| ACERVULUS | • acervulus n. Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland). • ACERVULUS n. (Latin) the spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| CURVATURE | • curvature n. The shape of something curved. • curvature n. (Mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. • curvature n. (Differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved. |
| OUTCURVES | • outcurves n. Plural of outcurve. • OUTCURVE n. a type of pitch in baseball. |
| PULVEROUS | • pulverous adj. Resembling or consisting of dust or powder. • PULVEROUS adj. dusty or powder. |
| QUIVERFUL | • quiverful n. The amount held by a quiver. • quiverful n. A large amount. • QUIVERFUL n. the contents of a quiver. |
| RIVULUSES | • RIVULUS n. a small tropical American fish. |
| TROUVEURS | • trouveurs n. Plural of trouveur. • TROUVEUR n. (French) one of a school of poets who flourished in northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century, also TROUVERE. |
| UNVIRTUES | • unvirtues n. Plural of unvirtue. • UNVIRTUE n. lack of virtue. |
| VENTUROUS | • venturous adj. Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk. • VENTUROUS adj. venturesome; adventurous, also VENTROUS. |
| VERDUROUS | • verdurous adj. Freshly green; verdant; covered with verdure, or consisting of it. • verdurous adj. Having youthful or new qualities. • VERDUROUS adj. green with growth. |
| VERRUCOUS | • verrucous adj. Wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose. • VERRUCOUS adj. covered with warty elevations, also VERRUCOSE. |
| VULTURINE | • vulturine adj. Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures. • vulturine adj. Predaceous. • VULTURINE adj. like a vulture; rapacious, also VULTURISH, VULTUROUS. |