| AVOIRDUPOIS | • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary… • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. • avoirdupois n. (Chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| COOPERATIVE | • cooperative adj. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate. • cooperative adj. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties. • cooperative adj. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives. |
| CORPORATIVE | • corporative adj. Pertaining to a corporation; corporate. • corporative adj. Pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility;… • CORPORATIVE adj. of or relating to a corporation. |
| EVAPORATION | • evaporation n. The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state. • evaporation n. The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to… • evaporation n. (Archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| PHOTOACTIVE | • photoactive adj. Able to convert the energy of light into electricity via photoelectricity. • photoactive adj. Able to react chemically under the influence of light. • PHOTOACTIVE adj. affected physically or chemically by light or other radiation. |
| POSTVOCALIC | • postvocalic adj. (Phonetics) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel. • POSTVOCALIC adj. after a vowel. |
| PROTOAVISES | • PROTOAVIS n. a member of the genus Protoavis of the Triassic periods, with dinosaur-like tail and hind legs, but some anatomical features characteristic of modern birds. |
| PROVISIONAL | • provisional adj. Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent. • provisional n. (Philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released. • provisional n. (Dentistry) An interim denture. |
| PROVOCATION | • provocation n. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something. • provocation n. Something that provokes; a provocative act. • provocation n. (Emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms… |
| PROVOCATIVE | • provocative adj. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating. • provocative adj. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy. • provocative n. (Obsolete) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. |
| VANPOOLINGS | • VANPOOLING n. the practice of sharing a van. |