| 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. |
| DEPURATIVES | • depuratives n. Plural of depurative. • DEPURATIVE n. a purifying agent, also DEPURANT. |
| 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. |
| PERSUASIVES | • persuasives n. Plural of persuasive. • PERSUASIVE n. that which persuades. |
| PROVASCULAR | • provascular adj. (Biology) Relating to the procambium. • PROVASCULAR adj. of, relating to, or being procambium. |
| PURSUIVANTS | • pursuivants n. Plural of pursuivant. • PURSUIVANT n. an officer ranking below a herald. |
| PURVEYANCES | • purveyances n. Plural of purveyance. • PURVEYANCE n. the act of purveying. |
| SPORULATIVE | • sporulative adj. Relating to sporulation. • SPORULATIVE adj. relating to sporulation. |
| SUPERACTIVE | • superactive adj. Highly active. • SUPERACTIVE adj. extremely active. |
| SUPERLATIVE | • superlative n. The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something. • superlative n. (Grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the… • superlative n. (Informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional. |
| 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. |
| SUPERSAVERS | • supersavers n. Plural of supersaver. • SUPERSAVER n. an exceptional bargain in a supermarket. |
| SUPERVISALS | • supervisals n. Plural of supervisal. • SUPERVISAL n. supervision. |
| SUPPURATIVE | • suppurative adj. (Medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus. • suppurative n. A medicine that causes suppuration. • SUPPURATIVE adj. causing suppuration. |
| VAPOURWARES | • VAPOURWARE n. a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available, also VAPORWARE. |
| VITUPERATES | • vituperates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vituperate. • VITUPERATE v. to abuse or censure severely or abusively. |