| CAPTIVANCES | • captivances n. Plural of captivance. • CAPTIVANCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVAUNCE. |
| EXPANSIVITY | • expansivity n. Expansiveness. • expansivity n. (Mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function. • EXPANSIVITY n. the state of being expansive. |
| INSPIRATIVE | • inspirative adj. Tending to inspire. • INSPIRATIVE adj. giving inspiration. |
| PASSIVATING | • passivating v. Present participle of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| 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. |
| PERSEVERANT | • perseverant adj. Enduring; persistent, resistant. • PERSEVERANT adj. steadfast. |
| PERSONATIVE | • personative adj. Portraying a person or persons. • PERSONATIVE adj. dramatic; presenting or presented through persons. |
| PRAVASTATIN | • pravastatin n. (Pharmacology) A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack. |
| PRIVATENESS | • privateness n. The quality or state of being private. • PRIVATENESS n. the state of being private. |
| PRIVATISING | • privatising v. Present participle of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| PURSUIVANTS | • pursuivants n. Plural of pursuivant. • PURSUIVANT n. an officer ranking below a herald. |
| SEPTAVALENT | • septavalent adj. (Chemistry, medicine) Heptavalent. • SEPTAVALENT adj. having a valency of seven, also HEPTAVALENT, SEPTIVALENT. |
| SEPTIVALENT | • septivalent adj. (Chemistry) heptavalent. • SEPTIVALENT adj. having a valency of seven, also HEPTAVALENT, SEPTAVALENT. |
| SERVANTSHIP | • servantship n. The role or status of servant. • SERVANTSHIP n. the state of being a servant. |
| STEVENGRAPH | • Stevengraph n. A picture woven from silk. • STEVENGRAPH n. a silk picture woven in colours. |
| SYNCOPATIVE | • syncopative adj. Of or relating to syncopation. • SYNCOPATIVE adj. relating to syncopation. |
| VAPORESCENT | • vaporescent adj. (Rare) Becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor. • VAPORESCENT adj. forming vapor. |
| VAPULATIONS | • vapulations n. Plural of vapulation. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |
| VESPERTINAL | • vespertinal adj. Vespertine; occurring in the evening. • vespertinal adj. (Botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening. • VESPERTINAL adj. of or pertaining to the evening, also VESPERTINE. |