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.
approvement
approvement
noun
(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.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
autoceptive
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
bezpopovets
bishopville
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivators
captivators
noun
plural of captivator
carpetwoven
chronoscopv
codeveloped
codeveloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codevelop
codeveloper
codeveloper
noun
A joint developer; one of several developers (of a product, land, etc.).
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
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.
cooperative
cooperative
adj
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
noun
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
corporative
corporative
adj
pertaining to a corporation; corporate
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
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.
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
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.
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.
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
disapproval
disapproval
noun
The act of disapproving; condemnation.
disapproved
disapproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disapprove
disapprover
disapprover
noun
One who disapproves.
disapproves
disapproves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove
dispositive
dispositive
adj
(Euro-English or non-native speakers' English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum.
(obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination.
Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter).
noun
Alternative form of dispositif
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
eavedropper
elisavetpol
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.
evaporative
evaporative
adj
Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation.
evaporators
evaporators
noun
plural of evaporator
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
geopositive
geopositive
adj
Having a positive geotropic response.
hyperovaria
hypervolume
hypervolume
noun
(geometry) A volume in more than three dimensions.
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.
hypovanadic
implosively
implosively
adv
In an implosive manner; by means of implosion.
imprevision
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
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
improvingly
improvingly
adv
In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person).
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisers
improvisers
noun
plural of improviser
improvising
improvising
noun
improvisation
verb
present participle of improvise
improvision
improvision
noun
(obsolete) the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
improvisors
improvisors
noun
plural of improvisor
inexplosive
inexplosive
adj
Not explosive.
inoperative
inoperative
adj
(law) No longer legally binding.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
lipovaccine
lopoldville
loupcervier
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
misdevelops
misdevelops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdevelop
misimproved
misimproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misimprove
misprovoked
nociceptive
nociceptive
adj
(physiology) Relating to the perception or sensation of pain.
nonadaptive
nonadaptive
adj
Not adaptive; unable to adapt.
nonapproval
nonapproval
noun
Absence of approval; failure to approve something.
nondepraved
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nonperverse
nonpositive
nonpositive
adj
(mathematics, of a quantity) Not positive; either zero or negative.
Not positive.
noun
Any value that is not positive.
nonprovable
nonprovable
adj
Not provable.
nonprovided
nonprovided
adj
(UK, education, historical) Of a school: not operated and funded by the school board.
nonprovider
nonpunitive
nonpunitive
adj
Not punitive.
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
operatively
operatively
adv
In an operative manner.
operativity
operativity
noun
operativeness
opiconsivia
opinatively
opinatively
adv
In an opinative manner.
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overapplaud
overaptness
overcapable
overcapable
adj
Too capable.
overcapably
overcheaply
overcheaply
adv
Excessively cheaply.
overcomplex
overcomplex
adj
Excessively complex.
overcopious
overcopious
adj
Excessively copious.
overcorrupt
overcropped
overcropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcrop
overdepends
overdepress
overdepress
verb
(transitive) To depress excessively.
overdevelop
overdevelop
verb
(photography) To develop a photographic film for too long
To develop to an excessive degree
overdrapery
overempired
overexpands
overexpands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpand
overexplain
overexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
overexploit
overexploit
verb
to exploit excessively
overexposed
overexposed
adj
Exposed too much, especially of film or a photograph.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexpose
overexposes
overexposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpose
overexpress
overexpress
verb
(genetics, transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
overhappily
overheaping
overheaping
verb
present participle of overheap
overhelpful
overhelpful
adj
Excessively helpful.
overimposed
overimposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overimpose
overimpress
overimpress
verb
(transitive) To impress too much.
overlapping
overlapping
adj
That overlaps something else
noun
The situation in which things overlap.
verb
present participle of overlap
overleaping
overleaping
verb
present participle of overleap
overlipping
overnipping
overoperate
overoperate
verb
To perform too many surgical operations.
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overpartial
overpartial
adj
Being overly partial; unduly partial.
overpassing
overpassing
verb
present participle of overpass
overpatient
overpatient
adj
Excessively patient.
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overpedaled
overpending
overpensive
overpensive
adj
Excessively pensive.
overpeopled
overpeopled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpeople
overpeoples
overpeoples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpeople
overpicture
overpicture
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
overpitched
overpitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpitch
overpiteous
overplaided
overplaided
adj
Having an overplaid pattern.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplaid
overplainly
overplanned
overplanned
adj
Excessively planned.
overplanted
overplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplant
overplaying
overplaying
verb
present participle of overplay
overpleased
overpleased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplease
overplotted
overplotted
adj
(drama) Having an excessively elaborate plot.
overpointed
overpointed
adj
Excessively pointed.
overpoliced
overpoliced
adj
Excessively policed.
overpolitic
overpopular
overpopular
adj
Excessively popular.
overpossess
overpotency
overpowered
overpowered
adj
Overly powerful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpower
overpraised
overpraised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpraise
overpraises
overpraises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpraise
overprasing
overpratice
overprecise
overprecise
adj
Excessively precise; more accurate than is needed.