| AIRVAC | • AIRVAC n. evacuation by air ambulance. |
| AJIVAS | • ajivas n. Plural of ajiva. • AJIVA n. (Sanskrit) inanimate matter. |
| ATAVIC | • atavic adj. Ancestral, atavistic. • ATAVIC adj. pertaining to a remote ancestor. |
| AVAILE | • AVAILE v. (Spenser) to descend, also AVALE. |
| AVAILS | • avails n. Plural of avail. • avails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avail. • AVAIL v. to be of use or advantage to. |
| AVANTI | • Avanti prop.n. (Historical) An ancient Indian realm roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region. • Avanti n. (Historical) One of the ancient inhabitants of this realm. • AVANTI interj. (Italian) go forward. |
| AVIANS | • avians n. Plural of avian. • AVIAN n. a bird. |
| AVIARY | • aviary n. A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. • AVIARY n. a large bird enclosure. |
| AVIATE | • aviate v. To operate an aircraft. • AVIATE v. to fly an aircraft. |
| AVITAL | • avital adj. Relating to a grandfather or ancestor. • AVITAL adj. (obsolete) of a grandfather, ancestral. |
| CAVIAR | • caviar n. Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy. • caviar n. (Figurative) Something whose flavour is too fine for the vulgar taste. • CAVIAR n. the roe of sturgeon, also CAVIARE, CAVIARIE, CAVIER. |
| GAVIAL | • gavial n. The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae. • GAVIAL n. (Hindi) an Indian crocodile with a long snout, also GARIAL, GHARIAL. |
| NAVAID | • navaid n. Any form of aid to navigation, particularly applying to shipping and aviation. Examples: lighthouse… • NAVAID n. any of the electronic devices designed to aid navigation in a ship or aircraft. |
| SALIVA | • saliva n. (Physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous… • SALIVA n. a fluid secreted by the glands of the mouth. |
| SALVIA | • salvia n. A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage. • Salvia prop.n. A surname from Italian. • Salvia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – sage plants. |
| VAGINA | • vagina n. (Anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation… • vagina n. (Botany) A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. • vagina n. (Colloquial) The vulva, or the vulva and the vaginal passage collectively. |
| VARIAS | • VARIA n. (Latin) a literary miscellany. |
| VIHARA | • vihara n. A Buddhist monastery. • VIHARA n. (Sanskrit) a Buddhist or Jain temple or precinct. |
| VIMANA | • vimana n. (Mythology) A mythological flying palace or chariot described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics. • vimana n. (Architecture) The tower above the garbhagriha in a Hindu temple. • VIMANA n. (Sanskrit) in the Indian subcontinent, the central tower enclosing the shrine in a temple. |