| ANTIRESORPTIVE | • antiresorptive adj. Inhibiting resorption. • antiresorptive n. Any drug that inhibits resorption. |
| CORPORATIVISMS | • corporativisms n. Plural of corporativism. • CORPORATIVISM n. the policy of control of a country's economy through the combined power of the trade unions, large businesses, etc., also CORPORATISM. |
| IMPROVISATORES | • improvisatores n. Plural of improvisatore. • IMPROVISATORE n. (Italian) an improviser in an Italian manner, also IMPROVVISATORE. |
| IMPROVISATRICE | • improvisatrice n. A female improvisatore. • IMPROVISATRICE n. (archaic) a female improvisator, also IMPROVISATRIX. |
| IMPROVVISATORE | • improvvisatore n. Alternative form of improvisatore. • IMPROVVISATORE n. (Italian) an improviser in an Italian manner, also IMPROVISATORE. |
| INTEROPERATIVE | • interoperative adj. During a surgical operation. • INTEROPERATIVE adj. between operatives. |
| INTERPRETATIVE | • interpretative adj. Marked by interpretation. • INTERPRETATIVE adj. relating to interpretation, also INTERPRETIVE. |
| OVERPARTICULAR | • overparticular adj. Excessively fastidious. • OVERPARTICULAR adj. excessively particular. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PERSEVERATIONS | • perseverations n. Plural of perseveration. • PERSEVERATION n. continuation of something (as repetition of a word) usually to an exceptional degree or beyond a desired point. |
| PHOTOENGRAVERS | • photoengravers n. Plural of photoengraver. • PHOTOENGRAVER n. one who does photoengraving. |
| PREOPERATIVELY | • preoperatively adv. In a preoperative context; before surgery. • PREOPERATIVE adv. occurring before a surgical operation. |
| PRESERVABILITY | • preservability n. The condition, or the extent, of being preservable. • PRESERVABILITY n. the state of being preservable. |
| PRESERVATORIES | • preservatories n. Plural of preservatory. • PRESERVATORY n. something serving to preserve. |
| PREVARICATIONS | • prevarications n. Plural of prevarication. • PREVARICATION n. the act of prevaricating. |
| PROVENTRICULAR | • proventricular adj. Relating to the proventriculus. • proventricular adj. Relating to the stage in the lifecycle of some parasites when they migrate to the proventriculus or midgut. • PROVENTRICULAR adj. relating to the proventriculus, the first part of a bird's stomach. |
| PROVERBIALISTS | • proverbialists n. Plural of proverbialist. • PROVERBIALIST n. one who speaks a proverbialism. |
| REPRESENTATIVE | • representative adj. Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group. • representative adj. Representing, showing a likeness. • representative n. A delegate. |
| SUPEREROGATIVE | • supererogative adj. Supererogatory. • SUPEREROGATIVE adj. doing more than is necessary. |
| SUPERGRAVITIES | • supergravities n. Plural of supergravity. • SUPERGRAVITY n. any of various theories in physics that are based on supersymmetry and attempt to unify general relativity and quantum theory and that state that the principal transmitter of gravity is the graviton. |