| EXTRAVERTING | • extraverting v. Present participle of extravert. • EXTRAVERT v. to turn outwards. |
| GRAVITOMETER | • gravitometer n. Gravimeter. • gravitometer n. Hydrometer. • gravitometer n. Densitometer. |
| INTERVARSITY | • intervarsity adj. (Britain) taking place between universities. • intervarsity n. A competition taking place between universities. • INTERVARSITY adj. of e.g. a sporting event, taking place between Oxford and Cambridge. |
| INVERTEBRATE | • invertebrate n. An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone. • invertebrate n. (Informal) A spineless person; a coward. • invertebrate adj. Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae. |
| OVERMATURITY | • overmaturity n. The quality of being overmature. • OVERMATURITY n. excessive maturity. |
| OVERTREATING | • overtreating v. Present participle of overtreat. • OVERTREAT v. to treat excessively. |
| PERTURBATIVE | • perturbative adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation. • PERTURBATIVE adj. tending to perturb. |
| REFRACTIVITY | • refractivity n. The quality or degree of being refractive. • REFRACTIVITY n. the state of being refractive. |
| REITERATIVES | • reiteratives n. Plural of reiterative. • REITERATIVE n. a word formed by reduplication, the second element usually differing from the first e.g. helter-skelter. |
| RESTORATIVES | • restoratives n. Plural of restorative. • RESTORATIVE n. a restorative medicine. |
| RETRACTIVELY | • retractively adv. In a retractive manner. • RETRACTIVE adv. serving to retract. |
| TERGIVERSANT | • TERGIVERSANT n. one who tergiversates. |
| TERGIVERSATE | • tergiversate v. (Intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner. • tergiversate v. (Intransitive) To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize. • tergiversate v. (Intransitive, rare) To flee by turning one’s back. |
| TRANSPORTIVE | • transportive adj. Serving to transport to another place. • TRANSPORTIVE adj. tending or having power to transport. |
| TRIUMVIRATES | • triumvirates n. Plural of triumvirate. • TRIUMVIRATE n. a body of triumvirs. |
| VERTEBRATION | • vertebration n. The formation of vertebrae. • VERTEBRATION n. division into vertebrae. |
| VINEGARRETTE | • VINEGARRETTE n. a small decorative bottle or box with a perforated top, used for holding smelling salts, etc., also VINAIGRETTE, VINEGARETTE. |
| VITRIFACTURE | • vitrifacture n. The manufacture of glass and glassware. • VITRIFACTURE n. glassblowing. |
| VITUPERATORS | • vituperators n. Plural of vituperator. • VITUPERATOR n. one who vituperates. |
| VITUPERATORY | • vituperatory adj. Vituperative. • VITUPERATORY adj. uttering or given to censure, also VITUPERATIVE. |