| 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. |
| OVERPOISING | • overpoising v. Present participle of overpoise. • OVERPOISE v. to burden with weight sufficient to weigh another down. |
| OVERPOSTING | • overposting v. Present participle of overpost. • OVERPOST v. to hasten over quickly. |
| OVERPROMISE | • overpromise v. To promise more than is delivered. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| 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. |
| POSTDIVORCE | • postdivorce adj. After divorce. • POSTDIVORCE adj. following a divorce. |
| PROTOAVISES | • PROTOAVIS n. a member of the genus Protoavis of the Triassic periods, with dinosaur-like tail and hind legs, but some anatomical features characteristic of modern birds. |
| PROVECTIONS | • provections n. Plural of provection. • PROVECTION n. the carrying forward of a sound at the end of a word to the beginning of the next (as 'a newt' from original from 'an ewt'). |
| PROVEDITORS | • proveditors n. Plural of proveditor. • PROVEDITOR n. a purveyor, also PROVEDITORE, PROVEDOR, PROVEDORE, PROVIDOR, PROVISOR. |
| 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. |
| PROVOSTRIES | • provostries n. Plural of provostry. • PROVOSTRY n. the office of provost, the head of certain universities and colleges. |
| PROVOSTSHIP | • provostship n. The state, property, or office of being a provost. • PROVOSTSHIP n. the office of provost. |
| REPROVISION | • reprovision v. (Transitive) To supply with provisions again. • re-provision v. Alternative form of reprovision. • REPROVISION v. to provision again. |