| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| EVAPORATORS | • evaporators n. Plural of evaporator. • EVAPORATOR n. an agent that causes evaporation. |
| IMPERATIVAL | • imperatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. • IMPERATIVAL adj. relating to the imperative. |
| PALATOVELAR | • palatovelar n. (Phonetics) A velar sound articulated further in the mouth at the area of soft palate; a palatized velar. |
| PARVANIMITY | • parvanimity n. (Now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PRAVASTATIN | • pravastatin n. (Pharmacology) A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack. |
| PREADAPTIVE | • preadaptive adj. Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future. • PREADAPTIVE adj. of, relating to, or characterized by preadaptation. |
| PREPARATIVE | • preparative adj. That serves to prepare something. • preparative adj. Preliminary or preparatory. • preparative n. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary. |
| PREVARICATE | • prevaricate v. (Transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from). • prevaricate v. (Intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade… • prevaricate v. (Intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. |
| PROPAGATIVE | • propagative adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by propagation. • PROPAGATIVE adj. serving to propagate. |