| AUTOVAC | • autovac n. (Automotive, historical) A device that uses vacuum to raise fuel from the main tank to a small auxiliary… • AUTOVAC n. a vacuum mechanism in a car for raising petrol to a higher tank so that it may flow by gravity into the carburettor. |
| COUVERT | • couvert n. Cover charge. • COUVERT n. (French) a cover (at table). |
| CULVERT | • culvert n. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water. • culvert v. To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert. • CULVERT v. to channel a stream through an arched construction or channel enclosing a drain or watercourse beneath a road, railway, etc. |
| CURVATE | • curvate adj. Bent in a regular form; curved. • CURVATE adj. curved, also CURVATED. |
| CURVETS | • curvets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curvet. • CURVET v. to leap, frisk. |
| CURVITY | • curvity n. The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. • CURVITY n. the state of being curved. |
| CUTOVER | • cutover adj. Having been cleared of valuable timber. • cutover n. An area of cutover land. • cutover n. The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. |
| CUVETTE | • cuvette n. A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table. • cuvette n. (Military) a cunette. • cuvette n. (Analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid… |
| OVERCUT | • overcut v. (Transitive) To cut excessively. • overcut adj. (Participial adjective) Excessively cut. • overcut n. The act or result of excessive cutting. |
| OVIDUCT | • oviduct n. (Anatomy) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior. • OVIDUCT n. a tube through which ova travel from an ovary. |
| UVEITIC | • uveitic adj. Relating to uveitis. • UVEITIC adj. pertaining to the uvea, the posterior pigment-bearing layer of the pupil of the eye. |
| VACATUR | • vacatur n. (Law) An announcement in court that something is cancelled or set aside; an annulment. • VACATUR n. (Latin) the act of annulling in law. |
| VACUATE | • vacuate v. To empty; to clear out. • VACUATE v. (obsolete) to make void, or empty, also EVACUATE. |
| VACUIST | • vacuist n. (Philosophy) One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules… • VACUIST n. one who thinks there are empty spaces in nature. |
| VACUITY | • vacuity n. Emptiness. • vacuity n. Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum. • vacuity n. Idleness; listlessness. |
| VIADUCT | • viaduct n. (Transport) A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles. • VIADUCT n. a structure carrying a road or railway over a valley, etc. |
| VICTUAL | • victual n. (Archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption. • victual n. (Archaic, chiefly in the plural) Food supplies; provisions. • victual n. (Specifically, obsolete). |