| 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. |
| DEVONPORT | • Devonport prop.n. An urban area and naval dockyard in Plymouth, Devon, England, named Plymouth Dock until 1823. • Devonport prop.n. A suburb on Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, which also contains a naval base. • Devonport prop.n. A city in northern Tasmania, Australia. |
| INCEPTIVE | • inceptive adj. Beginning; of or relating to inception. • inceptive adj. (Grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning. • inceptive n. (Grammar) An inceptive construction. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| OVERPRINT | • overprint n. (Philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change… • overprint v. To print over what has already been printed. • overprint v. (Transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp). |
| OVERSPENT | • overspent v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspend. • overspent adj. Exhausted; excessively fatigued. • OVERSPEND v. to spend to excess. |
| PAVEMENTS | • pavements n. Plural of pavement. • PAVEMENT v. to provide with a pavement. |
| PLAINTIVE | • plaintive adj. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic. • PLAINTIVE adj. mournful, querulous. |
| PONTLEVIS | • pontlevis n. (Obsolete) A drawbridge. • pontlevis n. (Obsolete) The act of a horse that rears up on its hind legs, risking tumbling backward and falling upon the rider. • PONTLEVIS n. (French) a drawbridge. |
| PREINVITE | • PREINVITE v. to invite beforehand. |
| PREVALENT | • prevalent adj. Widespread or preferred. • prevalent adj. Superior in frequency or dominant. • prevalent n. (Biology) A species that is prevalent in a certain area. |
| PREVENTED | • prevented v. Simple past tense and past participle of prevent. • PREVENT v. to keep from happening. |
| PREVENTER | • preventer n. One who, or that which, prevents. • preventer n. (Nautical) An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from… • preventer n. (Nautical) Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging. |
| PROVANTED | • provanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of provant. • PROVANT v. (obsolete) to supply with provisions. |
| PROVIDENT | • provident adj. Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. • provident adj. Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it. • provident adj. Providing (for someone’s needs). |
| PULVINATE | • pulvinate adj. (Architecture) Curved convexly or swelled. • pulvinate adj. (Zoology) Having the form of a cushion. • PULVINATE adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATED. |
| UNPERVERT | • unpervert v. (Transitive) To free from perversion or error. • UNPERVERT v. to free from perversion. |
| VIEWPOINT | • viewpoint n. The position from which something is observed or considered. • viewpoint n. An angle, outlook or point of view. • view-point n. Alternative spelling of viewpoint. |
| VULPINITE | • vulpinite n. (Mineralogy) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes. • VULPINITE n. a granular scaly form of the mineral anhydrite. |