| COMPARATIVISTS | • comparativists n. Plural of comparativist. • COMPARATIVIST n. one who conducts a comparative study. |
| CONVERTAPLANES | • convertaplanes n. Plural of convertaplane. • CONVERTAPLANE n. an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards, also CONVERTIPLANE, CONVERTOPLANE. |
| DISAPPROBATIVE | • disapprobative adj. Disapproving. • DISAPPROBATIVE adj. disapproving. |
| GALVANOPLASTIC | • galvanoplastic adj. Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty. • GALVANOPLASTIC adj. (obsolete) relating to galvanoplasty, electrodeposition. |
| GALVANOSCOPIES | • GALVANOSCOPY n. the use of a galvanoscope, an instrument for detecting the presence and direction of an electric current. |
| GALVANOTROPISM | • galvanotropism n. (Biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field. • GALVANOTROPISM n. the directional growth of an organism, esp. a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus. |
| OVERCAPACITIES | • overcapacities n. Plural of overcapacity. • OVERCAPACITY n. excessive capacity for production or services in relation to demand. |
| OVERCAPITALISE | • OVERCAPITALISE v. to put a nominal value on the capital of (a corporation) higher than actual cost or fair market value, also OVERCAPITALIZE. |
| OVERCAPITALIZE | • overcapitalize v. (Transitive) to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly. • overcapitalize v. (Transitive) to capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level. • OVERCAPITALIZE v. to put a nominal value on the capital of (a corporation) higher than actual cost or fair market value also OVERCAPITALISE. |
| OVERPARTICULAR | • overparticular adj. Excessively fastidious. • OVERPARTICULAR adj. excessively particular. |
| PAPILLOMAVIRUS | • papillomavirus n. (Virology) Any variety of virus which causes warts. • PAPILLOMAVIRUS n. any of a genus of double-stranded DNA viruses that cause papillomas and are sometimes associated with human cancers of the genital tract and esp. of the cervix. |
| PREDEVALUATION | • predevaluation adj. (Economics) Before devaluation. • PREDEVALUATION adj. preceding a devaluation. |
| PREVARICATIONS | • prevarications n. Plural of prevarication. • PREVARICATION n. the act of prevaricating. |
| PREVOCALICALLY | • prevocalically adv. Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound. • PREVOCALIC adv. before a vowel. |
| PRIVATISATIONS | • privatisations n. Plural of privatisation. • PRIVATISATION n. the act of privatising, also PRIVATIZATION. |
| PRIVATIZATIONS | • privatizations n. Plural of privatization. • PRIVATIZATION n. the act of privatizing, also PRIVATISATION. |
| PSYCHOGALVANIC | • psychogalvanic adj. Relating to psychogalvanometry. • PSYCHOGALVANIC adj. as in psychogalvanic response, a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety. |
| VAPORABILITIES | • VAPORABILITY n. the capacity to be vaporised, also VAPOURABILITY. |