| ACERVATION | • acervation n. (Obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation. • ACERVATION n. the action of heaping up; an accumulation. |
| ACTIVATION | • activation n. Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. • activation n. (Physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons. • activation n. (Biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react. |
| ADVOCATING | • advocating v. Present participle of advocate. • ADVOCATE v. to plead in favour of. |
| ADVOCATION | • advocation n. (Archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading. • advocation n. (Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. • advocation n. (Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. |
| AVOCATIONS | • avocations n. Plural of avocation. • AVOCATION n. a minor occupation undertaken as a diversion. |
| AVOIDANCES | • avoidances n. Plural of avoidance. • AVOIDANCE n. the act of avoiding. |
| AVOPARCINS | • AVOPARCIN n. an antibiotic, formerly used to promote growth in farm animals. |
| CARNIVORAN | • carnivoran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora. • carnivoran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Carnivora. |
| CAVITATION | • cavitation n. The formation of pits on a surface. • cavitation n. (Fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a… • cavitation n. (Biology) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis. |
| CLAVATIONS | • clavations n. Plural of clavation. • CLAVATION n. an articulation in a socket. |
| COVARIANCE | • covariance n. (Statistics) A statistical measure defined as 𝐂𝐨𝐯(𝑋,𝑌)=𝐄((𝑋−μ)(𝑌−ν)) given two real-valued random variables… • covariance n. (Object-oriented programming) The conversion of data types from wider to narrower in certain situations. • COVARIANCE n. the property of varying concomitantly. |
| COVARIANTS | • covariants n. Plural of covariant. • COVARIANT n. a function of the coefficients and variables of a given function which is invariant under a linear transformation except for a factor equal to a power of the determinant of the transformation. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| VACCINATOR | • vaccinator n. A person or agent that administers vaccines. • VACCINATOR n. one who vaccinates. |
| VACUATIONS | • vacuations n. Plural of vacuation. • VACUATION n. the act of emptying. |
| VICTORIANA | • Victoriana n. Items related to the Victorian era, especially collectibles. • VICTORIANA n. bricabrac and other characteristic possessions or creations of the Victorian age. |
| VOCATIONAL | • vocational adj. Of or pertaining to a vocation. • vocational adj. (Of education) That provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge. • VOCATIONAL adj. relating to a vocation. |