| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| BUNYAVIRUS | • bunyavirus n. (Archaic) Any of the Bunyaviridae, a family of negative-stranded RNA viruses, now most typically in… |
| CURVACEOUS | • curvaceous adj. (Of a woman) Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy. • CURVACEOUS adj. pleasingly curved, also CURVACIOUS. |
| CURVACIOUS | • curvacious adj. Alternative form of curvaceous. • CURVACIOUS adj. pleasingly curved, also CURVACEOUS. |
| CURVATURES | • curvatures n. Plural of curvature. • CURVATURE n. a curving or bending. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| FLAVOURFUL | • flavourful adj. Britain standard spelling of flavorful. • FLAVOURFUL adj. full of flavour, also FLAVORFUL. |
| OUTSAVOURS | • OUTSAVOUR v. to exceed in savouring, also OUTSAVOR. |
| PURSUIVANT | • pursuivant n. (Archaic) A follower. • pursuivant n. (Heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant… • pursuivant n. (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge. |
| QUADRIVIUM | • quadrivium n. (Education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of… • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
| QUADRUMVIR | • quadrumvir n. Synonym of quattuorvir. • QUADRUMVIR n. a member of a quadrumvirate. |
| ULTRAVACUA | • ultravacua n. Plural of ultravacuum. • ULTRAVACUUM n. an extreme vacuum. |
| ULTRAVIRUS | • ultravirus n. A filterable virus. • ULTRAVIRUS n. a virus small enough to pass through the finest filter. |
| UNDERVALUE | • undervalue v. (Transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to. • undervalue v. (Transitive) To have too little regard for. • undervalue n. An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth. |
| UNFAVOURED | • unfavoured adj. Alternative form of unfavored. • UNFAVOURED adj. not favoured, also UNFAVORED. |
| UNPURVAIDE | • UNPURVAIDE adj. (Spenser) not purveyed, not provided with, also UNPURVEYED. |
| USURPATIVE | • usurpative adj. That usurps. • USURPATIVE adj. relating to usurpation. |
| VIBRACULUM | • vibraculum n. (Biology) A long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa. • VIBRACULUM n. (Latin) one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |
| VOLUPTUARY | • voluptuary n. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist. • voluptuary adj. Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |
| VULPECULAR | • vulpecular adj. Vulpine, foxlike. • VULPECULAR adj. resembling or characteristic of a fox. |