| ABBREVIATORY | • abbreviatory adj. Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging. • ABBREVIATORY adj. serving to abbreviate. |
| CONSERVATORY | • conservatory adj. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury. • conservatory adj. (Rare) Relating to conservation. • conservatory n. (Obsolete) That which preserves from injury. |
| CONTRAYERVAS | • contrayervas n. Plural of contrayerva. • CONTRAYERVA n. a tropical American plant of the mulberry family, once believed to be an antidote to poisons. |
| CORRECTIVELY | • correctively adv. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something. • CORRECTIVE adv. serving to correct. |
| CORRUPTIVELY | • corruptively adv. In a corruptive way. • CORRUPTIVE adv. tending to corrupt. |
| 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. |
| MICROGRAVITY | • microgravity n. (Physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained… • MICROGRAVITY n. a condition in space in which only minuscule forces are experienced. |
| OVERLITERARY | • overliterary adj. Excessively literary. • OVERLITERARY adj. excessively literary. |
| OVERMATURITY | • overmaturity n. The quality of being overmature. • OVERMATURITY n. excessive maturity. |
| PREOVULATORY | • preovulatory adj. Prior to ovulation. • PREOVULATORY adj. occurring or existing in or typical of the period immediately preceding ovulation. |
| PRESERVATORY | • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A preservative. • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay. • preservatory adj. Preservative. |
| PROTRUSIVELY | • protrusively adv. In a protrusive manner. • PROTRUSIVE adv. thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. |
| VERIFICATORY | • verificatory adj. Serving to verify something. • VERIFICATORY adj. serving to verify, also VERIFICATIVE. |
| VITUPERATORY | • vituperatory adj. Vituperative. • VITUPERATORY adj. uttering or given to censure, also VITUPERATIVE. |