| EPROUVETTES | • eprouvettes n. Plural of eprouvette. • EPROUVETTE n. (French) an apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder. |
| HYPOTENSIVE | • hypotensive adj. Relating to hypotension (low blood pressure). • hypotensive n. Any drug that lowers the blood pressure. • hypotensive n. A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension. |
| OVERPITCHES | • overpitches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpitch. • OVERPITCH v. in cricket, to bowl a ball so that its trajectory brings it too close to the stumps. |
| OVERREPORTS | • overreports v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overreport. • OVERREPORT v. to report to excess. |
| OVERSTEPPED | • overstepped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overstep. • OVERSTEP v. to go beyond. |
| PEJORATIVES | • pejoratives n. Plural of pejorative. • PEJORATIVE n. an expression implying or imputing evil. |
| PEROVSKITES | • perovskites n. Plural of perovskite. • PEROVSKITE n. a mineral form of calcium titanate. |
| PERSONATIVE | • personative adj. Portraying a person or persons. • PERSONATIVE adj. dramatic; presenting or presented through persons. |
| PONTLEVISES | • PONTLEVIS n. (French) a drawbridge. |
| PREPOSITIVE | • prepositive adj. Put before; prefixed. • prepositive n. A prepositive word. • PREPOSITIVE adj. placed before. |
| PREVENTIONS | • preventions n. Plural of prevention. • PREVENTION n. the act of preventing. |
| PROSPECTIVE | • prospective adj. Likely or expected to happen or become. • prospective adj. Anticipated in the near or far future. • prospective adj. Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect. |
| PROTECTIVES | • protectives n. Plural of protective. • PROTECTIVE n. something that offers protection. |
| SUPEROCTAVE | • superoctave n. (Music) The octave above another. • superoctave n. (Music) A coupler in the organ by means of which is sounded an octave higher than the one struck. • superoctave n. (Music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal. |
| SUPERVOLUTE | • supervolute adj. (Botany) Having a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory. • SUPERVOLUTE adj. convolute. |
| VAPORESCENT | • vaporescent adj. (Rare) Becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor. • VAPORESCENT adj. forming vapor. |
| VECTORSCOPE | • vectorscope n. A special oscilloscope that displays an X-Y plot of two signals so as to indicate their relationship. • VECTORSCOPE n. an instrument that displays the phase and amplitude of an applied signal, e.g. of the chrominance signal in colour television. |