| ABSORPTIVE | • absorptive adj. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. • absorptive n. Any substance that absorbs. • ABSORPTIVE adj. capable of absorbing. |
| ADSORPTIVE | • adsorptive adj. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption. • adsorptive n. Any substance that adsorbs. • ADSORPTIVE adj. relating to adsorption. |
| DAVENPORTS | • davenports n. Plural of davenport. • Davenports n. Plural of Davenport. • DAVENPORT n. a small ornamental writing desk; a large sofa, also DEVONPORT. |
| EVAPORATED | • evaporated v. Simple past tense and past participle of evaporate. • EVAPORATE v. to change into vapour. |
| EVAPORATES | • evaporates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate. • EVAPORATE v. to change into vapour. |
| EVAPORATOR | • evaporator n. A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution. • evaporator n. The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant. • EVAPORATOR n. an agent that causes evaporation. |
| EVAPORITES | • evaporites n. Plural of evaporite. • EVAPORITE n. a sedimentary rock formed by the evaporation of salt water e.g. halite. |
| EVAPORITIC | • evaporitic adj. Of or pertaining to an evaporite. • EVAPORITIC adj. of or like an evaporite, a mineral or rock deposited directly from a solution (commonly seawater) during evaporation. |
| OPERATIVES | • operatives n. Plural of operative. • OPERATIVE n. a worker, esp. one with special skills. |
| OVERPAINTS | • overpaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpaint. • OVERPAINT v. to color or describe too strongly. |
| OVERPARTED | • overparted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpart. • OVERPART v. to give an actor too difficult a part. |
| OVERPLANTS | • overplants v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overplant. • OVERPLANT v. to plant to excess. |
| PATERCOVES | • PATERCOVE n. (slang) a hedge-priest, also PATRICO. |
| PEJORATIVE | • pejorative adj. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. • pejorative n. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression. • PEJORATIVE adj. implying or imputing evil. |
| PORTATIVES | • portatives n. Plural of portative. • PORTATIVE n. a portable organ. |
| VALPROATES | • valproates n. Plural of valproate. • VALPROATE n. a salt of valproic acid. |
| VAPORETTOS | • vaporettos n. Plural of vaporetto. • VAPORETTO n. (Italian) a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice. |
| VAPOURIEST | • VAPOURY adj. full of vapour; affected with the vapours, also VAPORY. |
| VECTOGRAPH | • vectograph n. A kind of stereoscopic print or transparency to be viewed with polarized 3D glasses. • VECTOGRAPH n. a picture giving a special effect when viewed through three-dimensional spectacles. |