| DEPRIVATION | • deprivation n. (Countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. • deprivation n. (Uncountable) The state of being deprived. • deprivation n. (Countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. |
| EXPANSIVITY | • expansivity n. Expansiveness. • expansivity n. (Mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function. • EXPANSIVITY n. the state of being expansive. |
| IMPROVIDENT | • improvident adj. Failing to provide for the future; reckless. • improvident adj. Incautious; prone to rashness. • IMPROVIDENT adj. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| INCEPTIVELY | • inceptively adv. In an inceptive manner. • INCEPTIVE adv. marking the beginning or formation. |
| INCULPATIVE | • INCULPATIVE adj. serving to inculpate, also INCULPATORY. |
| INOPERATIVE | • inoperative adj. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken. • inoperative adj. (Law) No longer legally binding. • INOPERATIVE adj. not operative. |
| INSCRIPTIVE | • inscriptive adj. Bearing an inscription. • inscriptive adj. Of the character or nature of an inscription. • INSCRIPTIVE adj. relating to or constituting an inscription. |
| INSPIRATIVE | • inspirative adj. Tending to inspire. • INSPIRATIVE adj. giving inspiration. |
| NOCICEPTIVE | • nociceptive adj. (Physiology) Relating to the perception or sensation of pain. • noci-ceptive adj. Alternative form of nociceptive. • NOCICEPTIVE adj. sensitive to pain; causing pain. |
| NONPUNITIVE | • nonpunitive adj. Not punitive. • NONPUNITIVE adj. not punitive. |
| OVERTIPPING | • overtipping v. Present participle of overtip. • OVERTIP v. to tip more than is normal. |
| PLAINTIVELY | • plaintively adv. In a plaintive manner. • PLAINTIVE adv. mournful, querulous. |
| PREINVITING | • PREINVITE v. to invite beforehand. |
| PREMONITIVE | • premonitive adj. Premonitory. • PREMONITIVE adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITORY. |
| PREVISITING | • previsiting v. Present participle of previsit. • PREVISIT v. to visit beforehand. |
| PROGENITIVE | • progenitive adj. Being able to produce offspring, reproductive. • PROGENITIVE adj. capable of bearing offspring. |
| SILVERPOINT | • silverpoint n. (Uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface… • silverpoint n. (Countable) An artwork produced by this technique. • SILVERPOINT n. the process or product of drawing with a silver-tipped pencil. |
| VIDEOTAPING | • videotaping v. Present participle of videotape. • videotaping n. A recording onto videotape. • VIDEOTAPE v. to record on videotape. |
| VOICEPRINTS | • voiceprints n. Plural of voiceprint. • VOICEPRINT n. an electronically recorded visual representation of speech. |