| 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. |
| OVERPERSUADE | • overpersuade v. To win someone over through persuasion; to convince (someone) to do something against their own judgement or wishes. • OVERPERSUADE v. to persuade to act contrary to one's conviction or preference. |
| POSTDILUVIAL | • postdiluvial adj. After the Biblical Flood. • POSTDILUVIAL adj. after the Flood. |
| POSTDILUVIAN | • postdiluvian adj. Postdiluvial. • postdiluvian n. One who lived after the Biblical Flood. • POSTDILUVIAN adj. pertaining to the period after the Biblical flood or any great flood. |
| AVOIRDUPOISES | • avoirdupoises n. Plural of avoirdupois. • AVOIRDUPOIS n. (French) a system of weights in which the pound (lb.) has 16 ounces. |
| OVERPERSUADED | • overpersuaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpersuade. • OVERPERSUADE v. to persuade to act contrary to one's conviction or preference. |
| OVERPERSUADES | • overpersuades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpersuade. • OVERPERSUADE v. to persuade to act contrary to one's conviction or preference. |
| POSTDILUVIANS | • postdiluvians n. Plural of postdiluvian. • POSTDILUVIAN n. someone or something occurring in such a period. |
| SUPEROVULATED | • superovulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of superovulate. • superovulated adj. Subject to, or produced by superovulation. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| OVERPERSUADING | • overpersuading v. Present participle of overpersuade. • OVERPERSUADE v. to persuade to act contrary to one's conviction or preference. |
| OVERSPECULATED | • overspeculated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspeculate. • OVERSPECULATE v. to speculate excessively. |
| POSTDEVALUATION | • postdevaluation adj. After a financial devaluation. • POSTDEVALUATION adj. taking place after devaluation. |