| 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. |
| 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. |
| OVIPOSITING | • ovipositing v. Present participle of oviposit. • OVIPOSIT v. to lay or deposit eggs, esp. of insects. |
| OVIPOSITION | • oviposition n. The process of laying eggs. • OVIPOSITION n. the act of ovipositing. |
| PASSIVATING | • passivating v. Present participle of passivate. • PASSIVATE v. to coat metal with oxides to protect from corrosion. |
| PASSIVATION | • passivation n. (Chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to… • passivation n. (Chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride)… • passivation n. (Control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one. |
| PREVISITING | • previsiting v. Present participle of previsit. • PREVISIT v. to visit beforehand. |
| PRIVATISING | • privatising v. Present participle of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| 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. |
| VOICEPRINTS | • voiceprints n. Plural of voiceprint. • VOICEPRINT n. an electronically recorded visual representation of speech. |