| ADVENTITIA | • adventitia n. (Anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ. • ADVENTITIA n. the outermost covering of an organ or part, esp. of a blood vessel. |
| 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. |
| ANIMADVERT | • animadvert v. (Intransitive) To criticise, to censure. • animadvert v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To consider. • animadvert v. (Intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish. |
| DIVAGATING | • divagating v. Present participle of divagate. • DIVAGATE v. to wander or stray from a course or subject. |
| DIVAGATION | • divagation n. Straying off from a course or way. • divagation n. (Medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought. • DIVAGATION n. a wandering about or going astray; digression. |
| EVAGINATED | • evaginated v. Simple past tense and past participle of evaginate. • EVAGINATE v. to turn inside out. |
| GALIVANTED | • galivanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of galivant. • GALIVANT v. to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan, also GALAVANT, GALLIVANT. |
| INADAPTIVE | • inadaptive adj. Not adaptive. • INADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| INDAGATIVE | • indagative adj. (Obsolete) Searching; exploring; investigating. • INDAGATIVE adj. investigative, also INDAGATORY. |
| INVALIDATE | • invalidate v. To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law. • invalidate v. To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove. • invalidate v. To render invalid; discredit. |
| VACATIONED | • vacationed v. Simple past tense and past participle of vacation. • VACATION v. to take a holiday. |
| 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. |
| VALIDATING | • validating v. Present participle of validate. • VALIDATE v. to give legal force to. |
| VALIDATION | • validation n. The act of validating something. • validation n. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation… • validation n. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one’s emotions. |
| VANADIATES | • vanadiates n. Plural of vanadiate. • VANADIATE n. a salt of vanadic acid, also VANADATE. |
| VANADINITE | • vanadinite n. (Mineralogy) A reddish mineral, a mixed chloride and vanadate of lead with the chemical formula Pb5… • VANADINITE n. a mineral consisting of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride. |