(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
baccivorous
baccivorous
adj
(zoology) Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
carludovica
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
caulivorous
clavigerous
clavigerous
adj
Bearing a club.
Bearing a key.
colourative
colourative
adj
Rare spelling of colorative.
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
coruscative
couniversal
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
covarrubias
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
decurvation
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
excurvation
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
gravaminous
incurvation
incurvation
noun
(obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
intravenous
intravenous
adj
Inside the veins.
noun
(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
inveracious
involucrate
involucrate
adj
(botany) Having an involucre; involucred.
involuntary
involuntary
adj
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Without intention; unintentional.
lactivorous
lactivorous
adj
Feeding or subsisting upon milk.
larvicolous
larvicolous
Adjective
That lives parasitically within the body of a larva
larvigerous
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
larvivorous
larvivorous
adj
(chiefly of fish) That feed on the larvae of insects
levulosuria
loreauville
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
moreauville
multiovular
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outsavoring
ovariotubal
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overabusive
overanxious
overanxious
adj
Excessively anxious or nervous.
overarguing
overarguing
verb
present participle of overargue
overcaustic
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overcurtain
overfatigue
overfatigue
noun
Excessive fatigue.
verb
(transitive) To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
oversaucing
oversaucing
verb
present participle of oversauce
overvaluing
overvaluing
noun
An overvaluation.
verb
present participle of overvalue
ovicapsular
ovicellular
ovicellular
adj
(biology) Relating to ovicells
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
papovavirus
papovavirus
noun
(archaic, virology) Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals.
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
primevarous
procurative
procurative
adj
Of or relating to procurement; procuring.
pulveration
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
recurvation
recurvation
noun
A bending or flexure backward.
revaluation
revaluation
noun
(UK, pensions) The application of compound growth to the value of a pension benefit, specifically from the date of the member leaving the scheme (for example, moving to a different employer) to the date that the member starts receiving the benefit (typically retirement).
A reassessment of the value or worth of something; a reappraisal or reevaluation.
The process of altering the relative value of a currency or other standard of exchange.
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rotaviruses
rotaviruses
noun
plural of rotavirus
routivarite
saviourhood
saviourhood
noun
The status of being a saviour.
saviourship
saviourship
noun
The dignity or office of a saviour.
savouriness
savouriness
noun
Alternative form of savoriness
savouringly
savouringly
adv
With savour; enjoying the taste of something.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
thoreauvian
thoreauvian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer and philosopher, or his writings.
togaviruses
togaviruses
noun
plural of togavirus
trouvailles
trouvailles
noun
plural of trouvaille
tuboovarial
tuboovarian
ultraviolet
ultraviolet
adj
of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre
noun
Ultraviolet colour.
unapproving
unapproving
adj
not approving
undersavior
unfavouring
unfavourite
unfavourite
verb
Alternative form of unfavorite
unformative
unformative
adj
Not formative.
unhortative
unnormative
unoperative
unoperative
adj
Obsolete form of inoperative.
unprobative
unrivalrous
unrivalrous
adj
Not rivalrous.
unsavourily
unsavourily
adv
In an unsavoury manner.
unvaporized
unvaporized
adj
Not vaporized.
unvariation
unveracious
unveracious
adj
Fake, imitation.
Not veracious; untruthful; false.
unvicarious
unvisionary
unvisionary
adj
Not visionary.
unvoracious
unvoracious
adj
Not voracious.
vagariously
vagariously
adv
In a vagarious manner.
valviferous
valviferous
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the valviferans.
vancouveria
vapouringly
vapouringly
adv
With bragging or bluster.
vapourising
vapourising
verb
present participle of vapourise
vapourizing
vapourizing
verb
present participle of vapourize
varicellous
varicellous
adj
Having or relating to the disease varicella.
variousness
variousness
noun
The state or property of being various.
vasculiform
vasculiform
adj
vascular in form; shaped like a vessel
venatorious
venatorious
adj
(obsolete) Venatorial.
veraciously
veraciously
adv
In a veracious manner; honestly; truthfully.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vibraculoid
vibraculoid
adj
Characteristic of a vibraculum
vicariously
vicariously
adv
In a vicarious manner; indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute; by proxy.
victoriatus
victoriatus
noun
A silver coin, stamped with an image of Victory, minted during the Roman Republic, and valued at half a denarius.
vituperator
vituperator
noun
One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
voluntaries
voluntaries
noun
plural of voluntary
voluntarily
voluntarily
adv
In a voluntary manner.
voluntarism
voluntarism
noun
(US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
(philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.
(politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.