| 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. |
| EPROUVETTES | • eprouvettes n. Plural of eprouvette. • EPROUVETTE n. (French) an apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder. |
| LARVIPAROUS | • larviparous adj. (Zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects. • LARVIPAROUS adj. giving birth to larvae. |
| OVERPLUSSES | • overplusses n. Plural of overplus. • OVERPLUS n. a surplus. |
| OVERSUPPING | • oversupping v. Present participle of oversup. • OVERSUP v. to sup to excess. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| PAPOVAVIRUS | • papovavirus n. (Archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and… • PAPOVAVIRUS n. any of a group of DNA-containing oncogenic viruses. |
| PERFERVOURS | • PERFERVOUR n. great fervour, ardour, also PERFERVOR. |
| PISCIVOROUS | • piscivorous adj. (Chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating. • PISCIVOROUS adj. fish-eating. |
| PROVASCULAR | • provascular adj. (Biology) Relating to the procambium. • PROVASCULAR adj. of, relating to, or being procambium. |
| PURPOSIVELY | • purposively adv. In a purposive manner. • PURPOSIVE adv. directed towards an end. |
| SPORULATIVE | • sporulative adj. Relating to sporulation. • SPORULATIVE adj. relating to sporulation. |
| SUPERCOVERS | • SUPERCOVER n. an insurance policy with additional benefits. |
| SUPEROCTAVE | • superoctave n. (Music) The octave above another. • superoctave n. (Music) A coupler in the organ by means of which is sounded an octave higher than the one struck. • superoctave n. (Music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal. |
| 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. |
| SUPERVISORS | • supervisors n. Plural of supervisor. • SUPERVISOR n. one that supervises. |
| SUPERVISORY | • supervisory adj. Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor. • SUPERVISORY adj. relating to or having supervision. |
| SUPERVOLUTE | • supervolute adj. (Botany) Having a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory. • SUPERVOLUTE adj. convolute. |
| VAPOURWARES | • VAPOURWARE n. a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available, also VAPORWARE. |