| CAPTIVATE | • captivate v. To attract and hold (someone’s) interest and attention; to charm. • captivate v. (Obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. • CAPTIVATE v. to charm, fascinate. |
| EVAPORATE | • evaporate v. (Transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. • evaporate v. (Transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. • evaporate v. (Transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate. |
| PALSTAVES | • palstaves n. Plural of palstave. • PALSTAVE n. (Dutch) a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the Bronze Age, also PALSTAFF. |
| PARAVANTS | • PARAVANT n. a preeminent person or thing. |
| PARAVAUNT | • paravaunt adv. (Obsolete) perhaps; peradventure. • PARAVAUNT adv. (Spenser) before, in front, also PARAVANT. |
| PASSIVATE | • passivate v. (Chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PLACATIVE | • placative adj. (Chiefly US) That placates; pacifying. • PLACATIVE adj. tending to placate, also PLACATORY. |
| POSTCAVAE | • postcavae n. Plural of postcava. • POSTCAVA n. (Latin) a vein in higher vertebrates. |
| POSTCAVAL | • postcaval adj. (Anatomy) Posterior to the vena cava. • postcaval n. (Anatomy) A postcaval vein. • POSTCAVAL adj. relating to the postcava, the inferior vena cava. |
| POSTCAVAS | • POSTCAVA n. (Latin) a vein in higher vertebrates. |
| VALPROATE | • valproate n. (Chemistry, pharmacology) Any salt or ester of valproic acid. • VALPROATE n. a salt of valproic acid. |
| VAMPLATES | • vamplates n. Plural of vamplate. • VAMPLATE n. a hand guard. |
| VANASPATI | • vanaspati n. (Botany) Any plant that bears fruits but no evident flowers. • Vanaspati prop.n. (Music) Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the fourth melakarta rāgam of the 72 melakarta rāgams… • VANASPATI n. (Sanskrit) a hydrogenated vegetable fat used as a butter substitute. |
| VAPULATED | • vapulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |
| VAPULATES | • vapulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |