| ANTIRESORPTIVE | • antiresorptive adj. Inhibiting resorption. • antiresorptive n. Any drug that inhibits resorption. |
| INTEROPERATIVE | • interoperative adj. During a surgical operation. • INTEROPERATIVE adj. between operatives. |
| OVERPERSUADING | • overpersuading v. Present participle of overpersuade. • OVERPERSUADE v. to persuade to act contrary to one's conviction or preference. |
| OVERPERSUASION | • overpersuasion n. Excessive persuasion. • OVERPERSUASION n. excessive persuasion. |
| OVERPROGRAMMED | • overprogrammed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprogram. • overprogrammed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprogramme. • overprogrammed adj. Given a programme or schedule of too many activities. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PERSEVERATIONS | • perseverations n. Plural of perseveration. • PERSEVERATION n. continuation of something (as repetition of a word) usually to an exceptional degree or beyond a desired point. |
| PHOTOENGRAVERS | • photoengravers n. Plural of photoengraver. • PHOTOENGRAVER n. one who does photoengraving. |
| PREOPERATIVELY | • preoperatively adv. In a preoperative context; before surgery. • PREOPERATIVE adv. occurring before a surgical operation. |
| PRESERVATORIES | • preservatories n. Plural of preservatory. • PRESERVATORY n. something serving to preserve. |
| PROVERBIALISED | • proverbialised v. Simple past tense and past participle of proverbialise. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
| PROVERBIALISES | • proverbialises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverbialise. • PROVERBIALISE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALIZE. |
| PROVERBIALIZED | • proverbialized v. Simple past tense and past participle of proverbialize. • PROVERBIALIZE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALISE. |
| PROVERBIALIZES | • proverbializes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proverbialize. • PROVERBIALIZE v. to make proverbial, also PROVERBIALISE. |
| SEROPREVALENCE | • seroprevalence n. The rate of seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whose blood serum tests positive… |
| SUPEREROGATIVE | • supererogative adj. Supererogatory. • SUPEREROGATIVE adj. doing more than is necessary. |