| ABRASIVELY | • abrasively adv. In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people’s feelings. • abrasively adv. Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner. • ABRASIVE adv. capable of grinding away another material. |
| ABSOLVITOR | • absolvitor n. (Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal. • ABSOLVITOR n. in Scots law, a judgment favourable to a defender. |
| ADVERBIALS | • adverbials n. Plural of adverbial. • ADVERBIAL n. an adverbial phrase. |
| BRAAIVLEIS | • braaivleis n. (South Africa) A braai or barbecue. • BRAAIVLEIS n. (South African) a barbecue party. |
| IVORYBILLS | • ivorybills n. Plural of ivorybill. • ivory-bills n. Plural of ivory-bill. • IVORYBILL n. the ivory-billed woodpecker. |
| OVERBUILDS | • overbuilds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuild. • OVERBUILD v. to build over. |
| REVERSIBLE | • reversible adj. Able to be reversed. • reversible adj. (Of clothing) Able to be worn inside out. • reversible adj. (Chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction. |
| REVERSIBLY | • reversibly adv. In a way that can be undone. • reversibly adv. Relating to something that is reversible. • REVERSIBLE adv. capable of being reversed. |
| SILVERBACK | • silverback n. (Mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back. • silverback n. (Informal, by extension) A dominant older human male. • silverback n. Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma. |
| SILVERBILL | • silverbill n. A kind of estrildid finch, most in genus Lonchura, some in Euodice. • SILVERBILL n. an Old World finch of the genus Minia. |
| SURVIVABLE | • survivable adj. Able to be survived. • survivable adj. (Military) Capable of surviving a nuclear strike. • SURVIVABLE adj. resulting in or permitting survival. |
| VERBALISED | • verbalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of verbalise. • VERBALISE v. to put into words, also VERBALIZE. |
| VERBALISER | • verbaliser n. Alternative form of verbalizer. • VERBALISER n. one who verbalises, also VERBALIZER. |
| VERBALISES | • verbalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of verbalise. • VERBALISE v. to put into words, also VERBALIZE. |
| VERBALISMS | • verbalisms n. Plural of verbalism. • VERBALISM n. undue attention to words alone. |
| VERBALISTS | • verbalists n. Plural of verbalist. • VERBALIST n. a person dealing in or concentrating on mere words rather than reality or meaning. |
| VERBALIZES | • verbalizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of verbalize. • VERBALIZE v. to put into words, also VERBALISE. |
| VESTIBULAR | • vestibular adj. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building. • vestibular adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity). • vestibular adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance… |