| 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. |
| LARVIPAROUS | • larviparous adj. (Zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects. • LARVIPAROUS adj. giving birth to larvae. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| PAPOVAVIRUS | • papovavirus n. (Archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and… • PAPOVAVIRUS n. any of a group of DNA-containing oncogenic viruses. |
| PROVASCULAR | • provascular adj. (Biology) Relating to the procambium. • PROVASCULAR adj. of, relating to, or being procambium. |
| 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. |
| PULVERATION | • PULVERATION n. pulverization. |
| PYROGRAVURE | • pyrogravure n. Pyrography. • pyrogravure n. A design or picture made by pyrography. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
| SPORULATIVE | • sporulative adj. Relating to sporulation. • SPORULATIVE adj. relating to sporulation. |
| SUPEROCTAVE | • superoctave n. (Music) The octave above another. • superoctave n. (Music) A coupler in the organ by means of which is sounded an octave higher than the one struck. • superoctave n. (Music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal. |
| UNAPPROVING | • unapproving adj. Not approving. • UNAPPROVING adj. not approving. |
| UNOPERATIVE | • unoperative adj. Obsolete form of inoperative. • UNOPERATIVE adj. not operative. |
| VAPOURINGLY | • vapouringly adv. With bragging or bluster. • VAPOURING adv. vaporous. |
| VAPOURWARES | • VAPOURWARE n. a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available, also VAPORWARE. |
| VITUPERATOR | • vituperator n. One who vituperates, or censures abusively. • VITUPERATOR n. one who vituperates. |