(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.
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
decurvation
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
divulgatory
divulgatory
adj
Divulging; of or pertaining to divulging.
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
excurvation
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
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.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
interdevour
interdevour
verb
(rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.
intervolute
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.
inventurous
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.
multiovular
multivorous
multivorous
adj
(biology, demographics) Liking or consuming more than one kind of product.
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nonvirtuous
nonvirtuous
adj
Not virtuous.
nonvirulent
nonvirulent
adj
Not virulent.
nonvitreous
nonvitreous
adj
Not vitreous.
objurgative
objurgative
adj
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
obscurative
obscurative
adj
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
obstructive
obstructive
adj
Causing obstructions.
noun
One who obstructs something.
obtrusively
obtrusively
adv
In an obtrusive manner.
ornithvrous
outdelivers
outdelivers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdeliver
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrival
outsavoring
outstriving
ovariotubal
overcaustic
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overcurtain
overcutting
overcutting
noun
(rare) Excessive cutting.
verb
present participle of overcut
overdiluted
overdiluted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdilute
overfatigue
overfatigue
noun
Excessive fatigue.
verb
(transitive) To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
overfruited
overhunting
overhunting
noun
Hunting at unsustainable levels
overincrust
overjutting
overjutting
verb
present participle of overjut
overpicture
overpicture
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
overpiteous
overquietly
overstudied
overstudied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overstudy
overstudies
overstudies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstudy
oversubtile
oversubtile
adj
Excessively subtile.
overtedious
overtedious
adj
Excessively tedious.
overturning
overturning
noun
The act by which something is overturned.
verb
present participle of overturn
overutilize
overutilize
verb
To utilize excessively
phytivorous
phytivorous
adj
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
pluviometer
pluviometer
noun
(meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
pluviometry
pluviometry
noun
The scientific measurement of rainfall.
procurative
procurative
adj
Of or relating to procurement; procuring.
prosecutive
prosecutive
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to prosecution.
pulveration
purposivist
purposivist
noun
A proponent of purposivism.
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.
revolutions
revolutions
noun
plural of revolution
rotaviruses
rotaviruses
noun
plural of rotavirus
routivarite
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subvitreous
subvitreous
adj
(mineralogy) Having an almost vitreous lustre.
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
toquerville
trouvailles
trouvailles
noun
plural of trouvaille
tuboovarial
tuboovarian
turbotville
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
(pharmacology) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
victoriatus
victoriatus
noun
A silver coin, stamped with an image of Victory, minted during the Roman Republic, and valued at half a denarius.
virtueproof
vituperator
vituperator
noun
One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
vituperious
vituperious
adj
(obsolete) despicable; disgraceful.
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.
voluntarist
voluntarist
noun
Someone who endorses voluntarism.
voluntarity
voluntarity
noun
The property of being voluntary.
vorticellum
vortiginous
vortiginous
adj
Moving rapidly round a centre; vortical.
voyeuristic
voyeuristic
adj
Of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism or a voyeur.