| COMPULSATIVE | • compulsative adj. (Obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint. • COMPULSATIVE adj. (Shakespeare) compulsory, also COMPULSATORY. |
| CONSUMPTIVES | • consumptives n. Plural of consumptive. • CONSUMPTIVE n. a person affected with consumption. |
| OVERPICTURES | • overpictures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpicture. • OVERPICTURE v. to picture to excess. |
| PLUVIOMETERS | • pluviometers n. Plural of pluviometer. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| POSTERUPTIVE | • posteruptive adj. (Geology) After an eruption. • POSTERUPTIVE adj. taking place after an eruption. |
| PROTRUSIVELY | • protrusively adv. In a protrusive manner. • PROTRUSIVE adv. thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. |
| PROVOCATEURS | • provocateurs n. Plural of provocateur. • PROVOCATEUR n. (French) one who provokes others to commit a crime. |
| PSEUDOVECTOR | • pseudovector n. (Mathematics, physics) A quantity that transforms like a vector under a proper rotation but gains an… • PSEUDOVECTOR n. a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. |
| PULVERATIONS | • PULVERATION n. pulverization. |
| RETROPULSIVE | • retropulsive adj. Driving back; repelling. • retropulsive adj. Exhibiting or relating to retropulsion. • RETROPULSIVE adj. showing retropulsion. |
| SUPEROCTAVES | • superoctaves n. Plural of superoctave. • SUPEROCTAVE n. an organ coupler giving an octave higher; an organ stop two octaves above the basic pitch. |
| 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. |
| SUPERVENTION | • supervention n. The act of supervening. • SUPERVENTION n. the act of supervening. |
| SUPPORTIVELY | • supportively adv. In a supportive way. • SUPPORTIVE adv. tending to support. |
| SUPPOSITIVES | • suppositives n. Plural of suppositive. • SUPPOSITIVE n. a suppositive conjunction. |
| UNSUPPORTIVE | • unsupportive adj. Not supportive. |
| VITUPERATORS | • vituperators n. Plural of vituperator. • VITUPERATOR n. one who vituperates. |
| VOLUPTUARIES | • voluptuaries n. Plural of voluptuary. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |