| APPULSIVE | • appulsive adj. Striking against; impinging. • APPULSIVE adj. relating to an appulse, the close approach of a planet or asteroid to a star without the occurrence of an eclipse. |
| EXPULSIVE | • expulsive adj. Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion. • EXPULSIVE adj. serving to expel. |
| IMPULSIVE | • impulsive adj. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. • impulsive adj. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration. • impulsive adj. (Mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces. |
| POLLUTIVE | • pollutive adj. That causes environmental pollution; polluting. • POLLUTIVE adj. relating to pollution. |
| PRELUSIVE | • prelusive adj. Acting as a prelude; preliminary. • PRELUSIVE adj. introductory, also PRELUSORY. |
| PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| PULVERINE | • pulverine n. (Dated) ashes of barilla. • PULVERINE n. barilla ash, used in glassmaking, also POLVERINE. |
| PULVERING | • pulvering v. Present participle of pulver. • PULVER v. to reduce to powder. |
| PULVERISE | • pulverise v. (Transitive) To render into dust or powder. • pulverise v. (Transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder. • pulverise v. (Transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash. |
| PULVERIZE | • pulverize v. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of pulverise. • PULVERIZE v. to reduce to powder. |
| PULVILLED | • pulvilled adj. (Historical, rare) Sprinkled with pulvillio. • PULVIL v. to scent with pulvil. |
| PULVILLES | • PULVILLE n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILIO, PULVILLIO. |
| 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. |
| PULVINULE | • PULVINULE n. the pulvinus of a leaflet. |
| REPULSIVE | • repulsive adj. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. • repulsive adj. (Physics) Having the capacity to repel. • repulsive adj. Cold; reserved; forbidding. |
| VULPICIDE | • vulpicide n. Someone who kills foxes other than by hunting them with hounds. • vulpicide n. The killing of a fox. • VULPICIDE n. the killing of a fox. |
| 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. |