| ENVELOPER | • enveloper n. Something which envelops. • ENVELOPER n. one who envelops. |
| 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. |
| OVERRIPEN | • overripen v. To ripen too much; to become overripe. • OVERRIPEN v. to become too ripe. |
| OVERSPEND | • overspend v. To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns. • overspend n. The amount by which someone or something is overspent. • OVERSPEND v. to spend to excess. |
| OVERSPENT | • overspent v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspend. • overspent adj. Exhausted; excessively fatigued. • OVERSPEND v. to spend to excess. |
| PARVENUES | • parvenues n. Plural of parvenue. • PARVENUE n. (French) a female parvenu. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PREVENING | • prevening v. Present participle of prevene. • PREVENE v. to precede, anticipate. |
| 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. |
| PROVENDER | • provender n. (Dated) Food, especially for livestock. • provender v. (Transitive) To feed. • PROVENDER n. dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, also PROVAND, PROVEND, PROVIANT. |
| 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. |
| SUPERVENE | • supervene v. (Intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast. • supervene v. To supersede. • supervene v. To be dependent on an earlier event. |
| UNPERVERT | • unpervert v. (Transitive) To free from perversion or error. • UNPERVERT v. to free from perversion. |