| PURSUIVANT | • pursuivant n. (Archaic) A follower. • pursuivant n. (Heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant… • pursuivant n. (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge. |
| PULVERULENT | • pulverulent adj. Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty. • PULVERULENT adj. dusty-looking; readily crumbling; powdery. |
| PURSUIVANTS | • pursuivants n. Plural of pursuivant. • PURSUIVANT n. an officer ranking below a herald. |
| UNPRODUCTIVE | • unproductive adj. Not productive; useless; fruitless. • unproductive adj. (Linguistics, of affixes, mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples). • UNPRODUCTIVE adj. not productive. |
| UNSUPPORTIVE | • unsupportive adj. Not supportive. |
| VENEPUNCTURE | • venepuncture n. Alternative spelling of venipuncture. • VENEPUNCTURE n. the puncturing of a vein with a hypodermic needle, to draw off a sample of blood, also VENIPUNCTURE. |
| VENIPUNCTURE | • venipuncture n. (Hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert… • venipuncture v. To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform venipuncture. • VENIPUNCTURE n. the puncturing of a vein with a hypodermic needle, to draw off a sample of blood, also VENEPUNCTURE. |
| SUPERVIRULENT | • supervirulent adj. Especially virulent. • SUPERVIRULENT adj. virulent to a very high degree. |
| VENEPUNCTURES | • venepunctures n. Plural of venepuncture. • VENEPUNCTURE n. the puncturing of a vein with a hypodermic needle, to draw off a sample of blood, also VENIPUNCTURE. |
| VENIPUNCTURES | • venipunctures n. Plural of venipuncture. • VENIPUNCTURE n. the puncturing of a vein with a hypodermic needle, to draw off a sample of blood, also VENEPUNCTURE. |
| PROVENTRICULUS | • proventriculus n. (Zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes. • proventriculus n. (Zoology) A similar part of the digestive system in insects and myriapods. • PROVENTRICULUS n. the first part of a bird's stomach, aka gizzard. |
| SUPEROVULATING | • superovulating v. Present participle of superovulate. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| SUPEROVULATION | • superovulation n. The act or process of superovulating. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |
| UNPRODUCTIVELY | • unproductively adv. In an unproductive manner. • UNPRODUCTIVE adv. not productive. |
| UNPRODUCTIVITY | • unproductivity n. Unproductiveness. • UNPRODUCTIVITY n. not productivity. |
| SUPERCONDUCTIVE | • superconductive adj. Exhibiting or relating to superconductivity. • SUPERCONDUCTIVE adj. capable of superconduction. |
| SUPEROVULATIONS | • superovulations n. Plural of superovulation. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |