| AIRVACS | • AIRVAC n. evacuation by air ambulance. |
| ATAVISM | • atavism n. The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback. • atavism n. The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence. • atavism n. (Sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence. |
| ATAVIST | • atavist n. A genetic characteristic emerging after absence from several generations. • atavist n. A person of atavistic beliefs or habits. • ATAVIST n. a person with ancestral characteristics. |
| AVAILES | • AVAILE v. (Spenser) to descend, also AVALE. |
| AVIATES | • aviates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aviate. • AVIATE v. to fly an aircraft. |
| CAVIARS | • caviars n. Plural of caviar. • CAVIAR n. the roe of sturgeon, also CAVIARE, CAVIARIE, CAVIER. |
| GAVIALS | • gavials n. Plural of gavial. • GAVIAL n. (Hindi) an Indian crocodile with a long snout, also GARIAL, GHARIAL. |
| MAUVAIS | • MAUVAIS adj. (French) bad, wicked, also MAUVAISE. |
| NAVAIDS | • navaids n. Plural of navaid. • NAVAID n. any of the electronic devices designed to aid navigation in a ship or aircraft. |
| PIASAVA | • piasava n. Alternative form of piassava. • PIASAVA n. (Tupi) a coarse, stiff fibre, also PIASSAVA, PIASABA, PIASSABA. |
| SALIVAL | • salival adj. Relating to the saliva; salivary. • SALIVAL adj. relating to saliva, also SALIVARY. |
| SALIVAS | • salivas n. Plural of saliva. • SALIVA n. a fluid secreted by the glands of the mouth. |
| SALVIAS | • salvias n. Plural of salvia. • Salvias prop.n. Plural of Salvia. • SALVIA n. a genus of plants including sage. |
| SAVARIN | • savarin n. A type of leavened cake often drizzled with liquor. • SAVARIN n. (French) a cake made with yeast dough, similar to the baba. |
| VAGINAS | • vaginas n. Plural of vagina. • VAGINA n. (Latin) the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva. |
| VANITAS | • vanitas n. (Painting) A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of… • VANITAS n. (Latin) a 17th century Dutch still life painting featuring a memento mori etc. |
| VASSAIL | • VASSAIL n. (Scott) a vessel, also VESSAIL. |
| VIHARAS | • viharas n. Plural of vihara. • VIHARA n. (Sanskrit) a Buddhist or Jain temple or precinct. |
| VIMANAS | • vimanas n. Plural of vimana. • VIMANA n. (Sanskrit) in the Indian subcontinent, the central tower enclosing the shrine in a temple. |