| CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| HYPOTENSIVE | • hypotensive adj. Relating to hypotension (low blood pressure). • hypotensive n. Any drug that lowers the blood pressure. • hypotensive n. A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension. |
| OVERPOSTING | • overposting v. Present participle of overpost. • OVERPOST v. to hasten over quickly. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PERSONATIVE | • personative adj. Portraying a person or persons. • PERSONATIVE adj. dramatic; presenting or presented through persons. |
| PONTLEVISES | • PONTLEVIS n. (French) a drawbridge. |
| PREVENTIONS | • preventions n. Plural of prevention. • PREVENTION n. the act of preventing. |
| PROVECTIONS | • provections n. Plural of provection. • PROVECTION n. the carrying forward of a sound at the end of a word to the beginning of the next (as 'a newt' from original from 'an ewt'). |
| 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. |
| SYNCOPATIVE | • syncopative adj. Of or relating to syncopation. • SYNCOPATIVE adj. relating to syncopation. |
| VAPULATIONS | • vapulations n. Plural of vapulation. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |
| VOICEPRINTS | • voiceprints n. Plural of voiceprint. • VOICEPRINT n. an electronically recorded visual representation of speech. |