(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
anviltop
arivaipa
breviped
breviped
adj
(zoology) Having short feet or legs.
brevipen
brevipen
noun
(zoology) A brevipennate bird.
calipeva
captived
captived
adj
(obsolete) Captured; captive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captive
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
cooptive
cooptive
adj
Relating to cooption
copaivic
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.
disvelop
disvelop
verb
Obsolete form of develop.
drivecap
epivalve
epivalve
noun
The apical (top) valve of a diatom
eruptive
eruptive
adj
(geology) Produced by eruption.
Accompanied by eruptions.
That erupts or bursts forth.
noun
An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.
fivepins
fivepins
noun
The game of fivepin bowling.
plural of fivepin
gapville
impluvia
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
kavaphis
lipsalve
lipsalve
noun
Alternative form of lip salve
livetrap
livetrap
verb
Alternative spelling of live-trap
napavine
optative
optative
adj
(grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Expressing a wish or a choice.
noun
(grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
(grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
overdrip
overpaid
overpaid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpay
overpick
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
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.
overtips
overtips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtip
overwhip
overwhip
verb
(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
oviparal
oviposit
oviposit
verb
(intransitive, formal) To lay eggs
oviscapt
pacative
pacative
adj
(formal) Relating to pacation.
pahlavis
pahlavis
noun
plural of pahlavi
palative
palative
adj
(obsolete) Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
paravail
paravail
adj
At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
parvises
parvises
noun
plural of parvis
plural of parvise
parvolin
parvolin
noun
Alternative form of parvoline
parzival
passival
passival
noun
(grammar) An archaic progressive construction in middle voice (syntactically active but semantically passive), replaced by the passive progressive in modern English. For example, "the house is building", "the meal was eating", "the trunks were carrying down" (today "the house is being built", "the meal is being eaten").
passives
passives
noun
plural of passive
patavian
pavidity
pavidity
noun
(rare) timidity
pavilion
pavilion
noun
(anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
(anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
(cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
(heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
(military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
An ornate tent.
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.
(transitive) To put inside a pavilion.
(transitive, figuratively) To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").
pavillon
pavillon
noun
Archaic form of pavilion.
paviotso
paviours
paviours
noun
plural of paviour
pavisade
pavisade
noun
A row of shields hung on the side of a ship to protect it at war and discourage boarding by enemies.
pavisado
pavisers
pavkovic
pavonian
pavonian
adj
Of or pertaining to the peacock
pavonine
pavonine
adj
Of or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its family Pavonidae, including the peafowl.
Possessing the coloring or iridescence of a peacock feather.
Showy, like a peacock's tail; exhibiting vanity.
noun
Any bird from the family Pavonidae.
Tarnish found on some ores and metals which resembles the tail feathers of a peacock.
pavonize
peccavis
peccavis
noun
plural of peccavi
pelvetia
pelvises
pelvises
noun
plural of pelvis
pensived
pensived
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) Made pensive.
perceive
perceive
verb
(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
To interpret something in a particular way
percival
perijove
perijove
noun
Periapsis around Jupiter.
peruvian
peruvian
Noun
A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.
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.
piasavas
piassava
piassava
noun
A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes.
Either of these two trees.
pickover
pilliver
pineview
pivoting
pivoting
noun
A motion by which something pivots.
The pivot-work in a machine.
verb
present participle of pivot
pivotman
pivotman
noun
(figurative) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
(military) A pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
(sports) A player in a central position.
pivotmen
pivotmen
noun
plural of pivotman
plausive
plausive
adj
(obsolete) Applauding; showing praise.
(obsolete) Plausible (obtaining approbation), specious (having an attractive appearance intended to obtain a favorable response).
(rare) Laudable, praisable.
plosives
plosives
noun
plural of plosive
pluvials
pluvials
noun
plural of pluvial
pluviose
pluviose
adj
(rare) Characterized by heavy rainfall; rainy.
pluvious
pluvious
adj
Involving or relating to rain; rainy.
poivrade
poivrade
noun
A type of sauce (generally a vinaigrette) with pepper as a main ingredient.
poldavis
positive
positive
adj
(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
(chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
(chemistry) electropositive
(chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
(grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
(law) Formally laid down.
(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
(physics) Having more protons than electrons.
(slang) HIV positive.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Fully assured in opinion.
Not negative or neutral.
Optimistic.
Overconfident, dogmatic.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
noun
(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
A favourable point or characteristic.
A positive result of a test.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
postdive
postdive
adj
After a dive.
postvide
potative
potative
adj
Relating to potation, or drinking.
poverish
povindah
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.
predrive
prelives
prelives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prelive
pressive
pressive
adj
(obsolete) oppressive
(obsolete) pressing; urgent
prevails
prevails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevail
prevalid
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
prevuing
prevuing
verb
present participle of prevue
primeval
primeval
adj
Belonging to the first ages.
Primary; original.
Primitive.
prithivi
privater
privater
adj
comparative form of private: more private
privates
privates
noun
(informal) The genitalia; those body parts that are not normally displayed; private parts.
plural of private
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of private
privatum
priviest
priviest
adj
superlative form of privy: most privy
proavian
proavian
noun
Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a protobird.
procavia
procivic
proclive
proclive
adj
Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
protivin
proviant
proviant
noun
(Scotland) provisions, especially for an army
provicar
provicar
noun
(Roman Catholicism) The deputy of an vicar apostolic
provided
provided
conj
Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of provide
provider
provider
noun
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
provides
provides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provide
province
province
noun
(Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
(Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
(Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.
(in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city.
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
proviral
proviral
adj
Of or pertaining to a provirus
provirus
provirus
noun
(virology) A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.
provisor
provisor
noun
A deputy of a Roman Catholic bishop.
One who provides; a purveyor.
The holder of a papal provision.
provisos
pudovkin
puinavis
pulverin
pulvilio
pulvilli
pulvilli
noun
plural of pulvillus
pulvinar
pulvinar
adj
Padded; formed like a cushion.
noun
(anatomy) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
(obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
pulvinic
pulvinni
pulvinus
pulvinus
noun
(botany) A joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.
punitive
punitive
adj
(law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.
pupivora
pupivore
purviews
purviews
noun
plural of purview
putative
putative
adj
(derogatory) Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
rapakivi
rapakivi
noun
(geology) A form of granite found in southeastern Finland.
repaving
repaving
noun
The process of replacing paving.
verb
present participle of repave
replevin
replevin
noun
(law) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.
verb
(transitive) To replevy.
reprieve
reprieve
noun
A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
A document authorizing such an action.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
verb
(transitive) To bring relief to someone.
(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
(transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).
slipover
slipover
adj
slip-on
noun
Any garment that is easy to put on, especially a dress or top.
sorptive
sorptive
adj
Relating to sorption or sorptivity
spavinaw
spavindy
spavindy
adj
(archaic) spavined; having spavin
spavined
spavined
adj
Having spavin (said of a horse).
Old, worn out, obsolete (said figuratively of a person).