| CAPTIVANCES | • captivances n. Plural of captivance. • CAPTIVANCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVAUNCE. |
| CAPTIVATING | • captivating adj. That captivates; fascinating. • captivating adj. Showing great beauty; beautiful. • captivating v. Present participle of captivate. |
| CAPTIVATION | • captivation n. The act of captivating or the state of being captivated. • CAPTIVATION n. the act of captivating. |
| CAPTIVAUNCE | • CAPTIVAUNCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVANCE. |
| 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. |
| EXPLANATIVE | • explanative adj. That serves to explain; explanatory. • EXPLANATIVE adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATORY. |
| NONADAPTIVE | • nonadaptive adj. Not adaptive; unable to adapt. • NONADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| PARVANIMITY | • parvanimity n. (Now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| 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. |
| PRAVASTATIN | • pravastatin n. (Pharmacology) A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack. |
| UPVALUATION | • UPVALUATION n. the act of upvaluing. |
| VAPULATIONS | • vapulations n. Plural of vapulation. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |