| INTERPLUVIAL | • interpluvial n. (Geology) A period of decreased rainfall. • INTERPLUVIAL n. a period between bouts of rain. |
| OVERPOPULATE | • overpopulate v. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| PERSUASIVELY | • persuasively adv. In a manner intended to convince or persuade. • PERSUASIVE adv. tending to persuade. |
| POLYOMAVIRUS | • polyomavirus n. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals. • Polyomavirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – now split into genera Alphapolyomavirus… |
| PREOVULATORY | • preovulatory adj. Prior to ovulation. • PREOVULATORY adj. occurring or existing in or typical of the period immediately preceding ovulation. |
| PULVERATIONS | • PULVERATION n. pulverization. |
| PULVERISABLE | • pulverisable adj. Alternative form of pulverizable. • PULVERISABLE adj. that can be pulverised, also PULVERIZABLE. |
| PULVERIZABLE | • pulverizable adj. Able to be pulverized. • PULVERIZABLE adj. capable of being pulverized, also PULVERISABLE. |
| REPUTATIVELY | • reputatively adv. (Archaic) reputedly. • REPUTATIVE adv. reputed, putative. |
| SUPERELEVATE | • superelevate v. (Transitive) To give a superelevation to (a railway track). • SUPERELEVATE v. to raise above a normal level. |
| SUPERLATIVES | • superlatives n. Plural of superlative. • SUPERLATIVE n. the superlative degree of comparison in a language. |
| SUPEROVULATE | • superovulate v. (Biology) To produce large quantities of mature ova. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| SUPRAVITALLY | • supravitally adv. In a supravital manner. • SUPRAVITAL adv. relating to the staining of living tissues. |
| UNPREVAILING | • unprevailing adj. Not prevailing. • UNPREVAILING adj. not prevailing. |
| UNREPROVABLE | • unreprovable adj. Alternative spelling of unreproveable. • UNREPROVABLE adj. not reprovable. |
| VIVIPAROUSLY | • viviparously adv. (Biology) In a viviparous manner. • VIVIPAROUS adv. producing live young. |
| VOLUPTUARIES | • voluptuaries n. Plural of voluptuary. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |