| AMPLIATIVE | • ampliative adj. That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information. • AMPLIATIVE adj. amplifying (now chiefly in ampliative induction). |
| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| CHAMPLEVES | • champlevés n. Plural of champlevé. • CHAMPLEVE n. (French) a type of enamel work in which vitreous powders are laid in channels cut in a metal base. |
| IMPERATIVE | • imperative adj. Essential; crucial; extremely important. • imperative adj. (Grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood. • imperative adj. (Computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables. |
| IMPROVABLE | • improvable adj. Capable of being improved. • improvable adj. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable. • improvable adj. Impossible to prove. |
| IMPUTATIVE | • imputative adj. Of, related, or pertaining to imputation. • IMPUTATIVE adj. transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
| PAVEMENTED | • pavemented adj. Furnished with a pavement. • pavemented adj. (Pathology) Having undergone the process of pavementing. • PAVEMENT v. to provide with a pavement. |
| PERMEATIVE | • permeative adj. Tending to permeate. • PERMEATIVE adj. that permeates. |
| PRIMAVERAS | • primaveras n. Plural of primavera. • Primaveras prop.n. Plural of Primavera. • PRIMAVERA n. (Italian) a kind of mahogany tree. |
| PRIMEVALLY | • primevally adv. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. • PRIMEVAL adv. belonging to the earth's beginnings, also PRIMAEVAL. |
| REVAMPINGS | • revampings n. Plural of revamping. • REVAMPING n. renovation. |
| VAMPIRISED | • vampirised v. Simple past tense and past participle of vampirise. • VAMPIRISE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRIZE. |
| VAMPIRISES | • VAMPIRISE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRIZE. |
| VAMPIRIZED | • vampirized v. Simple past tense and past participle of vampirize. • VAMPIRIZE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRISE. |
| VAMPIRIZES | • vampirizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vampirize. • VAMPIRIZE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRISE. |
| VERAPAMILS | • verapamils n. Plural of verapamil. • VERAPAMIL n. a calcium channel blocker. |
| VERKRAMPTE | • verkrampte n. (South Africa) A person with a verkramp political attitude. • VERKRAMPTE n. (South African) one who is narrow-minded and illiberal esp. towards black and coloured people. |