| APPROBATIVE | • approbative adj. Expressing approval. • approbative adj. Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something. • approbative n. (Linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation… |
| CAPTIVATION | • captivation n. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated. • CAPTIVATION n. the act of captivating. |
| CAPTIVATORS | • captivators n. Plural of captivator. • CAPTIVATOR n. one who captivates. |
| COMPARATIVE | • comparative adj. Of or relating to comparison. • comparative adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. • comparative adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. |
| DEPRAVATION | • depravation n. Detraction; depreciation. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • depravation n. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. • depravation n. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. |
| DISAPPROVAL | • disapproval n. The act of disapproving; condemnation. • DISAPPROVAL n. censure, disapprobation. |
| EVAPORATING | • evaporating v. Present participle of evaporate. • EVAPORATE v. to change into vapour. |
| EVAPORATION | • evaporation n. The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state. • evaporation n. The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to… • evaporation n. (Archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor. |
| EVAPORATIVE | • evaporative adj. Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation. • EVAPORATIVE adj. serving to evaporate. |
| LARVIPAROUS | • larviparous adj. (Zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects. • LARVIPAROUS adj. giving birth to larvae. |
| NONADAPTIVE | • nonadaptive adj. Not adaptive; unable to adapt. • NONADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| PAPOVAVIRUS | • papovavirus n. (Archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and… • PAPOVAVIRUS n. any of a group of DNA-containing oncogenic viruses. |
| PASSIVATION | • passivation n. (Chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to… • passivation n. (Chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride)… • passivation n. (Control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one. |
| PROPAGATIVE | • propagative adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by propagation. • PROPAGATIVE adj. serving to propagate. |
| PYROVANADIC | • pyrovanadic adj. Of, or relating to pyrovanadic acid or its derivatives. • PYROVANADIC adj. pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium. |
| UPVALUATION | • UPVALUATION n. the act of upvaluing. |
| VAPORISABLE | • vaporisable adj. Alternative form of vaporizable. • VAPORISABLE adj. capable of being vaporised. |
| VAPORIZABLE | • vaporizable adj. Capable of being vaporized. • VAPORIZABLE adj. that can be vaporized, also VAPORABLE, VAPOURABLE. |
| VAPULATIONS | • vapulations n. Plural of vapulation. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |
| VASOSPASTIC | • vasospastic adj. Relating to, or producing vasospasm. • VASOSPASTIC adj. relating to vasospasm, a sharp spasm of a blood vessel. |