| CALVARIUM | • calvarium n. (Anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw). • CALVARIUM n. (Latin) the dome of the skull. |
| 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”). |
| CREAMWOVE | • creamwove adj. Describing wove paper that is cream in colour. • creamwove n. (UK) wove writing paper that is cream in color. • CREAMWOVE adj. of woven paper, cream or white in colour. |
| CRIMEWAVE | • crimewave n. A large increased incidence of crimes within a relatively short period of time. • crime␣wave n. Alternative form of crimewave. • CRIMEWAVE n. a period of increased criminal activity. |
| EMBRACIVE | • embracive adj. (Archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. • EMBRACIVE adj. disposed to embrace. |
| MAVERICKS | • mavericks n. Plural of maverick. • Mavericks n. Plural of Maverick. • MAVERICK n. an unbranded animal; a person independent in thought and action. |
| MICROWAVE | • microwave n. An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves. • microwave n. Ellipsis of microwave oven.. • microwave v. (Transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven. |
| OVERCLAIM | • overclaim v. (Transitive) To claim too much. • OVERCLAIM v. to claim excessively. |
| OVERCRAMS | • overcrams v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcram. • OVERCRAM v. to stuff to excess. |
| OVERMATCH | • overmatch v. To match more than intended. • overmatch v. To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish. • overmatch v. To marry to a superior. |
| VAMBRACED | • vambraced adj. (Especially heraldry) Wearing a vambrace. • VAMBRACED adj. (historical) wearing a vambrace, a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. |
| VAMBRACES | • vambraces n. Plural of vambrace. • VAMBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VANTBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| VERBASCUM | • verbascum n. A mullein (of genus Verbascum). • Verbascum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – the mulleins. • VERBASCUM n. another name for the flower mullein. |