| CAPTIVE | • captive n. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. • captive n. One held prisoner. • captive n. (Figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. |
| IMPAVED | • impaved v. Simple past tense and past participle of impave. • IMPAVE v. to set in a pavement. |
| IMPAVES | • impaves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impave. • IMPAVE v. to set in a pavement. |
| PARVISE | • parvise n. Alternative spelling of parvis. • PARVISE n. an enclosed area in front of a church, also PARVIS. |
| PASSIVE | • passive adj. Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. • passive adj. Taking no action. • passive adj. (Grammar) Being in the passive voice. |
| PAVISER | • PAVISER n. a soldier carrying a pavis. |
| PAVISES | • pavises n. Plural of pavis. • pavises n. Plural of pavise. • PAVISE n. a large medieval shield, also PAVIS, PAVISSE. |
| PAVISSE | • PAVISSE n. a large medieval shield, also PAVIS, PAVISE. |
| PEAVIES | • peavies n. Plural of peavy. • PEAVY n. a lever used to move logs, also PEAVEY. |
| PECCAVI | • peccavi interj. An expression of guilt or culpability. • peccavi n. An act of saying ‘peccavi’; an admission of guilt or responsibility. • PECCAVI n. (Latin) a confession of sin or guilt. |
| PREVAIL | • prevail v. (Intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage… • prevail v. (Intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence. • prevail v. (Intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing. |
| PRIVATE | • private adj. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group. • private adj. Not accessible by the public. • private adj. Not in governmental office or employment. |
| SPAVIES | • SPAVIE n. (Scots) spavin, a disease of horses. |
| SPAVIET | • SPAVIET adj. relating to a spavie. |
| VAMPIER | • vampier adj. Comparative form of vampy: more vampy. • VAMPY adj. like a vamp, also VAMPISH. |
| VAMPIRE | • vampire n. A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. • vampire n. (Colloquial) A person with the medical condition systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as… • vampire n. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). |
| VAPIDER | • vapider adj. Comparative form of vapid: more vapid. • VAPID adj. empty. |