| DISLEAVING | • disleaving v. Present participle of disleave. • DISLEAVE v. to deprive of leaves, also DISLEAF. |
| ENVISAGING | • envisaging v. Present participle of envisage. • ENVISAGE v. to visualize, also ENVISION. |
| ESTIVATING | • estivating v. Present participle of estivate. • ESTIVATE v. to spend the summer in a torpid state, also AESTIVATE. |
| EVANISHING | • evanishing v. Present participle of evanish. • EVANISH v. to vanish. |
| GAINSTRIVE | • gainstrive v. (Obsolete, transitive) To strive against; to resist, oppose. • gainstrive v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To resist; to fight back. • GAINSTRIVE v. (obsolete) to strive or struggle against. |
| LIFESAVING | • lifesaving adj. (Uncommon) Alternative form of life-saving. • lifesaving n. The act of saving a life, especially from drowning. • life-saving adj. Preserving life; preventing death. |
| NEGATIVISM | • negativism n. A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude. • negativism n. A stubborn tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked. • NEGATIVISM n. a tendency to deny and criticise, without offering positive suggestions. |
| NEGATIVIST | • negativist n. One who exhibits negativism. • NEGATIVIST n. one who practises negativism, a tendency to deny and criticise, without offering positive suggestions. |
| READVISING | • readvising v. Present participle of readvise. • READVISE v. to advise again. |
| TIMESAVING | • timesaving adj. That reduces the time needed to perform a task, especially by using a shorter route or a more efficient method. • timesaving adj. Prompt or expeditious. • time-saving adj. Alternative spelling of timesaving. |
| VASELINING | • vaselining v. Present participle of vaseline. • VASELINE v. to cover or smear with a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum. |
| VELARISING | • velarising v. Present participle of velarise. • VELARISE v. to pronounce with the back of the tongue, also VELARIZE. |
| VESICATING | • vesicating v. Present participle of vesicate. • VESICATE v. to blister. |
| VIGILANCES | • vigilances n. Plural of vigilance. • VIGILANCE n. the state of being vigilant. |
| VIGILANTES | • vigilantes n. Plural of vigilante. • Vigilantes prop.n. Plural of Vigilante. • VIGILANTE n. (Spanish) any person executing summary justice in the absence or breakdown of legally constituted law enforcement bodies. |
| VINEGARISH | • vinegarish adj. Tasting somewhat like vinegar. • vinegarish adj. (Figuratively) acerbic, bitter. • VINEGARISH adj. like vinegar. |
| VOISINAGES | • VOISINAGE n. (obsolete) a neighbourhood. |