| 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. |
| CORIVALSHIP | • corivalship n. Alternative form of corrivalship. • CORIVALSHIP n. rivalry. |
| DEPRIVATION | • deprivation n. (Countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. • deprivation n. (Uncountable) The state of being deprived. • deprivation n. (Countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. |
| IMPROVISATE | • improvisate v. To improvise; to extemporize. • improvisate adj. Unpremeditated; impromptu. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| INOPERATIVE | • inoperative adj. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken. • inoperative adj. (Law) No longer legally binding. • INOPERATIVE adj. not operative. |
| OPERATIVITY | • operativity n. Operativeness. • OPERATIVITY n. the state of being operative. |
| OVIPARITIES | • OVIPARITY n. the production of offspring via eggs. |
| PREINVASION | • preinvasion adj. Before an invasion; the state before an invasion. • PREINVASION adj. preceding an invasion. |
| PREVISIONAL | • previsional adj. Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic. • PREVISIONAL adj. showing prevision, foresight. |
| PROVABILITY | • provability n. The condition of being provable. • PROVABILITY n. the state of being provable, also PROVEABILITY. |
| PROVINCIALS | • provincials n. Plural of provincial. • PROVINCIAL n. one who lives in the provinces. |
| 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. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |