| 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. |
| COMPOSITIVE | • compositive adj. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. • COMPOSITIVE adj. relating to a composite. |
| DISPROOVING | • disprooving v. Present participle of disproove. • DISPROOVE v. (Spenser) to disapprove of. |
| IMPROVISORS | • improvisors n. Plural of improvisor. • IMPROVISOR n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISER. |
| OVERPOISING | • overpoising v. Present participle of overpoise. • OVERPOISE v. to burden with weight sufficient to weigh another down. |
| OVIPOSITING | • ovipositing v. Present participle of oviposit. • OVIPOSIT v. to lay or deposit eggs, esp. of insects. |
| OVIPOSITION | • oviposition n. The process of laying eggs. • OVIPOSITION n. the act of ovipositing. |
| OVIPOSITORS | • ovipositors n. Plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ. • OVIPOSITOR n. the organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. |
| PISCIVOROUS | • piscivorous adj. (Chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating. • PISCIVOROUS adj. fish-eating. |
| PROVISIONAL | • provisional adj. Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent. • provisional n. (Philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released. • provisional n. (Dentistry) An interim denture. |
| PROVISIONED | • provisioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of provision. • provisioned adj. Possessing goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use. • PROVISION v. to provide. |
| PROVISIONER | • provisioner n. One who supplies provisions. • PROVISIONER n. a furnisher of provisions. |
| PROVISORILY | • provisorily adv. In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso. • PROVISORY adv. of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition. |
| REPROVISION | • reprovision v. (Transitive) To supply with provisions again. • re-provision v. Alternative form of reprovision. • REPROVISION v. to provision again. |
| VIDEOPHONIC | • videophonic adj. Videotelephonic. • VIDEOPHONIC adj. related to a videophone. |
| VISIOPHONES | • VISIOPHONE n. a videophone. |
| VOIVODESHIP | • voivodeship n. (Countable, uncountable) The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official… • voivodeship n. (Countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county. • voivodeship n. (Countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state. |