| 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. |
| DUOPOLISTIC | • duopolistic adj. Characteristic of a duopoly. • DUOPOLISTIC adj. relating to duopoly. |
| LIPOSUCTION | • liposuction n. (Medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction. • liposuction v. (Medicine) To remove by liposuction. • LIPOSUCTION n. a surgical procedure for the removal of excess, unwanted fat from the body. |
| MYIOPHILOUS | • MYIOPHILOUS adj. pollinated by flies, also MYOPHILOUS. |
| OUTPOINTING | • outpointing v. Present participle of outpoint. • OUTPOINT v. to score more points than. |
| OUTPOLITICK | • outpolitick v. (Transitive) To outdo in politics. • OUTPOLITICK v. to surpass in politicking. |
| PISCICOLOUS | • piscicolous adj. (Usually of a parasite) Infecting or inhabiting fish. • PISCICOLOUS adj. parasitic in or on fishes. |
| PISCIVOROUS | • piscivorous adj. (Chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating. • PISCIVOROUS adj. fish-eating. |
| PORRIGINOUS | • porriginous adj. Having or relating to the disease porrigo. • PORRIGINOUS adj. suffering from porrigo, a scalp disease that causes baldness. |
| POSITRONIUM | • positronium n. (Physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (anti-electron)… • POSITRONIUM n. a positron and and an electron bound together in a short-lived unit, similar to a hydrogen atom. |
| SUPPOSITION | • supposition n. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture. • supposition n. The act or an instance of supposing. • SUPPOSITION n. something that is supposed. |
| UNPOISONING | • unpoisoning v. Present participle of unpoison. • UNPOISON v. to rid of poison. |