| 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. |
| GALIVANT | • galivant v. Alternative form of gallivant. • GALIVANT v. to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan, also GALAVANT, GALLIVANT. |
| GALLIVAT | • gallivat n. (Nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast. • GALLIVAT n. (Portuguese) a large two-masted Malay boat. |
| LAVATION | • lavation n. (Obsolete) A washing or cleansing. • LAVATION n. the act of washing or cleansing. |
| 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. |
| SALIVATE | • salivate v. (Intransitive) To produce saliva. • salivate v. (Intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something. • SALIVATE v. to secrete saliva. |
| TRAVAILS | • travails n. Plural of travail. • travails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of travail. • TRAVAIL v. to toil. |
| VALIANTS | • valiants n. Plural of valiant. • VALIANT n. (obsolete) a valiant person. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| VIATICAL | • viatical adj. Of or pertaining to a journey; viatic. • viatical adj. Of or pertaining to a life insurance policy held by someone who is dying, or to the sale of such a policy. • VIATICAL adj. pertaining to travelling, also VIATIC. |