| ADSORPTIVE | • adsorptive adj. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption. • adsorptive n. Any substance that adsorbs. • ADSORPTIVE adj. relating to adsorption. |
| DISAPPROVE | • disapprove v. (Intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of. • disapprove v. To have or express an unfavorable opinion. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • disapprove v. (Transitive) To refuse to approve; reject. |
| DISIMPROVE | • disimprove v. (Transitive, rare) to make worse. • disimprove v. (Intransitive, rare) to deteriorate. • disimprove v. (Informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but… |
| DISPROOVED | • disprooved v. Simple past tense and past participle of disproove. • DISPROOVE v. (Spenser) to disapprove of. |
| DISPROOVES | • disprooves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disproove. • DISPROOVE v. (Spenser) to disapprove of. |
| DISPROVALS | • disprovals n. Plural of disproval. • DISPROVAL n. the act of disproving. |
| DISPROVERS | • disprovers n. Plural of disprover. • DISPROVER n. one who disproves. |
| DISPROVIDE | • disprovide v. (Obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide. • DISPROVIDE v. (archaic) to fail to provide. |
| DISPROVING | • disproving v. Present participle of disprove. • DISPROVE v. to refute. |
| IMPROVISED | • improvised adj. Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed. • improvised v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvise. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| OVERPLAIDS | • overplaids n. Plural of overplaid. • overplaids v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overplaid. • OVERPLAID n. a textile design consisting of a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid. |
| OVERPOISED | • overpoised v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpoise. • OVERPOISE v. to burden with weight sufficient to weigh another down. |
| OVERSPICED | • overspiced adj. Too strongly spiced. • overspiced v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspice. • OVERSPICE v. to spice excessively. |
| UNPROVIDES | • unprovides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unprovide. • UNPROVIDE v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of necessary provision. |