| APPOINTIVE | • appointive adj. Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment. • APPOINTIVE adj. subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. |
| CAPTIVANCE | • captivance n. (Obsolete, rare) Captivity. • CAPTIVANCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVAUNCE. |
| INADAPTIVE | • inadaptive adj. Not adaptive. • INADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| OVERPAINTS | • overpaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpaint. • OVERPAINT v. to color or describe too strongly. |
| PERVIATING | • PERVIATE v. to make a way through. |
| PRIVATIONS | • privations n. Plural of privation. • PRIVATION n. the act of depriving, or taking away. |
| PROVANTING | • provanting v. Present participle of provant. • PROVANT v. (obsolete) to supply with provisions. |
| PROVITAMIN | • provitamin n. (Biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| PULVINATED | • pulvinated adj. Pulvinate. • PULVINATED adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATE. |
| PURSUIVANT | • pursuivant n. (Archaic) A follower. • pursuivant n. (Heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant… • pursuivant n. (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge. |
| SPLENATIVE | • splenative adj. (Obsolete) pertaining to the spleen. • SPLENATIVE adj. (obsolete) hot-tempered. |
| VANASPATIS | • vanaspatis n. Plural of vanaspati. • VANASPATI n. (Sanskrit) a hydrogenated vegetable fat used as a butter substitute. |
| VAPULATING | • vapulating v. Present participle of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |
| VAPULATION | • vapulation n. (Obsolete) The act of beating or whipping. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |
| VARITYPING | • varityping v. Present participle of varitype. • VARITYPE v. to produce copy on a special typewriter. |