| AUTOSAVE | • autosave n. (Computing) A software facility that saves an open document periodically to avoid the risk of data loss. • autosave n. (Computing, countable) A copy of a file or document saved automatically by such a facility. • autosave v. (Computing, transitive) To save (data) automatically. |
| AVAUNTED | • avaunted v. Simple past tense and past participle of avaunt. • AVAUNT v. (archaic) to advance. |
| AYURVEDA | • Ayurveda n. Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm. • AYURVEDA n. (Sanskrit) the traditional system of Indian medicine. |
| EVACUANT | • evacuant adj. Laxative. • evacuant n. Something used to clean out an organ system, especially the bowels. • evacuant n. A laxative. |
| EVACUATE | • evacuate v. (Transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from. • evacuate v. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from. • evacuate v. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum. |
| EVALUATE | • evaluate v. (Transitive) To draw conclusions from examining; to assess. • evaluate v. (Transitive, mathematics, computing) To compute or determine the value of (an expression). • evaluate v. (Intransitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value. |
| MAUVAISE | • MAUVAISE adj. (French) bad, wicked, also MAUVAIS. |
| UPHEAVAL | • upheaval n. Disruptive change, from one state to another. • upheaval n. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth’s crust. • upheaval n. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. |
| VACUATED | • vacuated v. Simple past tense and past participle of vacuate. • VACUATE v. (obsolete) to make void, or empty, also EVACUATE. |
| VACUATES | • vacuates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vacuate. • VACUATE v. (obsolete) to make void, or empty, also EVACUATE. |
| VALUABLE | • valuable adj. Having a great value. • valuable adj. Estimable; deserving esteem. • valuable n. (Usually in the plural) A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value. |
| VALUATED | • valuated v. Simple past tense and past participle of valuate. • VALUATE v. to appraise, evaluate. |
| VALUATES | • valuates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of valuate. • VALUATE v. to appraise, evaluate. |
| VALVULAE | • valvulae n. Plural of valvula. • valvulae n. (Proscribed) plural of valvule. • valvulæ n. Plural of valvula. |
| VAPULATE | • vapulate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike. • vapulate v. (Obsolete, intransitive, stative) To be flogged, beaten etc. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |
| VAULTAGE | • vaultage n. (Obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar. • vaultage n. (Obsolete) Vaulted work. • VAULTAGE n. a cavern, also VAUNTAGE. |
| VAUNTAGE | • vauntage n. Obsolete form of vantage. • VAUNTAGE n. (Spenser) vantage. |
| VELATURA | • velatura n. (Art) A translucent whitish glaze in painting. • VELATURA n. (Italian) a method of glazing a painting by rubbing with the hand. |