| ANTICORROSIVE | • anticorrosive n. An agent that prevents or stops corrosion. • anticorrosive adj. Preventing or counteracting corrosion. • ANTICORROSIVE n. a substance designed to counteract corrosion. |
| AVERRUNCATING | • averruncating v. Present participle of averruncate. • AVERRUNCATE v. (archaic) to ward off; to uproot. |
| AVERRUNCATION | • averruncation n. (Archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil). • averruncation n. Eradication, uprooting. • AVERRUNCATION n. the act of averruncating. |
| AVERRUNCATORS | • averruncators n. Plural of averruncator. • AVERRUNCATOR n. an instrument (on a pole) for pruning trees. |
| CONSERVATOIRE | • conservatoire n. (Music) A music academy. • CONSERVATOIRE n. (French) a public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. |
| CONSERVATORIA | • conservatoria n. Plural of conservatorium. • CONSERVATORIUM n. (Latin) a school of music, also CONSERVATOIRE. |
| CONTROVERSIAL | • controversial adj. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions. • CONTROVERSIAL adj. of, relating to, or arousing controversy. |
| INCORPORATIVE | • incorporative adj. That serves to incorporate. • incorporative adj. (Grammar) Polysynthetic. • INCORPORATIVE adj. serving to incorporate. |
| INTRACAVITARY | • intracavitary adj. Into a cavity of the body. • INTRACAVITARY adj. applied within or through body cavities, as radium applied in the uterus, or irradiation through natural or artificial body cavities. |
| INTRAVASCULAR | • intravascular adj. Pertaining to anything inside blood vessels, including the internal surface of veins and arteries. • INTRAVASCULAR adj. situated in, occurring in, or administered by entry into a blood vessel. |
| NECTARIVOROUS | • nectarivorous adj. That feeds on nectar. • NECTARIVOROUS adj. eating nectar. |
| OVERREACTIONS | • overreactions n. Plural of overreaction. • OVERREACTION n. excessive reaction. |
| PREVARICATING | • prevaricating v. Present participle of prevaricate. • PREVARICATE v. to avoid telling the truth by being ambiguous, evading, or misleading. |
| PREVARICATION | • prevarication n. (Now rare) Deviation from what is right or correct. • prevarication n. Evasion of the truth. • prevarication n. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office. |
| RECRIMINATIVE | • recriminative adj. Recriminatory. • RECRIMINATIVE adj. relating to recrimination. |
| TRANSCRIPTIVE | • transcriptive adj. Pertaining to, or having the character of, transcription. • TRANSCRIPTIVE adj. relating to transcription. |
| TURACOVERDINS | • TURACOVERDIN n. an iron-based pigment in turaco feathers, the only pure green pigment found in birds. |
| VERNACULARIST | • vernacularist n. A supporter of vernacularism. • VERNACULARIST n. a user of the vernacular. |
| VERNACULARITY | • vernacularity n. (Uncountable) The quality of being vernacular. • vernacularity n. (Countable) A vernacular utterance. • VERNACULARITY n. the state of being vernacular. |