| ERUPTIVE | • eruptive adj. That erupts or bursts forth. • eruptive adj. Accompanied by eruptions. • eruptive adj. (Geology) Produced by eruption. |
| EXAPTIVE | • exaptive adj. Relating to exaptation. • EXAPTIVE adj. of a biological feature, having a function differing from that for which it was originally evolved e.g. feathers evolved originally for warmth, also EXAPTED. |
| OVERKEPT | • overkept v. Simple past tense and past participle of overkeep. • OVERKEEP v. to keep too long or too much. |
| OVERPERT | • overpert adj. Excessively pert. • OVERPERT adj. excessively pert. |
| OVERSTEP | • overstep v. (Transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. • overstep v. To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward. • overstep v. To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front… |
| OVERTYPE | • overtype n. (Computing, uncountable) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character… • overtype n. (Historical, countable) A kind of steam wagon having the engine above the cab. • overtype v. To type on top of something already typed. |
| PAVEMENT | • pavement n. (Now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. • pavement n. (Chiefly British English) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. • pavement n. (Now chiefly North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. |
| PERVERTS | • perverts n. Plural of pervert. • perverts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pervert. • PERVERT v. to turn away from the right course of action. |
| PERVIATE | • PERVIATE v. to make a way through. |
| PERVIEST | • perviest adj. Superlative form of pervy: most pervy. • PERVY adj. perverted. |
| PREVENTS | • prevents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevent. • PREVENT v. to keep from happening. |
| SEPTLEVA | • septleva n. (Card games, obsolete) In the game of faro, the situation where a player gains seven times the number… • SEPTLEVA n. (French) in the game of basset, seven times as much added to the first stake. |
| STEPOVER | • stepover n. (Soccer) Alternative form of step over. • stepover n. A type of espalier where the tree or bush is made to grow horizontally above the ground, like a fence-rail. • step␣over n. (Soccer) A dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking… |