| ANTICIPATIVE | • anticipative adj. Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant. • ANTICIPATIVE adj. of anticipation. |
| CAPTIVATIONS | • captivations n. Plural of captivation. • CAPTIVATION n. the act of captivating. |
| DEPRIVATIONS | • deprivations n. Plural of deprivation. • DEPRIVATION n. the state of being deprived. |
| DISPENSATIVE | • dispensative adj. Granting dispensation. • DISPENSATIVE adj. granting dispensation. |
| EMANCIPATIVE | • emancipative adj. Emancipatory. • EMANCIPATIVE adj. serving to emancipate. |
| INTERPLUVIAL | • interpluvial n. (Geology) A period of decreased rainfall. • INTERPLUVIAL n. a period between bouts of rain. |
| LIVETRAPPING | • livetrapping v. Present participle of livetrap. • live-trapping v. Present participle of live-trap. • LIVETRAP v. to capture in a type of animal trap. |
| MANIPULATIVE | • manipulative adj. Using manipulation purposefully. • manipulative adj. Tending to manipulate. • manipulative adj. (Derogatory) Reaching one’s goals at the expense of other people by using them. |
| OPINIONATIVE | • opinionative adj. Of, pertaining to, being, or expressing opinion. • opinionative adj. (Of persons) Opinionated. • OPINIONATIVE adj. of, relating to, or consisting of opinion. |
| OVERPAINTING | • overpainting v. Present participle of overpaint. • overpainting n. Something painted over the top of something else. • OVERPAINT v. to color or describe too strongly. |
| PASSIVATIONS | • passivations n. Plural of passivation. • PASSIVATION n. the act of passivating. |
| POSTDILUVIAN | • postdiluvian adj. Postdiluvial. • postdiluvian n. One who lived after the Biblical Flood. • POSTDILUVIAN adj. pertaining to the period after the Biblical flood or any great flood. |
| PRIVATEERING | • privateering v. Present participle of privateer. • privateering n. The operations of a privateer, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one’s own government. • PRIVATEERING n. operating as a pirate under licence. |
| PROVIDENTIAL | • providential adj. Pertaining to divine providence. • providential adj. Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence. • PROVIDENTIAL adj. of, relating to, or determined by Providence. |
| VAPORISATION | • vaporisation n. Alternative spelling of vaporization. • VAPORISATION n. the act of vaporising, also VAPORIZATION. |
| VAPORIZATION | • vaporization n. A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas. • vaporization n. A destruction of something by turning it into vapor. • VAPORIZATION n. the act of vaporizing, also VAPORISATION. |
| VESPERTILIAN | • vespertilian adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bats. • VESPERTILIAN adj. like a bat. |
| VIBRAPHONIST | • vibraphonist n. Someone who plays the vibraphone. • VIBRAPHONIST n. one who plays the vibraphone. |
| VITUPERATING | • vituperating v. Present participle of vituperate. • VITUPERATE v. to abuse or censure severely or abusively. |
| VITUPERATION | • vituperation n. The act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring. • vituperation n. Criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh; abuse, severe blame or censure. • VITUPERATION n. abuse, rejection. |