| 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. |
| 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. |
| LIGNIVOROUS | • lignivorous adj. That feeds on wood. • LIGNIVOROUS adj. feeding on wood. |
| OVERPOISING | • overpoising v. Present participle of overpoise. • OVERPOISE v. to burden with weight sufficient to weigh another down. |
| 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. |
| VIRGINHOODS | • VIRGINHOOD n. virginity. |
| VIROLOGISTS | • virologists n. Plural of virologist. • VIROLOGIST n. a student of virology. |
| VORTIGINOUS | • vortiginous adj. Moving rapidly round a centre; vortical. • VORTIGINOUS adj. like a vortex, whirling, also VORTICAL, VORTICOSE, VORTICULAR. |
| VOUSSOIRING | • voussoiring n. (Architecture) Work made with voussoirs. • VOUSSOIR v. to construct with a voussoir. |