| 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. |
| EXPLOSIVE | • explosive adj. With the capability to, or likely to, explode. • explosive adj. Having the character of an explosion. • explosive adj. (Figurative) Shocking; startling. |
| 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. |
| OVEREQUIP | • overequip v. (Transitive) To furnish with too much equipment. • OVEREQUIP v. to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively. |
| OVERPLIED | • overplied v. Simple past tense and past participle of overply. • OVERPLY v. to ply to excess; overwork. |
| OVERPLIES | • overplies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overply. • OVERPLY v. to ply to excess; overwork. |
| OVERPOISE | • overpoise n. (Chiefly figurative) That which outweighs; excessive weight. • overpoise v. (Obsolete) To exceed in importance, strength or value. • overpoise v. (Obsolete) To place excessive weight on (someone or something). |
| OVERPRICE | • overprice v. To give a commodity an excessive price. • OVERPRICE v. to set an excessive price on. |
| OVERPRIZE | • overprize v. (Transitive) To prize excessively; to overvalue. • OVERPRIZE v. to prize excessively; to overvalue. |
| OVERRIPEN | • overripen v. To ripen too much; to become overripe. • OVERRIPEN v. to become too ripe. |
| OVERSPICE | • overspice v. (Transitive) To add too much spice to (a dish). • OVERSPICE v. to spice excessively. |
| PIACEVOLE | • PIACEVOLE adj. (Italian) pleasant, playful. |
| PLOVERIER | • PLOVERY adj. abounding in plovers. |
| 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. |
| POVERTIES | • poverties n. Plural of poverty. • POVERTY n. the state of being poor. |
| STOVEPIPE | • stovepipe n. Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace. • stovepipe n. A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be… • stovepipe n. (Clothing) A stovepipe hat. |
| VIDEOTAPE | • videotape n. A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production)… • videotape v. To make a recording of something on videotape. • videotape v. (Transitive, intransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. |
| VIEWPHONE | • viewphone n. Synonym of videophone. • VIEWPHONE n. a phone that enables the caller to be seen as well as listened to. |