(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
assumptiveness
autopositive
autoprogressive
avoidupois
avoidupoises
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(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.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
cervicoscapular
cervicoscapular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
daugavpils
daugavpils
Proper noun
A city in Latvia on the Western Dvina (Daugava) river.
displuviate
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
disputativeness
disputativeness
noun
The quality of being disputative.
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
gravipause
harpursville
hyperspeculative
hyperspeculative
adj
Extremely speculative.
hyperspeculatively
hyperspeculativeness
hypersuperlative
hypersuperlative
adj
(rare) Above and beyond what is superlative; super-superlative.
hypervascular
hypervascular
adj
Extremely vascular; having many blood vessels.
hypervascularity
hypervascularity
noun
Excessive vascularity.
hypovanadious
hypovanadous
imputativeness
imputativeness
noun
The quality of being imputative.
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.
Relating to juxtaposition.
larviparous
larviparous
adj
(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
multiplicatives
multiplicatives
noun
plural of multiplicative
neutropassive
neutropassive
adj
(grammar) The past perfect tense of a neuter (intransitive) verb which is formed by a passive participle.
nonassumptive
nonimputativeness
nonpersuasive
nonpersuasive
adj
Not persuasive.
nonpersuasively
nonpersuasiveness
nonpulsative
nonrecuperativeness
nonspeculative
nonspeculative
adj
Not speculative.
nonspeculatively
nonspeculativeness
nonsuppurative
nonsuppurative
adj
Not suppurative.
nonvaporous
nonvaporous
adj
Not vaporous.
nonvaporously
nonvaporousness
nonviviparous
nonviviparous
adj
Not viviparous.
nonviviparously
nonviviparousness
overassumption
overassumptive
overassumptively
overcaptious
overcaptious
adj
Excessively captious.
overcaptiously
overcaptiousness
overpainfulness
overparticularness
overpersuade
overpersuade
verb
To win someone over through persuasion; to convince (someone) to do something against their own judgement or wishes.
overpersuaded
overpersuaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpersuade
overpersuading
overpersuading
verb
present participle of overpersuade
overpersuasion
overpersuasion
noun
excessive persuasion
overplausible
overplausible
adj
Excessively plausible.
overplausibleness
overplausibly
overpopulates
overpopulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpopulate
overpuissant
overpuissantly
overpurchase
overpurchase
noun
An expensive purchase.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To pay too dear a price.
To buy too much of something.
overpurchased
overpurchased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpurchase
overpurchasing
overpurchasing
verb
present participle of overpurchase
overspacious
overspacious
adj
Excessively spacious.
overspaciously
overspaciousness
overspaciousness
noun
Excessive spaciousness.
overspeculate
overspeculate
verb
(finance) To spend too much money in speculation.
To speculate excessively.
overspeculated
overspeculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspeculate
overspeculating
overspeculating
verb
present participle of overspeculate
overspeculation
overspeculation
noun
(finance) Excessive or very risky speculation.
overspeculative
overspeculative
adj
Excessively speculative.
overspeculatively
overspeculativeness
ovicapsular
ovicapsule
ovicapsule
noun
(anatomy) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
(zoology) An ootheca.
oviparous
oviparous
adj
Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy.
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
oviparousness
oviparousness
noun
(biology) The quality of being oviparous; oviparity.
ovoviviparous
ovoviviparous
adj
Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body
ovoviviparously
ovoviviparously
adv
In an ovoviviparous manner.
ovoviviparousness
palaverous
palaverous
adj
Verbose; wordy.
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
panivorous
panivorous
adj
(formal) Eating bread.
papaveraceous
papaveraceous
adj
Of or pertaining to the poppy family Papaveraceae.
papaverous
papaverous
adj
(figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
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.
papulovesicular
papulovesicular
adj
Having both papules and vesicles.
parallelinervous
paramyxovirus
paramyxovirus
noun
(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
parvenus
parvenus
noun
plural of parvenu
parviflorous
parviflorous
adj
(botany) Having small flowers.
parvifolious
parvifolious
adj
(botany) Having small leaves.
parvoviruses
parvoviruses
noun
plural of parvovirus
parvulus
paviours
paviours
noun
plural of paviour
pennsylvanicus
perivascular
perivascular
adj
Around or surrounding a blood vessel
perivasculitis
perivasculitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the perivascular sheath
persuasive
persuasive
adj
Able to persuade; convincing.
noun
That which persuades; incitement.
persuasively
persuasively
adv
In a manner intended to convince or persuade.
persuasiveness
persuasiveness
noun
The capability of a person or argument to convince or persuade someone to accept a desired way of thinking.
persuasivenesses
peruvians
pervicacious
pervicacious
adj
(possibly rare) Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.
pervicaciously
pervicaciously
adv
In a pervicacious manner.
pervicaciousness
pervicaciousness
noun
The quality of being pervicacious.
pervouralsk
phosphoenolpyruvate
phosphoenolpyruvate
noun
(organic chemistry) An important intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, having the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P
photogravurist
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.
picornavirus
picornavirus
noun
Any of the family Picornaviridae of RNA viruses, many of which are pathogenic, causing diseases such as polio, foot-and-mouth disease, and many varieties of the common cold.
plantivorous
plantivorous
adj
plant-eating
plausive
plausive
adj
(obsolete) Applauding; showing praise.
(obsolete) Plausible (obtaining approbation), specious (having an attractive appearance intended to obtain a favorable response).
(rare) Laudable, praisable.
pleasureville
pleurovisceral
pleurovisceral
adj
Relating to, or connecting pleural and visceral ganglions
plumsteadville
pluvialis
pluvials
pluvials
noun
plural of pluvial
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
noun
(nonce word) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.