| ADVECTIVE | • advective adj. Relating to advection. • ADVECTIVE adj. relating to advection, the horizontal movement of air. |
| ADVENTIVE | • adventive adj. Accidental. • adventive adj. Adventitious. • adventive adj. (Biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized. |
| BIVALVATE | • bivalvate adj. Having the form of a bivalve: consisting of or incorporating two matching hinged or folding parts. • BIVALVATE adj. of molluscs, having two valves. |
| CHAVVIEST | • chavviest adj. Superlative form of chavvy: most chavvy. • CHAVVY adj. like a chav. |
| CURVATIVE | • curvative adj. Having slightly curved margins or sides. • curvative adj. Curvative force. • curvative n. (Differential geometry) The first partial derivative of a function that describes a surface. |
| DEVIATIVE | • deviative adj. Tending to deviate. • DEVIATIVE adj. tending to deviate. |
| EVOCATIVE | • evocative adj. That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent. • EVOCATIVE adj. calling forth; serving to evoke. |
| PRIVATIVE | • privative adj. Causing privation; depriving. • privative adj. Consisting in the absence of something; negative. • privative adj. (Grammar) indicating the absence of something. |
| TRIVALVED | • trivalved adj. Having three valves. • TRIVALVED adj. having three valves. |
| TRIVALVES | • trivalves n. Plural of trivalve. • TRIVALVE n. a type of shell with three valves. |
| UVAROVITE | • uvarovite n. (Mineralogy) A rare chromium-bearing garnet mineral with a vivid emerald-green colour. • UVAROVITE n. (Russian) a green lime-chrome garnet. |
| VARIATIVE | • variative adj. Synonym of variational. • VARIATIVE adj. relating to variation, also VARIATIONAL. |
| VIBRATIVE | • vibrative adj. (Now rare) Involving vibration; vibrating, vibratory. • VIBRATIVE adj. consisting in, or causing, vibration, also VIBRATILE, VIBRATORY. |
| VIOLATIVE | • violative adj. (US) Tending to violate; of or relating to violation. • VIOLATIVE adj. violating, or tending to violate. |
| VIVAMENTE | • VIVAMENTE adv. (Italian) in a lively manner. |
| VIVIANITE | • vivianite n. (Mineralogy) A blue, green or colourless mineral of monoclinic crystals, Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O. • VIVIANITE n. ferrous phosphate, blue by oxidation, often found coating fossil fishes and bones. |
| VOCATIVES | • vocatives n. Plural of vocative. • VOCATIVE n. a grammatical case indicating calling or personal address. |