| CORRUPTIBLY | • corruptibly adv. In a corruptible way. • corruptibly adv. (Obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts. • CORRUPTIBLE adv. that can be corrupted. |
| EURYPTEROID | • eurypteroid adj. (Paleontology) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eurypterus. • EURYPTEROID adj. like a member of the Eurypterida, a fossil order of scorpion-like aquatic animals. • EURYPTEROID n. a eurypterid. |
| EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
| HYPERCOLOUR | • hypercolour n. Alternative form of hypercolor. • HYPERCOLOUR n. a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature. |
| INCORRUPTLY | • incorruptly adv. Without corruption. • INCORRUPT adv. not corrupt, also UNCORRUPT. |
| NEUROTROPHY | • neurotrophy n. (Biology) The nutrition and metabolism of tissues regulated by nerves. • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| PERFUNCTORY | • perfunctory adj. Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty. • perfunctory adj. Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote. • PERFUNCTORY adj. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
| PERSECUTORY | • persecutory adj. Of or relating to persecution. • PERSECUTORY adj. having the nature of persecution, also PERSECUTIVE. |
| POURTRAYING | • pourtraying v. Present participle of pourtray. • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| PRELUSORILY | • prelusorily adv. In a prelusory manner. • PRELUSORY adv. introductory, also PRELUSIVE. |
| PROCURATORY | • procuratory adj. Tending to, or authorizing, procuration. • PROCURATORY n. authorization to act for another. |
| PURPORTEDLY | • purportedly adv. Allegedly, ostensibly, supposedly, putatively, or reputedly. • PURPORTED adv. PURPORT, to profess or proclaim. |
| PYROGRAVURE | • pyrogravure n. Pyrography. • pyrogravure n. A design or picture made by pyrography. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
| PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
| PYRRHULOXIA | • pyrrhuloxia n. Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage. • Pyrrhuloxia prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – certain birds similar to cardinals, notably… • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| RAPTUROUSLY | • rapturously adv. In a rapturous manner. • RAPTUROUS adv. in a state of rapture. |
| SUPERIORITY | • superiority n. The state of being superior. • superiority n. (Scotland, law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal. • SUPERIORITY n. the state of being superior. |
| SUPERVISORY | • supervisory adj. Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor. • SUPERVISORY adj. relating to or having supervision. |
| URANOGRAPHY | • uranography n. (Astronomy, cartography) Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies. • URANOGRAPHY n. descriptive astronomy and mapping. |