| CONVERTIPLANES | • convertiplanes n. Plural of convertiplane. • CONVERTIPLANE n. an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards, also CONVERTAPLANE, CONVERTOPLANE. |
| GALVANOTROPISM | • galvanotropism n. (Biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field. • GALVANOTROPISM n. the directional growth of an organism, esp. a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus. |
| OVEREXPLOITING | • overexploiting v. Present participle of overexploit. • OVEREXPLOIT v. to exploit to excess. |
| OVERPOPULATING | • overpopulating v. Present participle of overpopulate. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| OVERPOPULATION | • overpopulation n. (Biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (People, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular… • OVERPOPULATION n. population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration. |
| PREDEVALUATION | • predevaluation adj. (Economics) Before devaluation. • PREDEVALUATION adj. preceding a devaluation. |
| PREREVOLUTIONS | Sorry, definition not available. |
| PROVENTRICULAR | • proventricular adj. Relating to the proventriculus. • proventricular adj. Relating to the stage in the lifecycle of some parasites when they migrate to the proventriculus or midgut. • PROVENTRICULAR adj. relating to the proventriculus, the first part of a bird's stomach. |
| PROVENTRICULUS | • proventriculus n. (Zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes. • proventriculus n. (Zoology) A similar part of the digestive system in insects and myriapods. • PROVENTRICULUS n. the first part of a bird's stomach, aka gizzard. |
| PROVIDENTIALLY | • providentially adv. In a providential manner. • PROVIDENTIAL adv. of, relating to, or determined by Providence. |
| PROVINCIALISTS | • provincialists n. Plural of provincialist. • PROVINCIALIST n. a native or inhabitant of a province. |
| PULVERISATIONS | • pulverisations n. Plural of pulverisation. • PULVERISATION n. the process of pulverising, also PULVERIZATION. |
| PULVERIZATIONS | • pulverizations n. Plural of pulverization. • PULVERIZATION n. the act of pulverizing, also PULVERISATION. |
| SUPERELEVATION | • superelevation n. The angle that a gun must be elevated above the line of its target to allow for the effect of gravity… • superelevation n. The cant of a railway track; the difference in elevation (height) between its two edges, as on a curve. • SUPERELEVATION n. the vertical distance between the heights of inner and outer edges of highway pavement or railroad rails. |
| SUPEROVULATING | • superovulating v. Present participle of superovulate. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| SUPEROVULATION | • superovulation n. The act or process of superovulating. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |
| UNPRODUCTIVELY | • unproductively adv. In an unproductive manner. • UNPRODUCTIVE adv. not productive. |
| VESPERTILIONID | • vespertilionid n. Any of very many bats of the family Vespertilionidae. • VESPERTILIONID adj. belonging to the Vespertilionidae family of insect-eating bats. • VESPERTILIONID n. a member of the Vespertilionidae. |