| CARNIVOROUSLY | • carnivorously adv. In a carnivorous manner. • CARNIVOROUS adv. feeding on animal tissues. |
| CAVERNICOLOUS | • cavernicolous adj. (Rare) that inhabits caverns or caves. • CAVERNICOLOUS adj. cave-dwelling. |
| COMPROVINCIAL | • comprovincial adj. Being part of the same province. • comprovincial n. One who comes from the same province. • COMPROVINCIAL adj. belonging to the same province. |
| CONTROVERSIAL | • controversial adj. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions. • CONTROVERSIAL adj. of, relating to, or arousing controversy. |
| CONVERTOPLANE | • CONVERTOPLANE n. an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards, also CONVERTAPLANE, CONVERTIPLANE. |
| CONVULSIONARY | • convulsionary n. A convulsionist. • convulsionary adj. Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. • CONVULSIONARY n. a person who has convulsions, esp. one of a fanatical sect of Jansenists in eighteenth century France. |
| ELECTRONVOLTS | • electronvolts n. Plural of electronvolt. • electron␣volts n. Plural of electron volt. • ELECTRONVOLT n. a unit of energy equal to the work done on an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt. |
| GALVANOTROPIC | • GALVANOTROPIC adj. relating to galvanotropism, the directional growth of an organism. |
| NONCOERCIVELY | • noncoercively adv. Without coercion. |
| OVERCLOCKINGS | • OVERCLOCKING n. the act of running a computer component at a higher clock rate than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer. |
| OVERCOLOURING | • overcolouring v. Present participle of overcolour. • overcolouring n. Excessive use of colour; (chiefly in extended use) exaggeration in description; an instance of this. • OVERCOLOUR v. to colour to excess, also OVERCOLOR. |
| PREVOCATIONAL | • prevocational adj. In preparation for a vocation. • PREVOCATIONAL adj. given or required before admission to a vocational school. |
| SERVOCONTROLS | • servocontrols n. Plural of servocontrol. • SERVOCONTROL n. in aircraft, a reinforcing mechanism for the pilot's effort, usually a small auxiliary aerofoil. |
| STRATOVOLCANO | • stratovolcano n. (Volcanology) A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash. • STRATOVOLCANO n. a composite volcano, composed of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material, along with abundant dikes and sills. |
| VENOSCLEROSES | • VENOSCLEROSIS n. sclerosis of the veins. |
| VENOSCLEROSIS | • VENOSCLEROSIS n. sclerosis of the veins. |