APIVOROUS | • apivorous adj. That feeds on bees. • APIVOROUS adj. eating bees. |
APPULSIVE | • appulsive adj. Striking against; impinging. • APPULSIVE adj. relating to an appulse, the close approach of a planet or asteroid to a star without the occurrence of an eclipse. |
OVIPAROUS | • oviparous adj. Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and hatch outside the body as a reproductive strategy. • OVIPAROUS adj. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
PARVENUES | • parvenues n. Plural of parvenue. • PARVENUE n. (French) a female parvenu. |
PREVALUES | • PREVALUE v. to value beforehand. |
PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
PULVINARS | • pulvinars n. Plural of pulvinar. • PULVINAR n. a knob on the brain by the optic nerve. |
PYRUVATES | • pyruvates n. Plural of pyruvate. • PYRUVATE n. a salt or ester of pyruvic acid. |
SUPERNOVA | • supernova n. (Astronomy) The explosion of a star, which increases its absolute magnitude to typically a billion times… • supernova n. (Figurative) Something brilliant. • SUPERNOVA n. (Latin) a very brilliant nova resulting from an explosion which blows the star's material into space, leaving an expanding cloud of gas. |
SUPERWAVE | • superwave n. (Physics) A particularly large or intense wave. • SUPERWAVE n. an exceptionally large wave. |
UPHEAVALS | • upheavals n. Plural of upheaval. • UPHEAVAL n. the act of upheaving. |
UPHEAVERS | • upheavers n. Plural of upheaver. • UPHEAVER n. one who upheaves. |
VAPOURERS | • vapourers n. Plural of vapourer. • VAPOURER n. one that vapours, also VAPORER. |
VAPOURISH | • vapourish adj. Characteristic of vapour. • vapourish adj. (Dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish. • VAPOURISH adj. resembling or suggestive of vapours, also VAPORISH. |
VAPOUROUS | • vapourous adj. Alternative spelling of vaporous. • VAPOUROUS adj. like vapour, also VAPOROUS. |
VAPULATES | • vapulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |