| AVOIRDUPOIS | • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary… • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. • avoirdupois n. (Chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| BUPIVACAINE | • bupivacaine n. (Pharmacology) A local anesthetic C18H28N2O that is like lidocaine in its action but is longer acting. • BUPIVACAINE n. a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks. |
| DISPUTATIVE | • disputative adj. Tending to dispute. • DISPUTATIVE adj. inclined to dispute. |
| DUPLICATIVE | • duplicative adj. Of, related to, or being a duplicate. • DUPLICATIVE adj. serving to duplicate. |
| IMPULSIVELY | • impulsively adv. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse. • IMPULSIVE adv. given to acting on impulse. |
| IMPULSIVITY | • impulsivity n. The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought. • IMPULSIVITY n. the state of being impulsive. |
| INCULPATIVE | • INCULPATIVE adj. serving to inculpate, also INCULPATORY. |
| IRRUPTIVELY | • irruptively adv. In an irruptive manner. • IRRUPTIVE adv. rushing in or upon. |
| ISOPLUVIALS | • ISOPLUVIAL n. a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall. |
| NONPUNITIVE | • nonpunitive adj. Not punitive. • NONPUNITIVE adj. not punitive. |
| PISCIVOROUS | • piscivorous adj. (Chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating. • PISCIVOROUS adj. fish-eating. |
| PULVERISING | • pulverising v. Present participle of pulverise. • PULVERISE v. to reduce to powder, also PULVERIZE. |
| PULVERIZING | • pulverizing v. Present participle of pulverize. • PULVERIZE v. to reduce to powder. |
| REPUDIATIVE | • REPUDIATIVE adj. serving to repudiate. |
| SUPERVIRILE | • supervirile adj. Exceptionally virile. • SUPERVIRILE adj. excessively virile. |
| SUPERVISING | • supervising v. Present participle of supervise. • SUPERVISE v. to oversee, superintend. |
| SUPERVISION | • supervision n. (Uncountable) The act or instance of supervising. • supervision n. (Uncountable) Responsible oversight. • supervision n. (Countable, Cambridge University) A tutorial session for an individual student or a small group. |
| SUPPLICAVIT | • supplicavit n. (Law, historical) A writ issued by the King’s Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person. • SUPPLICAVIT n. formerly, a writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person. |
| SUPPOSITIVE | • suppositive adj. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. • suppositive n. A word denoting or implying supposition. • SUPPOSITIVE adj. suppositional. |
| UNPROVIDING | • unproviding adj. Failing to provide; not giving. • UNPROVIDE v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of necessary provision. |