| AVIRULENT | • avirulent adj. Not virulent. • AVIRULENT adj. of bacteria, not virulent. |
| DEVALUING | • devaluing v. Present participle of devalue. • devaluing n. Devaluation. • DEVALUE v. to lessen the worth of. |
| JUVENILIA | • juvenilia n. (Literature, plural only) Works produced during an artist’s or author’s youth. • JUVENILIA n. (Latin) works of one's youth; early works of an artist or author. |
| LAEVULINS | • laevulins n. Plural of laevulin. • LAEVULIN n. a sugar occurring in certain plants, also LEVULIN. |
| PULVINATE | • pulvinate adj. (Architecture) Curved convexly or swelled. • pulvinate adj. (Zoology) Having the form of a cushion. • PULVINATE adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATED. |
| REVALUING | • revaluing v. Present participle of revalue. • REVALUE v. to value again. |
| SUBNIVEAL | • subniveal adj. Relating to or characteristic of a subnivium; subnivian. • SUBNIVEAL adj. under snow, also SUBNIVEAN. |
| UNIVALENT | • univalent adj. (Chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 1, or having only one valence. • univalent adj. (Medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 1. • univalent adj. (Genetics) Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis. |
| UNIVALVED | • univalved adj. Having one valve. • UNIVALVED adj. having a single-piece shell. |
| UNIVALVES | • univalves n. Plural of univalve. • UNIVALVE n. a mollusk having a single shell. |
| UNIVERSAL | • universal adj. Of or pertaining to the universe. • universal adj. Common to all members of a group or class. • universal adj. Common to all society; worldwide. |
| UNLIVABLE | • unlivable adj. That cannot be lived. • unlivable adj. Unfit to be lived in; uninhabitable. • UNLIVABLE adj. not capable of being lived, also UNLIVEABLE. |
| UNRIVALED | • unrivaled adj. (American spelling) beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival. • UNRIVALED adj. without a rival, also UNRIVALLED. |
| VAGINULAE | • vaginulae n. Plural of vaginula. • VAGINULA n. (Latin) a little sheath, also VAGINULE. |
| VAGINULES | • vaginules n. Plural of vaginule. • VAGINULE n. a little sheath, also VAGINULA. |
| 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. |
| 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. |