| EVOLUTIONISM | • evolutionism n. (Countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms. • evolutionism n. (Uncountable) The belief in the universal presence of evolution. • evolutionism n. (Uncountable) The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism). |
| IMPROVISATOR | • improvisator n. One who improvises. • improvisator n. An improvvisatore. • IMPROVISATOR n. an improviser, also IMPROVISER, IMPROVISOR. |
| MICROGROOVES | • microgrooves n. Plural of microgroove. • MICROGROOVE n. the fine groove of long-playing gramophone records. |
| MICROVILLOUS | • microvillous adj. Relating to microvilli. • MICROVILLOUS adj. of or like a microvillus, a microscopic projection from the surface of a cell wall, also MICROVILLAR. |
| MISDEVOTIONS | • misdevotions n. Plural of misdevotion. • MISDEVOTION n. a wrong devotion. |
| MISGOVERNORS | • misgovernors n. Plural of misgovernor. • MISGOVERNOR n. one who misgoverns. |
| NORMOTENSIVE | • normotensive adj. Having normal tension. • normotensive adj. (Medicine) Having normal blood pressure. • normotensive n. A person who has normal blood pressure. |
| OMNIVOROUSLY | • omnivorously adv. In the manner of an omnivore. • OMNIVOROUS adv. feeding on all kinds of food. |
| OVARIOTOMIES | • ovariotomies n. Plural of ovariotomy. • OVARIOTOMY n. the operation of removing one or both of the ovaries, aka oophorectomy. |
| OVARIOTOMIST | • ovariotomist n. (Surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy. • OVARIOTOMIST n. one who carries out ovariotomies. |
| OVEROPTIMISM | • overoptimism n. Excessive optimism. • OVEROPTIMISM n. excessive optimism. |
| OVEROPTIMIST | • overoptimist n. An excessively optimistic person. • OVEROPTIMIST n. one who is excessively optimistic. |
| OVERPROMISED | • overpromised v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpromise. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| OVERPROMISES | • overpromises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpromise. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| POLYOMAVIRUS | • polyomavirus n. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals. • Polyomavirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – now split into genera Alphapolyomavirus… |
| VARICOTOMIES | • varicotomies n. Plural of varicotomy. • VARICOTOMY n. an incision into a varicose vein. |
| VISCEROMOTOR | • visceromotor adj. Relating to or controlling movement in the viscera, noting the sympathetic nerves innervating the viscera… • VISCEROMOTOR adj. relating to or controlling movements of the viscera. |
| VOLUMINOSITY | • voluminosity n. Quality or degree of being voluminous. • VOLUMINOSITY n. the state of being voluminous. |
| VOLUMINOUSLY | • voluminously adv. In a voluminous manner. • VOLUMINOUS adv. bulky, filling much space. |
| VOLUNTOURISM | • voluntourism n. A type of tourism which combines traditional travel and tourism with volunteer work. Travelers are given… • VOLUNTOURISM n. tourism in which travellers do voluntary work to help communities or the environment in the places they are visiting. |