| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| AVUNCULATE | • avunculate n. The relationship between a man and his sister’s children, generally her sons. • avunculate n. (In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal… • AVUNCULATE n. the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son. |
| COUVERTURE | • couverture n. Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate. • couverture n. Alternative spelling of coverture. |
| CUMULATIVE | • cumulative adj. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating. • cumulative adj. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. • cumulative adj. That tends to accumulate. |
| CURVATURES | • curvatures n. Plural of curvature. • CURVATURE n. a curving or bending. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| OUTVAUNTED | • outvaunted v. Simple past tense and past participle of outvaunt. • OUTVAUNT v. to surpass in vaunting. |
| SUBSULTIVE | • subsultive adj. Moving in bounds or leaps; subsultory. • SUBSULTIVE adj. moving by sudden leaps or starts; twitching, also SUBSULTORY. |
| UNEVENTFUL | • uneventful adj. Monotonous; lacking significant or noteworthy events. • UNEVENTFUL adj. marked by no noteworthy or untoward incidents. |
| USURPATIVE | • usurpative adj. That usurps. • USURPATIVE adj. relating to usurpation. |
| UVULITISES | • UVULITIS n. inflammation of the uvula. |
| VELUTINOUS | • velutinous adj. Having a layer of soft short hairs, like velvet. • VELUTINOUS adj. velvety, covered with dense, soft, silky hairs. |
| VESTIBULUM | • vestibulum n. (Zootomy) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. • vestibulum n. (Anatomy) The vestibule of the ear. • VESTIBULUM n. (Latin) a cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. |