| ADVERSATIVE | • adversative adj. (Linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference. • adversative adj. (Linguistics) Expressing adverse effect. • adversative n. (Rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative. |
| ALLEVIATIVE | • alleviative adj. That alleviates pain; palliative. • alleviative n. That which alleviates; a drug or remedy. • ALLEVIATIVE adj. tending to alleviate, also ALLEVIATORY. |
| DEPRIVATIVE | • deprivative adj. Depriving. • DEPRIVATIVE adj. serving to deprive. |
| DERIVATIVES | • derivatives n. Plural of derivative. • DERIVATIVE n. a word formed by derivation. |
| DEVASTATIVE | • devastative adj. Devastating; highly destructive. • DEVASTATIVE adj. serving to devastate. |
| DEVERBATIVE | • deverbative adj. (Linguistics, grammar, rare) Derived from a verb. • deverbative n. (Linguistics, grammar, rare) A word or a component of a word that is derived from a verb. • DEVERBATIVE n. a noun derived from a verb e.g. worker. |
| EVACUATIVES | • EVACUATIVE n. a purgative. |
| EVAPORATIVE | • evaporative adj. Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation. • EVAPORATIVE adj. serving to evaporate. |
| EVOCATIVELY | • evocatively adv. In an evocative manner. • EVOCATIVE adv. calling forth; serving to evoke. |
| OBSERVATIVE | • observative adj. Observant; watchful. • OBSERVATIVE adj. observant, observational. |
| OVERDEVIATE | • OVERDEVIATE v. to deviate excessively. |
| OVERHARVEST | • overharvest v. To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level. • OVERHARVEST v. to harvest to excess. |
| OVERVOLTAGE | • overvoltage n. (Physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of… • overvoltage n. The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed. • OVERVOLTAGE n. the excess potential required for the discharge of an ion at an electrode over and above the equilibrium potential of the electrode. |
| VELLICATIVE | • vellicative adj. Causing vellication; provoking irritation or twitching. • VELLICATIVE adj. relating to vellication, the action of pulling or twitching. |
| VELVETLEAFS | • velvetleafs n. Plural of velvetleaf. |
| VENTILATIVE | • ventilative adj. Having the functions of a ventilator; giving ventilation. • VENTILATIVE adj. relating to ventilation. |
| VESUVIANITE | • vesuvianite n. (Mineralogy) A yellow, green or brown mineral, a mixed calcium, magnesium and aluminium silicate sometimes… • VESUVIANITE n. a silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium, aka idocrase, occurring as brown, yellow, or green crystals or masses in metamorphosed limestones. |