| AMADAVAT | • amadavat n. An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird. • AMADAVAT n. (Hindi) the strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird, commonly caged and kept for fighting, also AVADAVAT. |
| ATAVISMS | • atavisms n. Plural of atavism. • ATAVISM n. the reappearance of ancestral characteristics. |
| GAVELMAN | • gavelman n. (Law, historical) A tenant liable to tribute. • GAVELMAN n. a tenant holding land in gavelkind. |
| GRAVAMEN | • gravamen n. A grievance complained of. • gravamen n. The essence or ground of a complaint. • gravamen n. (By extension) The essence or most important aspect of a piece of writing, a point of argument, etc.; the gist. |
| LAVAFORM | • lavaform adj. Resembling lava; in the form of lava. • LAVAFORM adj. in the form of lava. |
| MAILVANS | • mailvans n. Plural of mailvan. • MAILVAN n. any vehicle which carries public mail. |
| MALVASIA | • malvasia n. A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine. • MALVASIA n. a type of grape from which malmsey is made. |
| MARAVEDI | • maravedi n. (Historical) A former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver… • maravedi n. (Figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount. • MARAVEDI n. (Spanish) a former coin of Spain. |
| MARGRAVE | • margrave n. (Historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire… • margrave n. (Historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere;… • MARGRAVE n. (German) a German nobleman of rank equivalent to an English marquess. |
| MAUVAISE | • MAUVAISE adj. (French) bad, wicked, also MAUVAIS. |
| NAVALISM | • navalism n. Naval militarism. • NAVALISM n. the cult of naval supremacy. |
| SAMOVARS | • samovars n. Plural of samovar. • SAMOVAR n. (Russian) an urn for making tea. |
| SAVAGISM | • savagism n. The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civilization. • SAVAGISM n. the state of being savage, also SAVAGEDOM. |
| VAMBRACE | • vambrace n. (Historical) The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. • vambrace n. (Historical) The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist. • VAMBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VANTBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| VAMPLATE | • vamplate n. A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting lance, to stabilize and protect the hand. • VAMPLATE n. a hand guard. |
| VANADIUM | • vanadium n. A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production… • vanadium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. • VANADIUM n. a silvery metallic element. |
| VELAMINA | • velamina n. Plural of velamen. • VELAMEN n. (Latin) a thin membranous covering or partition, also VELUM. |
| VIRAEMIA | • viraemia n. (Pathology) The condition or disease of having a virus in the bloodstream. • VIRAEMIA n. (Latin) the presence of viral particles in the blood, also VIREMIA. |