| ALLUVIUM | • alluvium n. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain. • ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION. |
| FAUVISMS | • FAUVISM n. (French) a school of art noted for bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors. |
| IMPLUVIA | • impluvia n. Plural of impluvium. • IMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a rain water receptacle in Roman houses. |
| MANEUVER | • maneuver n. (Military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a… • maneuver n. Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. • maneuver n. A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. |
| MAUVAISE | • MAUVAISE adj. (French) bad, wicked, also MAUVAIS. |
| MAUVEINE | • mauveine n. A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created. • MAUVEINE n. a mauve dye, also MAUVEIN, MAUVIN, MAUVINE. |
| MAUVEINS | • MAUVEIN n. a mauve dye, also MAUVEINE, MAUVIN, MAUVINE. |
| MAUVINES | • MAUVINE n. a mauve dye, also MAUVEIN, MAUVEINE, MAUVIN. |
| MISVALUE | • misvalue v. (Transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of. • MISVALUE v. to value incorrectly. |
| MUTATIVE | • mutative adj. Relating to mutation. • MUTATIVE adj. changing, mutable, also MUTATORY. |
| VACUUMED | • vacuumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of vacuum. • vacuumed adj. Having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner; hoovered. • VACUUM v. to operate a cleaner that uses suction. |
| 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. |
| VARIORUM | • variorum n. An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes… • VARIORUM n. (Latin) an edition of a text that includes the notes of earlier scholars or editors. |
| VASCULUM | • vasculum n. A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples. • VASCULUM n. (Latin) a box used to hold plant specimens. |
| VELARIUM | • velarium n. (Zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora. • velarium n. (Historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and other… • velarium n. A cloth stretched over another space, such as that stretched below the roof of the Royal Albert Hall. |
| VERATRUM | • veratrum n. Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum. • Veratrum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – the false hellebores. • VERATRUM n. (Latin) a genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities. |
| VIATICUM | • viaticum n. (Especially Catholicism) The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death. • viaticum n. (Often figurative) Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey. • viaticum n. A portable altar. |
| VIVARIUM | • vivarium n. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals. • VIVARIUM n. (Latin) a place for raising and keeping live animals, also VIVARY. |