| ACCEPTIVE | • acceptive adj. Fit for acceptance. • acceptive adj. (Obsolete) Ready to accept. • acceptive adj. Receptive. |
| AVOPARCIN | • avoparcin n. A glycopeptide antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces candidus, that is used to treat farm animals. • AVOPARCIN n. an antibiotic, formerly used to promote growth in farm animals. |
| 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. |
| CAPTIVING | • captiving v. Present participle of captive. • CAPTIVE v. to make a prisoner. |
| CAPTIVITY | • captivity n. The state of being captive. • captivity n. (Obsolete) A group of people/beings captive. • captivity n. The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved. |
| CEVAPCICI | • cevapcici n. A Balkan dish of grilled minced meat. • CEVAPCICI n. (Yugoslavian) kebabs of minced beef and pork flavoured with mint and paprika. |
| COMPLUVIA | • compluvia n. Plural of compluvium. • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| IMPACTIVE | • impactive adj. Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact. • IMPACTIVE adj. relating to impact. |
| PERVICACY | • pervicacy n. (Obsolete) Pervicacity; stubbornness. • PERVICACY n. (obsolete) the state of being pervicacious, stubborn, also PERVICACITY. |
| PIACEVOLE | • PIACEVOLE adj. (Italian) pleasant, playful. |
| PICOWAVED | • PICOWAVE v. to irradiate (food) with gamma rays. |
| PICOWAVES | • PICOWAVE v. to irradiate (food) with gamma rays. |
| PLACATIVE | • placative adj. (Chiefly US) That placates; pacifying. • PLACATIVE adj. tending to placate, also PLACATORY. |
| PRECATIVE | • precative adj. Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty. • precative n. (Grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer. • PRECATIVE adj. supplicating; expressing entreaty. |
| PRIVACIES | • privacies n. Plural of privacy. • PRIVACY n. the state of being private. |
| PROACTIVE | • proactive adj. Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty. • PROACTIVE adj. tending to make changes in anticipation of change. |
| VAPORIFIC | • vaporific adj. (Chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor. • VAPORIFIC adj. vaporizing. |
| VICARSHIP | • vicarship n. The office or dignity of a vicar. • VICARSHIP n. the office or dignity of a vicar. |
| VITASCOPE | • vitascope n. (Historical) An early machine for exhibiting animated pictures. • VITASCOPE n. a moving picture projector. |