| AVIRULENT | • avirulent adj. Not virulent. • AVIRULENT adj. of bacteria, not virulent. |
| CULTIVATE | • cultivate v. To grow plants, notably crops. • cultivate v. (Figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend. • cultivate v. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting. |
| DIVULGATE | • divulgate v. (Obsolete) To divulge. • divulgate adj. (Obsolete) Published. • DIVULGATE v. (archaic) to publish. |
| ELUVIATED | • eluviated v. Simple past tense and past participle of eluviate. • ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil. |
| ELUVIATES | • eluviates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eluviate. • ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil. |
| EMULATIVE | • emulative adj. Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative. • EMULATIVE adj. inclined to emulation. |
| ILLUVIATE | • illuviate v. (Geology) To leach from an overlying stratum and accumulate in suspension. • ILLUVIATE v. to deposit illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
| LAUDATIVE | • laudative adj. Laudatory. • laudative n. (Obsolete) A panegyric; a eulogy. • LAUDATIVE adj. expressing praise. |
| LUCRATIVE | • lucrative adj. Producing a surplus; profitable. • lucrative adj. (Military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful. • LUCRATIVE adj. yielding lucre; profitable. |
| PULSATIVE | • pulsative adj. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. • PULSATIVE adj. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| 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. |
| REVICTUAL | • revictual v. (Transitive) To supply with fresh provisions. • REVICTUAL v. to victual again. |
| 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. |
| VAULTIEST | • VAULTY adj. (Shakespeare) like a vault. |
| VAULTLIKE | • vaultlike adj. Having characteristics of a vault. • VAULTLIKE adj. like a vault. |
| VESTIBULA | • vestibula n. Plural of vestibulum. • VESTIBULUM n. (Latin) a cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. |
| VICTUALED | • victualed v. Simple past tense and past participle of victual. • VICTUAL v. to provide with food, also VITTLE. |
| VICTUALER | • victualer n. Alternative spelling of victualler. • VICTUALER n. one who furnishes victuals, also VICTUALLER. |
| VIRGULATE | • virgulate adj. Shaped like a little twig or rod. • VIRGULATE adj. shaped like a little twig or rod. |
| 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. |