| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| CULVERTAGE | • culvertage n. (Historical) The degradation of a vassal to the position of a serf. • CULVERTAGE n. (historical) the degradation of a peasant to the position of a serf. |
| CURATIVELY | • curatively adv. In a curative manner. • CURATIVE adv. tending to cure, also CURATORY. |
| CURVEBALLS | • curveballs n. Plural of curveball. • CURVEBALL n. a baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it curve. |
| LARVACEOUS | • larvaceous adj. (Medicine, rare) Larvate. • LARVACEOUS adj. relating to the Larvaceae, tunicates. |
| NAVICULARE | • NAVICULARE n. a boat-shaped bone of the wrist, also NAVICULAR. |
| OVERLAUNCH | • overlaunch v. (Shipbuilding, transitive) To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance… • OVERLAUNCH v. in shipbuilding, to join by long splices or scarfs. |
| REVICTUALS | • revictuals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revictual. • REVICTUAL v. to victual again. |
| ROUNCEVALS | • rouncevals n. Plural of rounceval. • ROUNCEVAL n. a large variety of garden pea. |
| ULCERATIVE | • ulcerative adj. Composed of, or causing ulcers. • ULCERATIVE adj. related to ulcers. |
| VALLECULAR | • vallecular adj. (Medicine) grooved; pertaining to a vallecula. • vallecular adj. (Botany) A channel between the nodes of the stem of some species of Equisetum. • VALLECULAR adj. pertaining to or like a vallecula, a groove. |
| VERMICULAR | • vermicular adj. Relating to, or having the form of, a worm. • VERMICULAR adj. resembling a worm in form or motion. |
| VERNACULAR | • vernacular n. The language of a people or a national language. • vernacular n. Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical… • vernacular n. Language unique to a particular group of people. |
| VERSICULAR | • versicular adj. Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing. • VERSICULAR adj. of or in verse. |
| VICTUALERS | • victualers n. Plural of victualer. • VICTUALER n. one who furnishes victuals, also VICTUALLER. |
| VICTUALLER | • victualler n. A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army. • victualler n. (Chiefly Britain) An innkeeper. • victualler n. (Scotland) One who deals in grain; a corn factor. |
| VULCANISER | • vulcaniser n. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of vulcanizer. • VULCANISER n. an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc, also VULCANIZER. |
| VULCANIZER | • vulcanizer n. Equipment used for the vulcanization of rubber. • vulcanizer n. A substance (such as sulfur) added to rubber during this process. • vulcanizer n. A person employed to vulcanize rubber. |
| VULPECULAR | • vulpecular adj. Vulpine, foxlike. • VULPECULAR adj. resembling or characteristic of a fox. |