| ADVISATORY | • advisatory adj. (Law) Advisory. • ADVISATORY adj. having the attribute of advising, also ADVISORY. |
| ADVISORATE | • ADVISORATE n. the body of advisors appointed by an education authority. |
| ADVOCATING | • advocating v. Present participle of advocate. • ADVOCATE v. to plead in favour of. |
| ADVOCATION | • advocation n. (Archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading. • advocation n. (Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. • advocation n. (Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. |
| ADVOCATIVE | • advocative adj. (Law) Related to advocation. • ADVOCATIVE adj. relating to the function of an advocate. |
| ADVOCATORS | • advocators n. Plural of advocator. • ADVOCATOR n. one who advocates. |
| ADVOCATORY | • advocatory adj. Characteristic of an advocate. • ADVOCATORY adj. of or pertaining to an advocate. |
| AUTOCLAVED | • autoclaved v. Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave. • AUTOCLAVE v. to heat in an autoclave. |
| DATAGLOVES | • datagloves n. Plural of dataglove. • data␣gloves n. Plural of data glove. • DATAGLOVE n. an electrically wired glove-like device that transmits the wearer's movements to a virtual reality monitor. |
| DEVASTATOR | • devastator n. One who devastates. • DEVASTATOR n. one who, or that which, devastates. |
| DIVAGATION | • divagation n. Straying off from a course or way. • divagation n. (Medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought. • DIVAGATION n. a wandering about or going astray; digression. |
| EVAPORATED | • evaporated v. Simple past tense and past participle of evaporate. • EVAPORATE v. to change into vapour. |
| VACATIONED | • vacationed v. Simple past tense and past participle of vacation. • VACATION v. to take a holiday. |
| VACUOLATED | • vacuolated adj. Having vacuoles. • VACUOLATED adj. having vacuoles, also VACUOLATE. |
| VALIDATION | • validation n. The act of validating something. • validation n. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation… • validation n. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one’s emotions. |
| VALIDATORS | • validators n. Plural of validator. • VALIDATOR n. one who validates. |
| VALIDATORY | • validatory adj. That serves to validate. • VALIDATORY adj. relating to validation. |
| VARIOLATED | • variolated v. Simple past tense and past participle of variolate. • VARIOLATE v. to inoculate with smallpox. |