| ACERVATION | • acervation n. (Obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation. • ACERVATION n. the action of heaping up; an accumulation. |
| ANCHOVETAS | • anchovetas n. Plural of anchoveta. • ANCHOVETA n. (Spanish) a small fish like an anchovy, also ANCHOVETTA. |
| ANCHOVETTA | • anchovetta n. Alternative spelling of anchoveta. • ANCHOVETTA n. (Spanish) a small fish like an anchovy, also ANCHOVETA. |
| AVUNCULATE | • avunculate n. The relationship between a man and his sister’s children, generally her sons. • avunculate n. (In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal… • AVUNCULATE n. the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son. |
| CAPTIVANCE | • captivance n. (Obsolete, rare) Captivity. • CAPTIVANCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVAUNCE. |
| COVENANTAL | • covenantal adj. Of or pertaining to a covenant. • COVENANTAL adj. relating to a covenant. |
| EVACUATING | • evacuating v. Present participle of evacuate. • EVACUATE v. to move from a place of danger. |
| EVACUATION | • evacuation n. The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety. • evacuation n. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc. • evacuation n. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum. |
| EXCAVATING | • excavating v. Present participle of excavate. • EXCAVATE v. to dig out. |
| EXCAVATION | • excavation n. (Uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. • excavation n. (Countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. • excavation n. (Countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. |
| INACTIVATE | • inactivate v. (Transitive) To make inactive. • INACTIVATE v. to make inactive. |
| OCTAVALENT | • octavalent adj. (Chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 8. • octavalent adj. (Medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 8. • OCTAVALENT adj. having a valency of eight. |
| VACANTNESS | • vacantness n. Emptiness. • VACANTNESS n. the state of being vacant. |
| VACATIONED | • vacationed v. Simple past tense and past participle of vacation. • VACATION v. to take a holiday. |
| VACATIONER | • vacationer n. (US) Someone who is on vacation. • VACATIONER n. one who takes a vacation, also VACATIONIST. |
| VACCINATED | • vaccinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of vaccinate. • vaccinated adj. Being protected from a disease by having received a vaccine. • VACCINATE v. to inoculate with a vaccine. |
| VACCINATES | • vaccinates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vaccinate. • VACCINATE v. to inoculate with a vaccine. |
| VANTBRACES | • vantbraces n. Plural of vantbrace. • VANTBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VAMBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| VATICINATE | • vaticinate v. (Transitive, intransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage. • VATICINATE v. to prophesy, predict. |