| ABLATIVE | • ablative adj. (Grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the… • ablative adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing. • ablative adj. (Engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect… |
| AESTIVAL | • aestival adj. Alternative spelling of estival. • æstival adj. Obsolete spelling of estival. • AESTIVAL adj. of summer. |
| ALLATIVE | • allative adj. (Grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards a place. • allative n. (Grammar) The allative case, or a word in that case. • ALLATIVE n. a grammatical case denoting movement towards. |
| AVENTAIL | • aventail n. A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower… • aventail n. Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”). • AVENTAIL n. (historical) the movable front to a helmet, also AVENTAILE, VENTAIL, VENTAILE, VENTAYLE. |
| CAVALIER | • cavalier adj. Not caring enough about something important. • cavalier adj. High-spirited. • cavalier adj. Supercilious. |
| JAVELINA | • javelina n. (North America) The peccary, especially the collared peccary. • JAVELINA n. (Spanish) a wild boar, aka peccary. |
| LAVALIER | • lavalier n. An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace. • lavalier n. A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier. • LAVALIER n. (French) a loosely-tied bow; a jewelled pendant, also LAVALIERE, LAVALLIERE. |
| LAVALIKE | • lavalike adj. Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity. • lava-like adj. Alternative spelling of lavalike. • LAVALIKE adj. like lava. |
| LAXATIVE | • laxative adj. Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. • laxative n. Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. • LAXATIVE n. a drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels. |
| REAVAILS | • reavails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reavail. • REAVAIL v. to avail again. |
| SALIVATE | • salivate v. (Intransitive) To produce saliva. • salivate v. (Intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something. • SALIVATE v. to secrete saliva. |
| VALENCIA | • valencia n. A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. • Valencia prop.n. The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. • Valencia prop.n. An autonomous community of Spain, the Valencian Community. |
| VALERIAN | • valerian n. A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. • valerian n. More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana. • valerian n. (Uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine. |
| VALIANCE | • valiance n. The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour. • VALIANCE n. courage, also VALOR, VALIANCY, VALOUR. |
| VALIDATE | • validate v. (Transitive) To render valid. • validate v. (Transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify. • validate v. (Ergative) To have its validity successfully proven. |
| VARIABLE | • variable adj. Able to vary or be varied. • variable adj. Likely to vary. • variable adj. Marked by diversity or difference. |
| VARICEAL | • variceal adj. Of or pertaining to a varix (or varices). • VARICEAL adj. of or relating to a varix. |
| VARIETAL | • varietal adj. (Biology) Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism. • varietal adj. Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine). • varietal adj. (Linguistics) Of or relating to a variety of a language. |
| VEDALIAS | • vedalias n. Plural of vedalia. • VEDALIA n. an Australian ladybird. |
| VELAMINA | • velamina n. Plural of velamen. • VELAMEN n. (Latin) a thin membranous covering or partition, also VELUM. |