vivi- /vi-vi-/

Denoting alive, living

vivipˈarism noun

Viviparous reproduction

viviparity /viv-i-parˈi-ti/ or vivipˈarousness noun

The quality of being viviparous

viviparous /vī-vipˈə-rəs or vi-/ adjective

1. (L parere to produce) producing living young that have already reached an advanced stage of development before delivery, opp to oviparous (zoology)
2. Germinating from a seed still on the parent plant (botany)
3. Producing bulbils or young plants in the flower clusters, etc (botany)

vivipˈarously adverb

vivipˈary noun

Viviparity in plants

vivisectˈ transitive verb

To practise vivisection on (also intransitive verb)

vivisection /-sekˈshən/ noun

1. (L sectiō the act of cutting, from secāre to cut) the act or practice, or an instance, of making surgical operations on living animals for the purposes of physiological research or demonstration
2. Merciless and minute examination or criticism

vivisecˈtional adjective

vivisecˈtionist noun

A person who practises or defends vivisection

vivisecˈtive adjective

Practising vivisection

• ethnographers
• ethnographic
• ethnographica
• ethnographical
• ethnographically
• ethnographies
• ethnography
• ethnolinguist
• ethnolinguistic
• ethnolinguistics
• ethnolinguists
• ethnologic
• ethnological
• ethnologically
• ethnologies
• ethnologist
• ethnologists
• ethnology
• ethnomethodological
• hardenings
• harden off
• hardens
• harden the neck
• harder
• hardest