EVAPORATION | • evaporation n. The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state. • evaporation n. The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to… • evaporation n. (Archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor. |
OVERPOISING | • overpoising v. Present participle of overpoise. • OVERPOISE v. to burden with weight sufficient to weigh another down. |
OVERPOSTING | • overposting v. Present participle of overpost. • OVERPOST v. to hasten over quickly. |
OVERRESPOND | • overrespond v. (Intransitive) To respond excessively. • OVERRESPOND v. to respond excessively. |
OVERTOPPING | • overtopping v. Present participle of overtop. • overtopping n. An instance of water going over the top of a barrier such as a sea wall or levee. • overtopping adj. Surmounting, surpassing. |
PHOTONOVELS | • photonovels n. Plural of photonovel. • PHOTONOVEL n. a novel in the form of a series of photographs with speech balloons. |
PLANOCONVEX | • planoconvex adj. (Optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex. • plano-convex adj. Flat or plane on one side and rounded on the other, such that the center is thicker than the edges. • PLANOCONVEX adj. of a lens, part of an animal or plant, etc.: having one surface plane and the opposite one convex. |
PROVECTIONS | • provections n. Plural of provection. • PROVECTION n. the carrying forward of a sound at the end of a word to the beginning of the next (as 'a newt' from original from 'an ewt'). |
PROVISIONED | • provisioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of provision. • provisioned adj. Possessing goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use. • PROVISION v. to provide. |
PROVISIONER | • provisioner n. One who supplies provisions. • PROVISIONER n. a furnisher of provisions. |
PROVOKEMENT | • provokement n. (Now rare) Provocation. • PROVOKEMENT n. (Spenser) provocation. |
REPROVISION | • reprovision v. (Transitive) To supply with provisions again. • re-provision v. Alternative form of reprovision. • REPROVISION v. to provision again. |
VIDEOPHONES | • videophones n. Plural of videophone. • VIDEOPHONE n. a telephone equipped for transmission of video as well as audio signals so that users can see each other. |
VIDEOPHONIC | • videophonic adj. Videotelephonic. • VIDEOPHONIC adj. related to a videophone. |
VISIOPHONES | • VISIOPHONE n. a videophone. |