| 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. |
| AVOIRDUPOISES | • avoirdupoises n. Plural of avoirdupois. • AVOIRDUPOIS n. (French) a system of weights in which the pound (lb.) has 16 ounces. |
| DEPURATIVES | • depuratives n. Plural of depurative. • DEPURATIVE n. a purifying agent, also DEPURANT. |
| DISPURVEYANCE | • dispurveyance n. (Obsolete, rare) Lack of provisions. • DISPURVEYANCE n. (Spenser) depriving of provisions. |
| DISPURVEYANCES | • DISPURVEYANCE n. (Spenser) depriving of provisions. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PERADVENTURES | • peradventures n. Plural of peradventure. • PERADVENTURE n. doubt, uncertainty. |
| SUPERELEVATED | • superelevated v. Simple past tense and past participle of superelevate. • SUPERELEVATE v. to raise above a normal level. |
| SUPERINDIVIDUAL | • superindividual adj. Above or beyond the individual. • SUPERINDIVIDUAL adj. of, relating to, or being an organism, entity, or complex of more than individual complexity or nature. |
| 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. |