| CORPORATE | • corporate adj. Of or relating to a corporation. • corporate adj. Formed into a corporation; incorporated. • corporate adj. Unified into one body; collective. |
| DEFLORATE | • deflorate adj. (Botany) Past the flowering state. • deflorate v. (Transitive, botany) To remove the flowers from. • deflorate v. (Transitive, archaic) To take the virginity of; to deflower. |
| DOCTORATE | • doctorate n. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty. • doctorate v. (Archaic) To make (someone) into a doctor. • DOCTORATE n. the academic degree of doctor. |
| ELABORATE | • elaborate adj. Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. • elaborate adj. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy. • elaborate v. (Transitive) to develop in detail or complexity. |
| EVAPORATE | • evaporate v. (Transitive, intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. • evaporate v. (Transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. • evaporate v. (Transitive, figuratively) to give vent to; to dissipate. |
| INQUORATE | • inquorate adj. That lacks the number sufficient to form a quorum. • INQUORATE adj. of the attendance at a meeting, not making up a quorum. |
| JUNIORATE | • juniorate n. (Religion) A secondary school for young people planning to enter religious life. • JUNIORATE n. a course of high school or college study for candidates for the priesthood. |
| LECTORATE | • lectorate n. A lectorship. • LECTORATE n. the office of lector, a reader, esp. in a college or church service. |
| MELIORATE | • meliorate v. (Transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem. • meliorate v. (Intransitive) To become better. • MELIORATE v. to make better, also AMELIORATE. |
| PASTORATE | • pastorate n. The role or responsibilities of a pastor. • pastorate n. The period of service of a particular pastor to their congregation; their term of office. • pastorate n. An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors. |
| PERBORATE | • perborate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt, derived from borate and hydrogen peroxide, of the hypothetical perboric acid. • PERBORATE n. a salt that is a compound of a borate with perchloric acid. |
| PERFORATE | • perforate v. (Transitive) To pierce; to penetrate. • perforate v. (Transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line. • perforate adj. (Philately, biology) perforated. |
| PIGNORATE | • pignorate adj. Synonym of pignoratitious. • pignorate v. To pledge or pawn. • PIGNORATE v. (archaic) to pledge or pawn, also PIGNERATE. |
| PORPORATE | • PORPORATE adj. (Browning) clad in purple. |
| RECTORATE | • rectorate n. The office of a rector. • RECTORATE n. the office of rector, also RECTORSHIP. |