| BEHAVIOURISM | • behaviourism n. (British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism. • BEHAVIOURISM n. the psychological theory that behaviour is governed by conditioning rather than internal processes and that by changing behaviour patterns it is possible to treat psychological disorders, also BEHAVIORISM. |
| BEHAVIOURIST | • behaviourist n. Britain standard spelling of behaviorist. • BEHAVIOURIST n. an adherent of behaviourism. |
| CHELUVIATION | • cheluviation n. Eluviation caused by the chelating action of acids in the environment. • CHELUVIATION n. the leaching of iron and aluminium oxides from soils, esp. those planted with conifers and heaths. |
| CHIVALROUSLY | • chivalrously adv. In a chivalrous manner. • CHIVALROUS adv. gentlemanly, valiant. |
| DISAVOUCHING | • disavouching v. Present participle of disavouch. • DISAVOUCH v. (obsolete) to disavow, also DISAVOW. |
| EAVESTROUGHS | • eavestroughs n. Plural of eavestrough. • eaves␣troughs n. Plural of eaves trough. • EAVESTROUGH n. (Canadian) a gutter at the eaves of a building. |
| HELIOGRAVURE | • heliogravure n. The process of photographic engraving. • heliogravure n. An engraving of this kind. • HELIOGRAVURE n. photogravure. |
| KATHAREVOUSA | • Katharevousa prop.n. A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official… • KATHAREVOUSA n. a formal archaizing written form of Modern Greek, based on Ancient Greek. |
| KURCHATOVIUM | • kurchatovium n. (Physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium. • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
| MISBEHAVIOUR | • misbehaviour n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior. • MISBEHAVIOUR n. bad behaviour, also MISBEHAVIOR. |
| OUTACHIEVING | • outachieving v. Present participle of outachieve. • OUTACHIEVE v. to surpass in achievement. |
| OVERDRAUGHTS | • overdraughts n. Plural of overdraught. • OVERDRAUGHT n. a current of air passing over, or coming from above, a fire in a furnace, kiln, etc. |
| OVERLAUNCHED | • overlaunched v. Simple past tense and past participle of overlaunch. • OVERLAUNCH v. in shipbuilding, to join by long splices or scarfs. |
| OVERLAUNCHES | • overlaunches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overlaunch. • OVERLAUNCH v. in shipbuilding, to join by long splices or scarfs. |
| OVERSLAUGHED | • overslaughed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overslaugh. • OVERSLAUGH v. to pass over someone in favor of another, as in a promotion. |
| PHOTOGRAVURE | • photogravure n. (Uncountable) An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books. • photogravure n. (Countable) A print so made. • photogravure v. To print by this process. |
| UNCHIVALROUS | • unchivalrous adj. Not chivalrous. • UNCHIVALROUS adj. not chivalrous. |
| VOUCHSAFINGS | • vouchsafings n. Plural of vouchsafing. • VOUCHSAFING n. the act of granting as a privilege or special favour. |