(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.
chumpivilca
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
displuviate
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
duplicative
duplicative
adj
Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
expurgative
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
gallupville
inculpative
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
nuncupative
nuncupative
adj
(obsolete) Nominal; existing only in name.
(obsolete) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Oral; not written.
overpainful
overpainful
adj
Excessively painful.
ovicapsular
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.
paravauxite
paravauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
parturitive
parturitive
adj
Pertaining to parturition; obstetric.
peruvianize
photovisual
photovisual
adj
(astronomy) Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
(optics) Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.
plurivalent
plurivalent
adj
Synonym of multivalent
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.
prediluvial
prediluvial
adj
Before a flood or deluge.
prediluvian
prediluvian
adj
Before the Flood; antediluvian.
noun
One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
primevarous
procurative
procurative
adj
Of or relating to procurement; procuring.
pubovesical
pubovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.
pullulative
pulsatively
pulverating
pulverating
verb
present participle of pulverate
pulveration
pulverizate
pulvinarian
pulvinately
pulvinately
adv
In a pulvinate manner.
pulvination
punctuative
punctuative
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to punctuation.
purgatively
purgatively
adv
In a purgative manner; so as to purge.
pursuivants
pursuivants
noun
plural of pursuivant
putnamville
repudiative
saviourship
saviourship
noun
The dignity or office of a saviour.
speculative
speculative
adj
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.
Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
sporulative
sporulative
adj
Relating to sporulation
superactive
superactive
adj
Highly active.
superlative
superlative
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.
Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
noun
(grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
(informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something.
supervisual
supervisual
adj
Beyond the threshold of vision, thus invisible.
Of or relating to supervision.
Strongly or predominantly visual.
supplicavit
supplicavit
noun
(law, historical) A writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person.
suppurative
suppurative
adj
(medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
noun
A medicine that causes suppuration.
suspirative
unapproving
unapproving
adj
not approving
unaspersive
uncaptivate
unexpansive
unexpansive
Adjective
Not expansive.
unoperative
unoperative
adj
Obsolete form of inoperative.
unpartitive
unpassively
unpervading
unpervasive
unprivately
unprobative
unpulsative
unpulvinate
unpurgative
unvaporized
unvaporized
adj
Not vaporized.
upheavalist
upheavalist
noun
A proponent of upheavalism.
vapouringly
vapouringly
adv
With bragging or bluster.
vapourising
vapourising
verb
present participle of vapourise
vapourizing
vapourizing
verb
present participle of vapourize
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vituperable
vituperable
adj
Liable to, or deserving, vituperation or severe censure.
vituperance
vituperated
vituperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vituperate
vituperates
vituperates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vituperate