| EXPANSIVE | • expansive adj. Comprehensive in scope or extent. • expansive adj. Talkative and sociable. • expansive adj. Able to be expanded. |
| EXPENSIVE | • expensive adj. (Obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish. • expensive adj. Having a high price or cost. • expensive adj. (Computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources. |
| FIVEPENCE | • fivepence n. A monetary amount of five pence. • fivepence n. A coin of this value. • FIVEPENCE n. a coin worth five pence, also FIPPENCE. |
| FIVEPENNY | • fivepenny adj. (Dated) Costing fivepence. • FIVEPENNY adj. worth five pence. |
| GRAPEVINE | • grapevine n. The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow. • grapevine n. A rumor. • grapevine n. An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip. |
| 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. |
| OVERRIPEN | • overripen v. To ripen too much; to become overripe. • OVERRIPEN v. to become too ripe. |
| PENKNIVES | • penknives n. Plural of penknife. • PENKNIFE n. a small pocketknife. |
| PENSIVELY | • pensively adv. In a thoughtful or reflective manner. • PENSIVE adv. engaged in deep thought. |
| POLVERINE | • polverine n. (Uncountable) Glassmaker’s ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used… • polverine n. (Countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America. • POLVERINE n. (obsolete) barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also PULVERINE. |
| PREINVITE | • PREINVITE v. to invite beforehand. |
| PREVENING | • prevening v. Present participle of prevene. • PREVENE v. to precede, anticipate. |
| PULVERINE | • pulverine n. (Dated) ashes of barilla. • PULVERINE n. barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also POLVERINE. |
| REPLEVINS | • replevins n. Plural of replevin. • replevins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replevin. • REPLEVIN v. to regain possession by legal action, also REPLEVY. |
| VIEWPHONE | • viewphone n. Synonym of videophone. • VIEWPHONE n. a phone that enables the caller to be seen as well as listened to. |