| COHORTATIVES | • cohortatives n. Plural of cohortative. • COHORTATIVE n. in Hebrew grammar, a lengthened form of the imperfect. |
| CONTRAOCTAVE | • contraoctave n. Alternative form of contra-octave. • contra-octave n. (Music) The octave directly below the great octave. • CONTRAOCTAVE n. the musical octave that begins on the third C below middle C. |
| CONTROVERTED | • controverted v. Simple past tense and past participle of controvert. • CONTROVERT v. to oppose; to argue against; to dispute. |
| CONTROVERTER | • controverter n. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist. • CONTROVERTER n. one who controverts. |
| DETRITOVORES | • DETRITOVORE n. an organism that feeds on detritus. |
| ELECTRONVOLT | • electronvolt n. (Physics) Alternative spelling of electron volt. • electron␣volt n. (Physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained… • ELECTRONVOLT n. a unit of energy equal to the work done on an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt. |
| KATAVOTHRONS | • KATAVOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATABOTHRON. |
| LEVOROTATORY | • levorotatory adj. (Chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to… • LEVOROTATORY adj. counterclockwise; rotating the plane of polarization of light to the left, also LAEVOROTATORY, LEVOROTARY. |
| OVARIOTOMIST | • ovariotomist n. (Surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy. • OVARIOTOMIST n. one who carries out ovariotomies. |
| OVEROPTIMIST | • overoptimist n. An excessively optimistic person. • OVEROPTIMIST n. one who is excessively optimistic. |
| OVERPLOTTING | • overplotting v. Present participle of overplot. • overplotting n. The plotting of data on top of a previous plot. • OVERPLOTTING n. excessive plotting. |
| OVERPROTECTS | • overprotects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprotect. • OVERPROTECT v. to protect to excess. |
| OVERTAXATION | • overtaxation n. Excessive taxation. • OVERTAXATION n. excessive taxation. |
| REMOTIVATION | • remotivation n. A form of therapy attempting to re-establish an interest in the world in institutionalized patients. • REMOTIVATION n. the act of remotivating. |
| VITRIOLATION | • VITRIOLATION n. conversion into or treatment with vitriol. |
| VOLUNTOURIST | • voluntourist n. A tourist who takes part in voluntourism. |
| VOMITURITION | • vomiturition n. (Medicine) Repeated ineffectual attempts at vomiting; retching. • VOMITURITION n. violent retching. |