plural of pendentive
penetrative
penetrative
adj
(sports) That can penetrate opposition defences.
Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating.
Pertaining to sexual activity involving penetration by the penis.
That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating.
pentavalent
pentavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 5.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 5.
pernavigate
perseverant
perseverant
adj
Enduring; persistent, resistant.
personative
personative
adj
Portraying a person or persons.
pervagation
pickedevant
pignorative
pignorative
adj
pledging; pawning
plaintively
plaintively
adv
In a plaintive manner.
plantsville
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
polyvoltine
polyvoltine
adj
Synonym of multivoltine
ponderative
ponderative
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to pondering or deliberation
postventral
postventral
adj
Alternative form of posteroventral
precinctive
precontrive
precontrive
verb
To contrive or plan beforehand.
predevotion
predivinity
preinviting
premonitive
premonitive
adj
premonitory
premovement
premovement
adj
prior to movement
prepavement
prevacating
prevacation
prevacation
adj
Before a vacation.
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
prevalently
prevalently
adv
Generally, usually, mainly.
preventable
preventable
adj
Capable of being prevented.
noun
Something that can be prevented.
preventably
preventably
adv
Such that it could be prevented.
preventible
preventible
adj
Alternative form of preventable
preventions
preventions
noun
plural of prevention
preventives
preventives
noun
plural of preventive
preventoria
preventured
previgilant
previsiting
previsiting
verb
present participle of previsit
privateness
privateness
noun
The quality or state of being private.
privatising
privatising
verb
present participle of privatise
privatizing
privatizing
noun
privatization
verb
present participle of privatize
proaviation
progenitive
progenitive
adj
Being able to produce offspring, reproductive
protevangel
providently
providently
adv
In a provident manner.
provinciate
provinciate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
provocation
provocation
noun
(emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
Something that provokes; a provocative act
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
pulverating
pulverating
verb
present participle of pulverate
pulveration
pulverulent
pulverulent
adj
Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
pulvinately
pulvinately
adv
In a pulvinate manner.
pulvination
punctuative
punctuative
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
pursuivants
pursuivants
noun
plural of pursuivant
putnamville
septavalent
septavalent
adj
(chemistry, medicine) Heptavalent.
septivalent
septivalent
adj
(chemistry) heptavalent.
serpivolant
servantship
servantship
noun
The role or status of servant.
silverpoint
silverpoint
noun
(countable) An artwork produced by this technique.
(uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
stevengraph
stevengraph
Noun
A picture woven from silk.
subpavement
syncopative
syncopative
adj
Of or relating to syncopation.
tiptonville
twelvepence
twelvepence
noun
The monetary amount of twelve pence.
twelvepenny
twelvepenny
adj
(archaic) Trifling; insignificant.
Having a value or cost of twelvepence.
uncaptivate
undeceptive
undeceptive
Adjective
Not deceptive.
unevaporate
unexceptive
unexceptive
adj
Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being an exception.
(Hinduism) The third of four ashrama (stages) in a human life, characterised by a gradual transition of one's social and economic responsibilities to the next generation, and a move away from worldly and sexual pursuits to more spiritual concerns.
vaporescent
vaporescent
adj
(rare) Becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor.
ventersdorp
ventroscopy
vespertinal
vespertinal
adj
(botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening.