(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.
bourneville
boviculture
boviculture
noun
The rearing and care of cattle.
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
circumvolve
circumvolve
verb
(intransitive) To revolve or move around something.
(transitive) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
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
corvillosum
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.
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.
covarrubias
crinivorous
crouseville
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
decurvation
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
devouringly
devouringly
adv
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
discoursive
discoursive
adj
discursive
of or pertaining to discourse or reasoning
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.
echoviruses
echoviruses
noun
plural of echovirus
enterovirus
enterovirus
noun
Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
equinovarus
equinovarus
noun
talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
equivocator
equivocator
noun
agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
erucivorous
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.
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
florivorous
florivorous
adj
That eats flowers
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
frivolously
frivolously
adv
In a frivolous manner
frugivorous
frugivorous
adj
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
gallivorous
gallivorous
adj
Feeding on galls.
granivorous
granivorous
adj
That eats seeds
gravaminous
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
hircocervus
hircocervus
noun
(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
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
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.
irrevoluble
irrevoluble
adj
That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.
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
lignivorous
lignivorous
adj
That feeds on wood.
loreauville
loupcervier
manoeuvring
manoeuvring
noun
A manoeuvre.
verb
present participle of manoeuvre
mellivorous
mellivorous
adj
honey-eating
merdivorous
merdivorous
adj
Dung-eating, coprophagous.
microvillus
microvillus
noun
Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.
microvolume
microvolume
noun
(often attributive) A microscopic volume.
moreauville
multiovular
multivorous
multivorous
adj
(biology, demographics) Liking or consuming more than one kind of product.
mycoviruses
mycoviruses
noun
plural of mycovirus
myxoviruses
myxoviruses
noun
plural of myxovirus
nervuration
neuroactive
neuroactive
adj
That acts on the central nervous system.
noncurative
noncurative
adj
Not curative.
noneruptive
noneruptive
adj
Not eruptive.
nongrievous
nonsurvival
nonsurvival
adj
Not of or pertaining to survival.
noun
Failure to survive.
nonsurvivor
nonsurvivor
noun
One who does not survive.
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.
oliviferous
omnivarious
omnivarious
adj
Of every variety.
oncoviruses
oncoviruses
noun
plural of oncovirus
ornithvrous
oryzivorous
oryzivorous
adj
Having a diet rich in rice.
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
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overabusive
overanxious
overanxious
adj
Excessively anxious or nervous.
overarguing
overarguing
verb
present participle of overargue
overbuilded
overbulkily
overburning
overburning
noun
The action of overburning; excessive burning.
verb
present participle of overburn
overcaustic
overcaution
overcaution
noun
excessive caution
verb
(transitive) To caution excessively.
overcopious
overcopious
adj
Excessively copious.
overcunning
overcunning
adj
Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
overcurious
overcurious
adj
Excessively curious
overcurtain
overcutting
overcutting
noun
(rare) Excessive cutting.
verb
present participle of overcut
overdiffuse
overdiffuse
adj
Excessively diffuse.
overdiluted
overdiluted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdilute
overdiscuss
overdiscuss
verb
To discuss too long or too often.
overdubbing
overdubbing
verb
present participle of overdub
overenvious
overfatigue
overfatigue
noun
Excessive fatigue.
verb
(transitive) To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
overfruited
overfulfill
overfulfill
verb
To fulfill (a quota etc) more than is necessary
overfunding
overfunding
noun
Excess funding.
verb
present participle of overfund
overfurnish
overfurnish
verb
(transitive) To furnish excessively.
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overheinous
overhunting
overhunting
noun
Hunting at unsustainable levels
overhurried
overhurried
adj
Excessively hurried.
overincrust
overindulge
overindulge
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To indulge to excess.
overinsured
overinsured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overinsure
overinsures
overinsures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overinsure
overissuing
overissuing
verb
present participle of overissue
overjudging
overjutting
overjutting
verb
present participle of overjut
overnourish
overnourish
verb
(transitive) To nourish excessively.
overnursing
overnursing
verb
present participle of overnurse
overobvious
overobvious
adj
Excessively obvious.
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
overpicture
overpicture
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
overpiteous
overpruning
overpruning
verb
present participle of overprune
overpumping
overpumping
verb
present participle of overpump
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.