(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
calcivorous
calcivorous
adj
Tending to erode limestone.
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.
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
covarrubias
crinivorous
crouseville
cultivators
cultivators
noun
plural of cultivator
detrivorous
detrivorous
adj
Alternative form of detritivorous
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.
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
erucivorous
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
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.
inobtrusive
inobtrusive
adj
inconspicuous; unobtrusive
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
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.
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.
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
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.
nonvitreous
nonvitreous
adj
Not vitreous.
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
outsavoring
outstriving
overabusing
overabusing
verb
present participle of overabuse
overabusive
overanxious
overanxious
adj
Excessively anxious or nervous.
overcaustic
overcopious
overcopious
adj
Excessively copious.
overcurious
overcurious
adj
Excessively curious
overdiffuse
overdiffuse
adj
Excessively diffuse.
overdiscuss
overdiscuss
verb
To discuss too long or too often.
overenvious
overfurnish
overfurnish
verb
(transitive) To furnish excessively.
overheinous
overincrust
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
overnourish
overnourish
verb
(transitive) To nourish excessively.
overnursing
overnursing
verb
present participle of overnurse
overobvious
overobvious
adj
Excessively obvious.
overpiteous
oversaucing
oversaucing
verb
present participle of oversauce
overserious
overserious
adj
Excessively serious.
overstudied
overstudied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overstudy
overstudies
overstudies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstudy
oversublime
oversublime
adj
Excessively sublime.
oversubtile
oversubtile
adj
Excessively subtile.
oversudsing
oversudsing
verb
present participle of oversuds
oversupping
oversupping
verb
present participle of oversup
overtedious
overtedious
adj
Excessively tedious.
ovicapsular
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
ovuliferous
ovuliferous
adj
Bearing ovules.
ovuligerous
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.
phytivorous
phytivorous
adj
Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
piscivorous
piscivorous
adj
(chiefly of birds) That feeds on fish; fish-eating
plurivorous
plurivorous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That lives on several types of host
primevarous
profluvious
profluvious
adj
(obsolete) Relating to profluvium
profusively
profusively
adv
In a profusive manner.
prosecutive
prosecutive
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to prosecution.
purposively
purposively
adv
In a purposive manner.
purposivism
purposivism
noun
(law) Synonym of purposive approach
(philosophy, religion) philosophy, especially religious, that treats will or conscious intent as a basal fact
purposivist
purposivist
noun
A proponent of purposivism.
quadrivious
quadrivious
adj
(rare) In four directions; four ways.
revolutions
revolutions
noun
plural of revolution
rhabdovirus
rhabdovirus
noun
Any of the rod-shaped viruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.
rotaviruses
rotaviruses
noun
plural of rotavirus
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.
seminervous
seminervous
adj
Somewhat or partly nervous.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
subornative
subornative
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
subprovince
subprovince
noun
A province making up part of a larger province.
subversions
subversions
noun
plural of subversion
subvitreous
subvitreous
adj
(mineralogy) Having an almost vitreous lustre.
succivorous
succivorous
adj
Feeding on the sap of plants.
supervision
supervision
noun
(countable, Cambridge University) A tutorial session for an individual student or a small group.
(uncountable) Responsible oversight.
(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.
supervisors
supervisors
noun
plural of supervisor
supervisory
supervisory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor