| APPOSITIVES | • appositives n. Plural of appositive. • APPOSITIVE n. a clause in apposition. |
| 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. |
| DIAPOSITIVE | • diapositive n. (Photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images). • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| IMPROVISATE | • improvisate v. To improvise; to extemporize. • improvisate adj. Unpremeditated; impromptu. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| ISOPLUVIALS | • ISOPLUVIAL n. a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall. |
| OVIPARITIES | • OVIPARITY n. the production of offspring via eggs. |
| PASSIVATION | • passivation n. (Chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to… • passivation n. (Chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride)… • passivation n. (Control theory) Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| VAIVODESHIP | • vaivodeship n. Alternative spelling of voivodeship. • VAIVODESHIP n. the office of vaivode. |