| 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. |
| DISCOURSIVE | • discoursive adj. Of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning. • discoursive adj. Discursive. • DISCOURSIVE adj. (obsolete) relating to discourse. |
| FAVOURITISM | • favouritism n. (British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another. • FAVOURITISM n. the state of having favourites. |
| FILOVIRUSES | • filoviruses n. Plural of filovirus. • Filoviruses n. Plural of Filovirus. • FILOVIRUS n. any member of a family of viruses that includes the agents responsible for Ebola virus disease and Marburg disease. |
| INOBTRUSIVE | • inobtrusive adj. Inconspicuous; unobtrusive. • INOBTRUSIVE adj. not obtrusive, also UNOBTRUSIVE. |
| LIGNIVOROUS | • lignivorous adj. That feeds on wood. • LIGNIVOROUS adj. feeding on wood. |
| MICROVILLUS | • microvillus n. Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin… • MICROVILLUS n. a microscopic projection from the surface of a cell wall. |
| OUTSTRIVING | • OUTSTRIVE v. to surpass in striving. |
| OVERISSUING | • overissuing v. Present participle of overissue. • OVERISSUE v. to issue in excess (e.g. banknotes or bills of exchange). |
| OVERUTILISE | • overutilise v. Alternative form of overutilize. • OVERUTILISE v. to utilise excessively, also OVERUTILIZE. |
| PISCIVOROUS | • piscivorous adj. (Chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating. • PISCIVOROUS adj. fish-eating. |
| SOUVENIRING | • souveniring v. Present participle of souvenir. • SOUVENIR v. to provide a souvenir of. |
| 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. |
| VERTIGINOUS | • vertiginous adj. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards. • vertiginous adj. (Pharmacology) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling. • vertiginous adj. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings). |
| VICARIOUSLY | • vicariously adv. In a vicarious manner; indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute; by proxy. • VICARIOUS adv. characteristic of feelings or emotions felt or shared imaginatively through the feelings or emotions of another person. |
| 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. |
| VOYEURISTIC | • voyeuristic adj. Of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism or a voyeur. • VOYEURISTIC adj. like a voyeur. |