| 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. |
| DISPURVEY | • dispurvey v. (Transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish. • dispurvey n. (Obsolete) dispurveyance. • DISPURVEY v. (archaic) to deprive of provisions. |
| ERUPTIVES | • eruptives n. Plural of eruptive. • ERUPTIVE n. a type of rock. |
| 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. |
| PERFUSIVE | • perfusive adj. Tending to flow over, or to spread through. • PERFUSIVE adj. of a nature to flow over, or to spread through. |
| PRELUSIVE | • prelusive adj. Acting as a prelude; preliminary. • PRELUSIVE adj. introductory, also PRELUSORY. |
| PROFUSIVE | • profusive adj. (Obsolete) profuse; lavish; prodigal. • PROFUSIVE adj. profuse, also PROFUSE. |
| PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| 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. |
| PULVILLES | • PULVILLE n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILIO, PULVILLIO. |
| PURPOSIVE | • purposive adj. Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution. • purposive adj. Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent. • purposive adj. (Psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity. |
| REPULSIVE | • repulsive adj. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. • repulsive adj. (Physics) Having the capacity to repel. • repulsive adj. Cold; reserved; forbidding. |
| SUPERHIVE | • superhive n. (Beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony… • superhive v. (Beekeeping) To add or to place a superhive atop the existing boxes of the beehive. • SUPERHIVE n. a removable upper part of a beehive. |
| SUPERVISE | • supervise v. (Transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization. • supervise v. (Transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse. • SUPERVISE v. to oversee, superintend. |