| DAVENPORT | • davenport n. A large sofa, especially a formal one. • davenport n. A writing desk. • Davenport prop.n. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire. |
| EVAPORATE | • evaporate v. (Transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. • evaporate v. (Transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. • evaporate v. (Transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate. |
| EVAPORITE | • evaporite n. The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates. • EVAPORITE n. a sedimentary rock formed by the evaporation of salt water e.g. halite. |
| OPERATIVE | • operative adj. Effectual or important. • operative adj. Functional, in working order. • operative adj. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects. |
| OVERLEAPT | • overleapt v. Simple past tense and past participle of overleap. • OVERLEAP v. to leap over, also OWERLOUP. |
| OVERPAINT | • overpaint v. To color or describe too strongly. • overpaint v. To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting. • OVERPAINT v. to color or describe too strongly. |
| OVERPARTS | • overparts n. Plural of overpart. • OVERPART v. to give an actor too difficult a part. |
| OVERPLANT | • overplant v. (Intransitive) To plant too many plants (of any particular crop). • overplant v. (Transitive) To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting. • overplant v. (Transitive) To plant (a place) with too many plants. |
| OVERPLAST | • OVERPLAST adj. (Spenser) overplaced, placed above. |
| OVERWRAPT | • overwrapt v. (Obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of overwrap. • OVERWRAP v. to wrap excessively. |
| PATERCOVE | • PATERCOVE n. (slang) a hedge-priest, also PATRICO. |
| PORTATIVE | • portative adj. (Now rare) Portable. • portative adj. (Obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying. • portative n. (Now chiefly historical) A portative organ. |
| PROACTIVE | • proactive adj. Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty. • PROACTIVE adj. tending to make changes in anticipation of change. |
| PROBATIVE | • probative adj. (Law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation. • PROBATIVE adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATORY. |
| PROLATIVE | • prolative adj. (Obsolete) uttered. • prolative adj. (Grammar) extending or completing a predication. • prolative n. (Grammar) the prolative case. |
| PROVANTED | • provanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of provant. • PROVANT v. (obsolete) to supply with provisions. |
| VALPROATE | • valproate n. (Chemistry, pharmacology) Any salt or ester of valproic acid. • VALPROATE n. a salt of valproic acid. |
| VAPORETTI | • vaporetti n. Plural of vaporetto. • VAPORETTO n. (Italian) a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice. |
| VAPORETTO | • vaporetto n. A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice. • VAPORETTO n. (Italian) a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice. |
| VAPORIEST | • VAPORY adj. full of vapors; vaporous, also VAPOURY. |