| AVOUCHING | • avouching v. Present participle of avouch. • AVOUCH v. (archaic) to justify. |
| CURVATION | • curvation n. The act of curving or bending. • CURVATION n. the state of being curved. |
| INCURVATE | • incurvate adj. Bending inwards. • incurvate adj. Curved; bent; crooked. • incurvate v. (Transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to. |
| INVOLUCRA | • involucra n. Plural of involucrum. • INVOLUCRUM n. (Latin) a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head, also INVOLUCRE. |
| NAVICULAR | • navicular adj. Shaped like a boat. • navicular adj. Relating to boats. • navicular n. (Anatomy) A navicular bone. |
| NAVICULAS | • NAVICULA n. (Latin) an incense-holder shaped like a boat. |
| UNACTIVED | • UNACTIVE v. to make (a person) inactive. |
| UNACTIVES | • UNACTIVE v. to make (a person) inactive. |
| UNIVOCALS | • univocals n. Plural of univocal. • UNIVOCAL n. a word with only one meaning. |
| VACCINIUM | • vaccinium n. (Botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries… • Vaccinium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – shrubs including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry… • VACCINIUM n. (Latin) a genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries. |
| VACUATING | • vacuating v. Present participle of vacuate. • VACUATE v. (obsolete) to make void, or empty, also EVACUATE. |
| VACUATION | • vacuation n. The act of emptying or clearing out. • VACUATION n. the act of emptying. |
| VACUUMING | • vacuuming v. Present participle of vacuum. • vacuuming n. An instance of vacuuming. • vacuuming n. (Chiefly in the plural) Material sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. |
| VINACEOUS | • vinaceous adj. Containing wine. • vinaceous adj. Of the colour of red wine. • VINACEOUS adj. of the colour of red wine. |
| VULCANIAN | • Vulcanian adj. Of or pertaining to the god Vulcan. • Vulcanian adj. Of or pertaining to working in iron or other metals. • Vulcanian adj. (Geology, archaic) volcanic. |
| VULCANISE | • vulcanise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of vulcanize. • VULCANISE v. to change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization, also VULCANIZE. |
| VULCANISM | • vulcanism n. Alternative spelling of Vulcanism (“historical scientific view”). • vulcanism n. Alternative spelling of volcanism (“volcanic activity”). • Vulcanism prop.n. (Historical) The belief, held mostly in the 18th century, that rocks were formed in fire. It was a rival… |
| VULCANIST | • vulcanist n. Someone interested in volcanism, the study of volcanoes. • vulcanist n. A follower of Vulcanism. • VULCANIST n. one versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes, also VOLCANIST. |
| VULCANITE | • vulcanite n. A hard rubber made by vulcanization with sulfur; ebonite. • vulcanite n. (Mineralogy) A rare mineral, copper telluride. • VULCANITE n. hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur. |
| VULCANIZE | • vulcanize v. (Transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable. • vulcanize v. (Intransitive) To undergo such treatment. • VULCANIZE v. to change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization, also VULCANISE. |