| CONTROVERSIAL | • controversial adj. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions. • CONTROVERSIAL adj. of, relating to, or arousing controversy. |
| CORRELATIVELY | • correlatively adv. In a correlative manner. • CORRELATIVE adv. mutually linked, also CORELATIVE. |
| CORRELATIVITY | • correlativity n. The state or quality of being correlative. • CORRELATIVITY n. the quality of being correlative. |
| LAEVOROTATORY | • laevorotatory adj. Alternative spelling of levorotatory. • lævorotatory adj. Alternative spelling of levorotatory. • LAEVOROTATORY adj. counterclockwise; rotating the plane of polarization of light to the left, also LEVOROTARY, LEVOROTATORY. |
| LATEROVERSION | • lateroversion n. (Pathology) abnormal lateral displacement of a body part, especially of the uterus. • LATEROVERSION n. abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp. of the uterus. |
| OVERALERTNESS | • overalertness n. The quality of being overalert. |
| OVEREARNESTLY | • overearnestly adv. In an overearnest manner. |
| OVERELABORATE | • overelaborate adj. Excessively elaborate. • overelaborate v. To elaborate excessively; to go into too much detail. • over-elaborate adj. Alternative form of overelaborate. |
| OVERREGULATED | • overregulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overregulate. • OVERREGULATE v. to regulate to excess. |
| OVERREGULATES | • overregulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overregulate. • OVERREGULATE v. to regulate to excess. |
| PREROGATIVELY | • prerogatively adv. By prerogative. • PREROGATIVE adv. arising out of or held by prerogative. |
| PROLIFERATIVE | • proliferative adj. (Not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells. • proliferative adj. Proliferating; tending to proliferate. • proliferative n. Such a cell. |
| PROVERBIALIST | • proverbialist n. One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing. • proverbialist n. One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs. • PROVERBIALIST n. one who speaks a proverbialism. |
| REPROBATIVELY | • REPROBATIVE adv. condemnatory, also REPROBATORY. |
| RESTORATIVELY | • restoratively adv. In a restorative manner. • RESTORATIVE adv. serving to restore to consciousness, vigor, or health. |
| RETROACTIVELY | • retroactively adv. Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired. • RETROACTIVE adv. taking effect as from a previous date. |
| REVOLUTIONARY | • revolutionary adj. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution. • revolutionary adj. Pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset. • revolutionary adj. (Sciences) pertaining to something that revolves. |
| VELOCIRAPTORS | • velociraptors n. Plural of velociraptor. • VELOCIRAPTOR n. a small bipedal Cretaceous dinosaur with a long narrow head and a sickle-like claw on each hind foot. |
| VENTROLATERAL | • ventrolateral adj. (Anatomy) Both ventral and lateral. • VENTROLATERAL adj. ventral and lateral. |
| VITREORETINAL | • vitreoretinal adj. Of or pertaining to the vitreous humour and the retina. • VITREORETINAL adj. as in vitreoretinal traction, friction on the internal limiting membrane of the retina of the eye by adherent vitreous fibrils in vitreous humour detachment. |