| CAPTIVE | • captive n. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. • captive n. One held prisoner. • captive n. (Figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. |
| OVERAPT | • overapt adj. Excessively apt or prone to do something. • OVERAPT adj. excessively apt. |
| OVERTIP | • overtip v. (Transitive, intransitive) To leave a tip that is too large. • OVERTIP v. to tip more than is normal. |
| OVERTOP | • overtop v. (Transitive) To be higher than; to rise over the top of. • overtop v. (Transitive) To place too many toppings on. • overtop adv. (Now chiefly North America) Over the top. |
| PERVERT | • pervert n. (Dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense… • pervert n. A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable. • pervert v. (Transitive) To turn another way; to divert. |
| PIVOTAL | • pivotal adj. Of, relating to, or being a pivot. • pivotal adj. Being of crucial importance; central, key. • PIVOTAL adj. critically important. |
| PIVOTED | • pivoted v. Simple past tense and past participle of pivot. • pivoted adj. Fitted with a pivot or pivots. • PIVOT v. to turn on a shaft or rod. |
| PIVOTER | • pivoter n. One who or that which pivots, especially a muscle. • PIVOTER n. someone who makes pivots. |
| POVERTY | • poverty n. The quality or state of being poor; lack of money. • poverty n. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness. • POVERTY n. the state of being poor. |
| PRAVITY | • pravity n. (Now rare, archaic) perversion, depravity; wickedness. • PRAVITY n. wickedness. |
| PREVENT | • prevent v. (Transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). • prevent v. (Intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. • prevent v. (Obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. |
| PRIVATE | • private adj. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group. • private adj. Not accessible by the public. • private adj. Not in governmental office or employment. |
| PRIVETS | • privets n. Plural of privet. • PRIVET n. a half-evergreen European shrub of the olive family. |
| PRIVITY | • privity n. (Obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures. • privity n. (Now rare, archaic) Privacy, secrecy. • privity n. (Obsolete) A private matter, a secret. |
| PROVANT | • provant adj. (Obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. • provant n. (Obsolete) provender; food. • provant v. (Obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. |
| PROVOST | • provost n. One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly… • provost n. A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly… • provost n. (UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison. |
| SPAVIET | • SPAVIET adj. relating to a spavie. |
| UPVOTED | • upvoted v. Simple past tense and past participle of upvote. • UPVOTE v. to register approval of (a post) on social media. |
| UPVOTES | • upvotes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upvote. • UPVOTE v. to register approval of (a post) on social media. |