| AUTOEXPOSURE | • autoexposure n. (Photography) automatic selection of exposure settings. • AUTOEXPOSURE n. a system for automatically adjusting the aperture and/or shutter speed of a camera according to the lighting conditions. |
| COUNTERCOUPS | • countercoups n. Plural of countercoup. • COUNTERCOUP n. a coup in return. |
| COUNTERPUNCH | • counterpunch n. A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match. • counterpunch n. (Printing, historical) A punch used in the cutting of other punches, often used to create the negative… • counterpunch v. (Boxing) To deliver a punch designed to exploit an opponent’s momentary defensive weakness caused by… |
| MUCOPURULENT | • mucopurulent adj. (Medicine) Characterized by mucus and pus. • MUCOPURULENT adj. containing a mixture of mucus and pus. |
| MULTIPURPOSE | • multipurpose adj. Designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses. • multi-purpose adj. Alternative form of multipurpose. • MULTIPURPOSE adj. having many purposes. |
| NEUROPTEROUS | • neuropterous adj. Dated form of neuropteral. • NEUROPTEROUS adj. pertaining or belonging to insect order including lacewing flies. |
| OUTREPRODUCE | • outreproduce v. (Transitive) To surpass in reproducing; to outbreed. • OUTREPRODUCE v. to surpass in reproducing. |
| PERCUTANEOUS | • percutaneous adj. Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof. • PERCUTANEOUS adj. done or applied through the skin. |
| POLYCULTURES | • polycultures n. Plural of polyculture. • POLYCULTURE n. the simultaneous production of several different crops and types of livestock in one region. |
| POMICULTURES | • POMICULTURE n. the growing of fruit. |
| PRESUMPTUOUS | • presumptuous adj. Going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance. • PRESUMPTUOUS adj. overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy). |
| PROBOULEUTIC | • probouleutic adj. Relating to the Ancient Greek council, which held preliminary discussions before submitting matters… • probouleutic adj. (UK, by extension) Pertaining to preliminary discussion before discussion in council, parliament, or… • PROBOULEUTIC adj. for preliminary deliberation. |
| RUPTUREWORTS | • ruptureworts n. Plural of rupturewort. • RUPTUREWORT n. a caryophyllaceous plant once thought to cure hernia. |
| SEROPURULENT | • seropurulent adj. That consists of both serum and pus. • SEROPURULENT adj. serum and pus. |
| SUPERCONDUCT | • superconduct v. To exhibit superconductivity. • SUPERCONDUCT v. to exhibit superconductivity. |
| SUPEROVULATE | • superovulate v. (Biology) To produce large quantities of mature ova. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| UNIMPORTUNED | • unimportuned adj. Not importuned. • UNIMPORTUNED adj. not importuned. |
| UNPRODUCTIVE | • unproductive adj. Not productive; useless; fruitless. • unproductive adj. (Linguistics, of affixes, mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples). • UNPRODUCTIVE adj. not productive. |
| UNSUPPORTIVE | • unsupportive adj. Not supportive. |
| VOLUPTUARIES | • voluptuaries n. Plural of voluptuary. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |