| AKVAVIT | • akvavit n. Alternative spelling of aquavit. • AKVAVIT n. (Norwegian) a Scandinavian spirit made from potatoes or grain and flavoured with caraway seeds, also AQUAVIT. |
| AMATIVE | • amative adj. Pertaining to love; amorous. • AMATIVE adj. strongly moved by love esp. sexual love. |
| ANTIVAX | • antivax adj. Alternative form of anti-vax. • anti-vax adj. (Informal) Opposing vaccines and vaccination. • ANTIVAX adj. opposed to vaccination. |
| AQUAVIT | • aquavit n. A Scandinavian liquor that is about 40% alcohol by volume; distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored… • AQUAVIT n. (Norwegian) a Scandinavian spirit made from potatoes or grain and flavoured with caraway seeds, also AKVAVIT. |
| 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. |
| AVIATED | • aviated v. Simple past tense and past participle of aviate. • AVIATE v. to fly an aircraft. |
| AVIATES | • aviates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aviate. • AVIATE v. to fly an aircraft. |
| AVIATIC | • aviatic adj. Relating to aviation. • AVIATIC adj. relating to aviation. |
| AVIATOR | • aviator n. An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs… • aviator n. (Obsolete) An experimenter in aviation. • aviator n. (Obsolete) A flying machine. |
| BATAVIA | • batavia n. Alternative form of Batavia (“variety of lettuce”). • Batavia prop.n. (Historical) Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period. • Batavia prop.n. The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands). |
| DATIVAL | • datival adj. (Grammar) dative. • DATIVAL adj. pertaining to the dative case. |
| HAVARTI | • Havarti n. (Uncountable) A semi-soft Danish cow’s milk cheese. • Havarti n. A sample, brand, or variety of such cheese. • HAVARTI n. (Danish) a semisoft Danish cheese. |
| TRAVAIL | • travail n. (Literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. • travail n. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. • travail n. (Obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). |
| VALIANT | • valiant adj. Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic. • valiant adj. Characterized by or done with bravery or valour. • valiant n. (Obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger. |
| 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. |
| VARIANT | • variant adj. Showing variety, diverse. • variant adj. Showing deviation or disagreement. • variant adj. (Obsolete) Variable. |
| VARIATE | • variate n. (Statistics) random variable. • variate n. A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values. • variate n. A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph. |
| VATICAL | • vatical adj. Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetic. • VATICAL adj. pertaining to a prophet, also VATIC. |
| VIATICA | • viatica n. Plural of viaticum. • VIATICUM n. (Latin) an allowance for travelling expenses. |