| COMPLUVIUM | • compluvium n. (Architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the… • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| COMPULSIVE | • compulsive adj. Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible. • compulsive adj. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. • compulsive n. One who exhibits compulsive behaviours. |
| COPULATIVE | • copulative adj. Of or pertaining to copulation. • copulative adj. (Grammar) That acts as a copula. • copulative adj. (Grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement. |
| ISOPLUVIAL | • ISOPLUVIAL n. a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall. |
| OVERPLUSES | • overpluses n. Plural of overplus. • OVERPLUS n. a surplus. |
| OVERSUPPLY | • oversupply v. To supply more than is needed. • oversupply n. An excessive supply. • OVERSUPPLY v. to supply to excess. |
| PERVIOUSLY | • perviously adv. In a pervious manner. • PERVIOUS adv. capable of being penetrated. |
| POLIOVIRUS | • poliovirus n. A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis. • POLIOVIRUS n. a virus causing polio. |
| PREVIOUSLY | • previously adv. (Now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance. • previously adv. (With past-tense constructions) At an earlier time. • previously adv. (Television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series. |
| PROPULSIVE | • propulsive adj. Of or pertaining to propulsion. • propulsive adj. Serving to propel. • PROPULSIVE adj. tending or having power to propel. |
| PULVILLIOS | • pulvillios n. Plural of pulvillio. • PULVILLIO n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILIO, PULVILLE. |
| UNPROVABLE | • unprovable adj. That cannot be proved or verified by any test. • UNPROVABLE adj. not provable. |
| UNPROVABLY | • unprovably adv. In a way that cannot be proven. |
| VAPOROUSLY | • vaporously adv. In a vaporous manner. • VAPOROUS adv. like vapour, also VAPOUROUS. |
| VAPOURABLE | • vapourable adj. Alternative form of vaporable. • VAPOURABLE adj. that can be vaporized, also VAPORABLE, VAPORIZABLE. |
| VAPOURLESS | • VAPOURLESS adj. without vapour, also VAPORLESS. |
| VAPULATION | • vapulation n. (Obsolete) The act of beating or whipping. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |
| VIPEROUSLY | • viperously adv. In a viperous manner. • VIPEROUS adv. having the qualities of a viper; venomous. |
| VOLUPTUARY | • voluptuary n. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist. • voluptuary adj. Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |
| VOLUPTUOUS | • voluptuous adj. Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation. • voluptuous adj. (Of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive. • VOLUPTUOUS adj. given up to luxury; sensuous. |