| ACTIVES | • actives n. Plural of active. • ACTIVE n. the active mood of a verb. |
| AVIATIC | • aviatic adj. Relating to aviation. • AVIATIC adj. relating to aviation. |
| CAITIVE | • caitive n. (Obsolete) A captive. • CAITIVE n. (Spenser) a captive, subject, also CAITIFF. |
| CAPTIVE | • captive n. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. • captive n. One held prisoner. • captive n. (Figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. |
| CAVETTI | • cavetti n. Plural of cavetto. • CAVETTO n. (Italian) a concave moulding. |
| FACTIVE | • factive adj. (Grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true. • factive adj. (Epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths. • factive n. (Grammar) A factive verb. |
| VACUIST | • vacuist n. (Philosophy) One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules… • VACUIST n. one who thinks there are empty spaces in nature. |
| VACUITY | • vacuity n. Emptiness. • vacuity n. Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum. • vacuity n. Idleness; listlessness. |
| VATICAL | • vatical adj. Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetic. • VATICAL adj. pertaining to a prophet, also VATIC. |
| VENATIC | • venatic adj. Of, pertaining to or involved in hunting. • VENATIC adj. related to hunting, also VENATICAL. |
| VIADUCT | • viaduct n. (Transport) A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles. • VIADUCT n. a structure carrying a road or railway over a valley, etc. |
| VIATICA | • viatica n. Plural of viaticum. • VIATICUM n. (Latin) an allowance for travelling expenses. |
| VICIATE | • viciate v. Archaic form of vitiate. • VICIATE v. (obsolete) to impair the quality of, spoil, also VITIATE. |
| VICTUAL | • victual n. (Archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption. • victual n. (Archaic, chiefly in the plural) Food supplies; provisions. • victual n. (Specifically, obsolete). |
| VOLATIC | • VOLATIC n. a creature with wings. |
| VOLTAIC | • voltaic adj. Of or relating to electricity. • voltaic adj. Producing electricity by chemical action. • Voltaic adj. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work. |