| CALMATIVE | • calmative adj. Calming. • calmative n. A drug with calming effects. • CALMATIVE adj. having a calming effect. |
| CALVARIUM | • calvarium n. (Anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw). • CALVARIUM n. (Latin) the dome of the skull. |
| CHAMPLEVE | • champlevé adj. (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enamelled; inlaid in depressions made… • champlevé n. A piece of enamel of this kind. • champlevé n. The process of making enamel of this kind. |
| CLAVIFORM | • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped. • claviform n. (Palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base. • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”). |
| COMPLUVIA | • compluvia n. Plural of compluvium. • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| LACTIVISM | • lactivism n. The advocacy of breastfeeding, and especially of the right to nurse children in public. • LACTIVISM n. strong advocacy of breastfeeding as opposed to bottle-feeding. |
| MIDCALVES | • midcalves n. Plural of midcalf. • MIDCALF n. a garment reaching to middle of the calf. |
| OVERCLAIM | • overclaim v. (Transitive) To claim too much. • OVERCLAIM v. to claim excessively. |
| SEMIVOCAL | • semivocal adj. (Phonetics) Of or relating to a semivowel. • SEMIVOCAL adj. of or relating to a semivowel, also SEMIVOCALIC. |
| VASCULUMS | • vasculums n. Plural of vasculum. • VASCULUM n. (Latin) a box used to hold plant specimens. |
| VICESIMAL | • vicesimal adj. Synonym of vigesimal. • VICESIMAL adj. based on the number twenty, also VICENARY, VIGESIMAL. |
| VOCALISMS | • vocalisms n. Plural of vocalism. • VOCALISM n. the exercise of the vocal organs. |
| VOICEMAIL | • voicemail n. (Uncountable) A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages… • voicemail n. (Countable, by extension) An individual message on such a system. • voice␣mail n. Alternative spelling of voicemail. |
| VOLCANISM | • volcanism n. (Volcanology) Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers… • VOLCANISM n. volcanic power or action, also VULCANISM. |
| VULCANISM | • vulcanism n. Alternative spelling of Vulcanism (“historical scientific view”). • vulcanism n. Alternative spelling of volcanism (“volcanic activity”). • Vulcanism prop.n. (Historical) The belief, held mostly in the 18th century, that rocks were formed in fire. It was a rival… |