| ADJUVANT | • adjuvant adj. Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]. • adjuvant adj. (Medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after… • adjuvant n. Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]. |
| AQUAVITS | • aquavits n. Plural of aquavit. • AQUAVIT n. (Norwegian) a Scandinavian spirit made from potatoes or grain and flavoured with caraway seeds, also AKVAVIT. |
| 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. |
| AUTOVACS | • autovacs n. Plural of autovac. • AUTOVAC n. a vacuum mechanism in a car for raising petrol to a higher tank so that it may flow by gravity into the carburettor. |
| AVAUNTED | • avaunted v. Simple past tense and past participle of avaunt. • AVAUNT v. (archaic) to advance. |
| 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. |
| VACATURS | • vacaturs n. Plural of vacatur. • VACATUR n. (Latin) the act of annulling in law. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| VALUATOR | • valuator n. A person who estimates the value of something; an appraiser. • VALUATOR n. an appraiser, also EVALUATOR. |
| 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. |