| DILATIVE | • dilative adj. That dilates, or causes dilation. • DILATIVE adj. tending to dilate. |
| ILLATIVE | • illative adj. Of, or relating to an illation. • illative adj. (Grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something. • illative n. (Grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore). |
| LIGATIVE | • ligative adj. (Grammar) Serving to connect separate elements. • LIGATIVE adj. acting as a ligature. |
| RIVALITY | • rivality n. (Obsolete) rivalry; competition. • rivality n. (Obsolete) equality, as of right or rank. • RIVALITY n. competition, also RIVALRY. |
| SILVATIC | • SILVATIC adj. pertaining to the forest. |
| VAGILITY | • vagility n. (Biology) The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment. • VAGILITY n. freedom of movement. |
| VALIDITY | • validity n. The state of being valid, authentic or genuine. • validity n. State of having legal force. • validity n. A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct… |
| 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. |
| VIGILANT | • vigilant adj. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary. • VIGILANT adj. watchful. |
| VILLATIC | • villatic adj. (Obsolete) Of or pertaining to a farm or village; rural. • VILLATIC adj. (Milton) of or relating to a farmyard or village. |
| VIRALITY | • virality n. (Advertising, marketing) The state or condition of being viral; tendency to spread by word of mouth. • VIRALITY n. the state of being viral. |
| VITALISE | • vitalise v. To give life to something; to animate. • vitalise v. To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate. • VITALISE v. to give life to, also VITALIZE. |
| VITALISM | • vitalism n. The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. • VITALISM n. the philosophical doctrine that life processes are not entirely explicable, or bound, by scientific laws. |
| VITALIST | • vitalist adj. Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors. • vitalist n. Someone who believes in vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors. • VITALIST n. one who holds to the doctrine of vitalism. |
| VITALITY | • vitality n. The capacity to live and develop. • vitality n. Energy or vigour. • vitality n. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness. |
| VITALIZE | • vitalize v. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of vitalise. • VITALIZE v. to give life to, also VITALISE. |
| VITIABLE | • VITIABLE adj. able to be impaired. |