| 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. |
| EVAPORATORS | • evaporators n. Plural of evaporator. • EVAPORATOR n. an agent that causes evaporation. |
| OVEROPERATE | • overoperate v. To perform too many surgical operations. • OVEROPERATE v. to operate to excess. |
| OVERPROGRAM | • overprogram v. (Transitive, intransitive) To include too much in a program, scheme or schedule. • OVERPROGRAM v. to program excessively. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| PARLEYVOOED | • parleyvooed v. Simple past tense and past participle of parleyvoo. • PARLEYVOO v. (slang) to speak French. |
| 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. |
| PROVOCATEUR | • provocateur n. One who engages in provocative behavior. • provocateur n. An undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts. • PROVOCATEUR n. (French) one who provokes others to commit a crime. |
| 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. |
| PROVOCATORS | • provocators n. Plural of provocator. • PROVOCATOR n. one who provokes. |
| PROVOCATORY | • provocatory adj. Provocative. • PROVOCATORY adj. provocative. |
| VASOPRESSOR | • vasopressor adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to the constriction of blood vessels, which usually causes a rise in blood pressure. • vasopressor n. (Medicine) An agent that causes such constriction: a medication that tends to increase blood pressure. • VASOPRESSOR n. a drug causing a rise in blood pressure by exerting a vasoconstrictor effect. |