| 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. |
| OVERPAINT | • overpaint v. To color or describe too strongly. • overpaint v. To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting. • OVERPAINT v. to color or describe too strongly. |
| OVERPITCH | • overpitch v. (Transitive) To give too high a pitch to. • overpitch v. (Transitive, cricket) To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length… • OVERPITCH v. in cricket, to bowl a ball so that its trajectory brings it too close to the stumps. |
| OVERPRINT | • overprint n. (Philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change… • overprint v. To print over what has already been printed. • overprint v. (Transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp). |
| OVERSLIPT | • overslipt v. (Archaic) simple past tense and past participle of overslip. • OVERSLIP v. to leave out. |
| OVERSPILT | • overspilt v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspill. • OVERSPILL v. to spill over. |
| OVERTRIPS | • overtrips v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtrip. • OVERTRIP v. to trip nimbly over. |
| PORTATIVE | • portative adj. (Now rare) Portable. • portative adj. (Obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying. • portative n. (Now chiefly historical) A portative organ. |
| POSITIVER | • positiver adj. (Nonstandard) comparative form of positive: more positive. • POSITIVE adj. assertive, affirmative. |
| POVERTIES | • poverties n. Plural of poverty. • POVERTY n. the state of being poor. |
| PROACTIVE | • proactive adj. Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty. • PROACTIVE adj. tending to make changes in anticipation of change. |
| PROBATIVE | • probative adj. (Law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation. • PROBATIVE adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATORY. |
| PROLATIVE | • prolative adj. (Obsolete) uttered. • prolative adj. (Grammar) extending or completing a predication. • prolative n. (Grammar) the prolative case. |
| PROMOTIVE | • promotive adj. Tending to promote. • PROMOTIVE adj. tending to advance, promote, or encourage. |
| PROVIDENT | • provident adj. Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. • provident adj. Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it. • provident adj. Providing (for someone’s needs). |
| VAPORETTI | • vaporetti n. Plural of vaporetto. • VAPORETTO n. (Italian) a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice. |
| VAPORIEST | • VAPORY adj. full of vapors; vaporous, also VAPOURY. |
| VERTIPORT | • vertiport n. (Aviation) An airport for VTOL aircraft. • VERTIPORT n. an airport designed for vertical takeoff and landing. |
| VIEWPORTS | • viewports n. Plural of viewport. • viewports v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of viewport. • VIEWPORT n. a framed area on a computer display for viewing information. |