| APIVOROUS | • apivorous adj. That feeds on bees. • APIVOROUS adj. eating bees. |
| APPULSIVE | • appulsive adj. Striking against; impinging. • APPULSIVE adj. relating to an appulse, the close approach of a planet or asteroid to a star without the occurrence of an eclipse. |
| COMPLUVIA | • compluvia n. Plural of compluvium. • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| OVIPAROUS | • oviparous adj. Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy. • OVIPAROUS adj. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| PULVILLAR | • pulvillar adj. Like a cushion or pad. • PULVILLAR adj. cushion-like. |
| PULVINARS | • pulvinars n. Plural of pulvinar. • PULVINAR n. a knob on the brain by the optic nerve. |
| PULVINATE | • pulvinate adj. (Architecture) Curved convexly or swelled. • pulvinate adj. (Zoology) Having the form of a cushion. • PULVINATE adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATED. |
| PURGATIVE | • purgative adj. (Capable of) purging. • purgative n. Something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative. • PURGATIVE adj. serving to purge. |
| UPHEAVING | • upheaving v. Present participle of upheave. • upheaving n. Upheaval. • UPHEAVE v. to heave up. |
| UPVALUING | • upvaluing v. Present participle of upvalue. • UPVALUE v. to increase the value of. |
| VAPOURIER | • VAPOURY adj. full of vapour; affected with the vapours, also VAPORY. |
| VAPOURING | • vapouring v. Present participle of vapour. • vapouring n. Boasting; blustering. • VAPOURING adj. vaporous. |
| VAPOURISH | • vapourish adj. Characteristic of vapour. • vapourish adj. (Dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish. • VAPOURISH adj. resembling or suggestive of vapours, also VAPORISH. |