| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| PASSIVATED | • passivated v. Simple past tense and past participle of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVATES | • passivates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVISTS | • passivists n. Plural of passivist. • PASSIVIST n. one who believes in passivism, the doctrine of being passive. |
| PERSISTIVE | • persistive adj. (Obsolete) persistent. • PERSISTIVE adj. (Shakespeare) persistent. |
| PIKESTAVES | • pikestaves n. Plural of pikestaff. • PIKESTAFF n. the staff, or shaft, of a pike. |
| POSITIVEST | • positivest adj. (Nonstandard) superlative form of positive: most positive. • POSITIVE adj. assertive, affirmative. |
| POSITIVISM | • positivism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that… • positivism n. (Law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values;… • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| POSITIVIST | • positivist n. A believer in positivism. • positivist adj. Related to positivism, positivistic. • POSITIVIST n. a believer in positivism. |
| PRIVATISES | • privatises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |
| PRIVATISMS | • privatisms n. Plural of privatism. • PRIVATISM n. a tendency to be concerned with ideas, matters, etc. only as affecting one as an individual. |
| PRIVATISTS | • PRIVATIST n. one who believes in privatism. |
| SEPTEMVIRS | • septemvirs n. Plural of septemvir. • SEPTEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
| SILVERTIPS | • silvertips n. Plural of silvertip. • SILVERTIP n. a kind of grizzly bear. |
| STOVEPIPES | • stovepipes n. Plural of stovepipe. • stovepipes n. Synonym of stovepipe trousers. • STOVEPIPE n. a man's tall cylindrical (usually silk) hat. |
| SUSCEPTIVE | • susceptive adj. Susceptible. • susceptive adj. Receptive. • SUSCEPTIVE adj. susceptible. |
| VANASPATIS | • vanaspatis n. Plural of vanaspati. • VANASPATI n. (Sanskrit) a hydrogenated vegetable fat used as a butter substitute. |
| VITASCOPES | • vitascopes n. Plural of vitascope. • VITASCOPE n. a moving picture projector. |