| BLIPVERT | • blipvert n. A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time. • BLIPVERT n. a very short advertisement on television. |
| DEVILTRY | • deviltry n. Devilry. • DEVILTRY n. mischief, also DEVILRY. |
| INTERVAL | • interval n. A distance in space. • interval n. A period of time. • interval n. (Music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring… |
| LEVIRATE | • levirate adj. Having to do with one’s husband’s brother. • levirate n. (Countable) A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband’s brother or, sometimes, heir. • levirate n. (Anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage. |
| LISTSERV | • listserv n. (Internet) A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers. • LISTSERV n. (tradename) an Internet mailing service. |
| LIVETRAP | • livetrap v. Alternative spelling of live-trap. • livetrap n. Alternative spelling of live-trap. • live-trap v. To catch live animals with traps. |
| OUTLIVER | • outliver n. (Obsolete) A survivor. • OUTLIVER n. one who outlives. |
| OVERGILT | • overgilt v. Simple past tense and past participle of overgild. • OVERGILD v. to gild over. |
| OVERTOIL | • overtoil v. (Transitive) To weary (someone or something) excessively; to exhaust. • OVERTOIL v. to exhaust by excessive toil. |
| RELATIVE | • relative adj. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. • relative adj. (Computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. • relative adj. (Grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative. |
| RIVULETS | • rivulets n. Plural of rivulet. • RIVULET n. a small stream. |
| TRIVALVE | • trivalve n. Anything having three valves, especially a shell. • TRIVALVE n. a type of shell with three valves. |
| VARIETAL | • varietal adj. (Biology) Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism. • varietal adj. Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine). • varietal adj. (Linguistics) Of or relating to a variety of a language. |
| VAULTIER | • VAULTY adj. (Shakespeare) like a vault. |
| VERLIGTE | • verligte n. (South Africa) A person with a verlig political attitude. • VERLIGTE adj. (South African) liberal, politically enlightened, also VERLIG. • VERLIGTE n. a liberal. |
| VERTICAL | • vertical adj. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along… • vertical adj. In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular… • vertical adj. In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal)… |
| VERTICIL | • verticil n. (Chiefly botany) A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis. • VERTICIL n. (Latin) a circular arrangement of similar parts, a whorl. |
| VERTISOL | • vertisol n. (Soil science) A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions. • VERTISOL n. a type of clayey soil. |
| VIOLATER | • violater n. Alternative spelling of violator. • VIOLATER n. one who violates, also VIOLATOR. |
| VIRULENT | • virulent adj. Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous. • virulent adj. (Figurative) Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious. • virulent adj. (Medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host. |