| 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. |
| 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. |
| PARVENUES | • parvenues n. Plural of parvenue. • PARVENUE n. (French) a female parvenu. |
| PREVALUES | • PREVALUE v. to value beforehand. |
| PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| PULVINARS | • pulvinars n. Plural of pulvinar. • PULVINAR n. a knob on the brain by the optic nerve. |
| PYRUVATES | • pyruvates n. Plural of pyruvate. • PYRUVATE n. a salt or ester of pyruvic acid. |
| SUPERNOVA | • supernova n. (Astronomy) The explosion of a star, which increases its absolute magnitude to typically a billion times… • supernova n. (Figurative) Something brilliant. • SUPERNOVA n. (Latin) a very brilliant nova resulting from an explosion which blows the star's material into space, leaving an expanding cloud of gas. |
| SUPERWAVE | • superwave n. (Physics) A particularly large or intense wave. • SUPERWAVE n. an exceptionally large wave. |
| UPHEAVALS | • upheavals n. Plural of upheaval. • UPHEAVAL n. the act of upheaving. |
| UPHEAVERS | • upheavers n. Plural of upheaver. • UPHEAVER n. one who upheaves. |
| VAPOURERS | • vapourers n. Plural of vapourer. • VAPOURER n. one that vapours, also VAPORER. |
| VAPOURISH | • vapourish adj. Characteristic of vapour. • vapourish adj. (Dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish. • VAPOURISH adj. resembling or suggestive of vapours, also VAPORISH. |
| VAPOUROUS | • vapourous adj. Alternative spelling of vaporous. • VAPOUROUS adj. like vapour, also VAPOROUS. |
| VAPULATES | • vapulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |