| APPULSIVE | • appulsive adj. Striking against; impinging. • APPULSIVE adj. relating to an appulse, the close approach of a planet or asteroid to a star without the occurrence of an eclipse. |
| BUPLEVERS | • buplevers n. Plural of buplever. • BUPLEVER n. the hare's-ear plant. |
| EXPULSIVE | • expulsive adj. Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion. • EXPULSIVE adj. serving to expel. |
| IMPULSIVE | • impulsive adj. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. • impulsive adj. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration. • impulsive adj. (Mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces. |
| PRELUSIVE | • prelusive adj. Acting as a prelude; preliminary. • PRELUSIVE adj. introductory, also PRELUSORY. |
| PREVALUES | • PREVALUE v. to value beforehand. |
| PULLOVERS | • pullovers n. Plural of pullover. • PULLOVER n. a garment that is put by drawing over the head. |
| PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| PULVERISE | • pulverise v. (Transitive) To render into dust or powder. • pulverise v. (Transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder. • pulverise v. (Transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash. |
| PULVEROUS | • pulverous adj. Resembling or consisting of dust or powder. • PULVEROUS adj. dusty or powder. |
| PULVILIOS | • pulvilios n. Plural of pulvilio. • PULVILIO n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILLE, PULVILLIO. |
| PULVILLES | • PULVILLE n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILIO, PULVILLIO. |
| PULVILLUS | • pulvillus n. (Zoology) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects. • PULVILLUS n. (Latin) a little cushion or pad. |
| PULVINARS | • pulvinars n. Plural of pulvinar. • PULVINAR n. a knob on the brain by the optic nerve. |
| REPULSIVE | • repulsive adj. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. • repulsive adj. (Physics) Having the capacity to repel. • repulsive adj. Cold; reserved; forbidding. |
| UPHEAVALS | • upheavals n. Plural of upheaval. • UPHEAVAL n. the act of upheaving. |
| VAPULATES | • vapulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |
| VULPINISM | • vulpinism n. The quality of being cunning like the fox; artfulness. • VULPINISM n. foxlike cunning. |