| BIODIVERSITY | • biodiversity n. (Ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region. • BIODIVERSITY n. the number of species present in a given ecosystem. |
| CONSERVATORY | • conservatory adj. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury. • conservatory adj. (Rare) Relating to conservation. • conservatory n. (Obsolete) That which preserves from injury. |
| CONTRAYERVAS | • contrayervas n. Plural of contrayerva. • CONTRAYERVA n. a tropical American plant of the mulberry family, once believed to be an antidote to poisons. |
| CONVERSANTLY | • conversantly adv. In a familiar manner. • CONVERSANT adv. having knowledge or experience. |
| OVERMODESTLY | • overmodestly adv. With excessive modesty. • OVERMODEST adv. modest to excess. |
| OVERPAYMENTS | • overpayments n. Plural of overpayment. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| OVERSTUDYING | • overstudying v. Present participle of overstudy. • OVERSTUDY v. to study to excess. |
| OVERSUBTLETY | • oversubtlety n. Excessive subtlety. • OVERSUBTLETY n. an excess of subtlety. |
| POSTDELIVERY | • postdelivery adj. After a delivery of e.g. mail or goods. • postdelivery adj. After the delivery of a newborn child. • POSTDELIVERY adj. following a delivery. |
| PRESERVATORY | • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A preservative. • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay. • preservatory adj. Preservative. |
| PROTENSIVELY | • protensively adv. In a protensive fashion. • PROTENSIVE adv. extensive in time or length. |
| PROTRUSIVELY | • protrusively adv. In a protrusive manner. • PROTRUSIVE adv. thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. |
| SUPPORTIVELY | • supportively adv. In a supportive way. • SUPPORTIVE adv. tending to support. |
| VENTRICOSITY | • VENTRICOSITY n. the state of being ventricose, distended or swollen in the middle. |
| VISCOSIMETRY | • viscosimetry n. Alternative form of viscometry. • VISCOSIMETRY n. the measurement of viscosity, also VISCOMETRY. |
| VOCIFEROSITY | • vociferosity n. Vociferousness. • VOCIFEROSITY n. the state of being vociferous. |