| EVAPORATE | • evaporate v. (Transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. • evaporate v. (Transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. • evaporate v. (Transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| OVERLEAPT | • overleapt v. Simple past tense and past participle of overleap. • OVERLEAP v. to leap over, also OWERLOUP. |
| OVERSLEPT | • overslept v. Simple past tense and past participle of oversleep. • OVERSLEEP v. to sleep past a planned time for waking. |
| OVERSPENT | • overspent v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspend. • overspent adj. Exhausted; excessively fatigued. • OVERSPEND v. to spend to excess. |
| OVERSTEPS | • oversteps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstep. • OVERSTEP v. to go beyond. |
| OVERTYPED | • overtyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtype. • OVERTYPE v. to type over the top of. |
| OVERTYPES | • overtypes n. Plural of overtype. • overtypes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtype. • OVERTYPE v. to type over the top of. |
| PATERCOVE | • PATERCOVE n. (slang) a hedge-priest, also PATRICO. |
| PORTREEVE | • portreeve n. A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect)… • portreeve n. (Historical) A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff. • portreeve n. (Historical) A port reeve, a port warden. |
| POVERTIES | • poverties n. Plural of poverty. • POVERTY n. the state of being poor. |
| PREDEVOTE | • predevote adj. (Obsolete, nonce word, poetic) predestined. • PREDEVOTE v. to devote or dedicate beforehand. |
| STEPOVERS | • stepovers n. Plural of stepover. • step␣overs n. Plural of step over. • STEPOVER n. an instance of raising the foot over the ball while in possession in order to wrong-foot an opponent. |
| 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. |