| OVERFEARING | • overfearing v. Present participle of overfear. • OVERFEAR v. to fear too much. |
| PERFORATIVE | • perforative adj. Having power to perforate or pierce. • PERFORATIVE adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATORY. |
| PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
| PHOTOREFRACTIVE | • photorefractive adj. (Physics) of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light. • PHOTOREFRACTIVE adj. designating or relating to surgical procedures in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea and correct refractive errors such as myopia or astigmatism; esp. in photorefractive keratectomy. |
| PREFIGURATIVE | • prefigurative adj. Showing by prefiguration. • PREFIGURATIVE adj. relating to prefiguration. |
| PREFIGURATIVELY | • prefiguratively adv. In a prefigurative manner. • PREFIGURATIVE adv. relating to prefiguration. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
| PROLIFERATIVE | • proliferative adj. (Not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells. • proliferative adj. Proliferating; tending to proliferate. • proliferative n. Such a cell. |
| RAREFACTIVE | • rarefactive adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing rarefaction. • RAREFACTIVE adj. causing rarefaction. |
| REFORMATIVE | • reformative adj. That serves to reform or correct. • REFORMATIVE adj. intended or tending to reform. |
| REFRACTIVE | • refractive adj. That refracts; causing or relating to refraction. • REFRACTIVE adj. serving to refract. |
| REFRACTIVELY | • refractively adv. In a refractive manner. • refractively adv. By means of refraction. • REFRACTIVE adv. serving to refract. |
| REFRACTIVENESS | • refractiveness n. The quality or condition of being refractive. • REFRACTIVENESS n. the state of being refractive. |
| REFRACTIVITIES | • refractivities n. Plural of refractivity. • REFRACTIVITY n. the state of being refractive. |
| REFRIGERATIVE | • refrigerative adj. Cooling; allaying heat. • refrigerative n. A refrigerant. • REFRIGERATIVE adj. serving to refrigerate. |