| ALLEVIATIVE | • alleviative adj. That alleviates pain; palliative. • alleviative n. That which alleviates; a drug or remedy. • ALLEVIATIVE adj. tending to alleviate, also ALLEVIATORY. |
| BEDEVILLING | • bedevilling v. (Britain) present participle of bedevil. • bedevilling n. An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment. • BEDEVIL v. to plague, torment. |
| BELIEVINGLY | • believingly adv. In a believing manner. • BELIEVING adv. accepting as true or real. |
| DIVELLICATE | • divellicate v. To detach, rip apart. • DIVELLICATE v. to pull in pieces; to pluck apart. |
| LEGISLATIVE | • legislative adj. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking. • legislative n. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws. • LEGISLATIVE adj. relating to legislation. |
| LIVELIHEADS | • LIVELIHEAD n. (obsolete) liveliness. |
| SNIVELLIEST | • SNIVELLY adj. given to snivelling, also SNIVELY. |
| UNLIVELIEST | • UNLIVELY adj. not lively. |
| VELLICATIVE | • vellicative adj. Causing vellication; provoking irritation or twitching. • VELLICATIVE adj. relating to vellication, the action of pulling or twitching. |
| VERMEILLING | • VERMEIL v. to colour red, also VERMIL. |
| VERMICELLIS | • vermicellis n. Plural of vermicelli. • VERMICELLI n. (Italian) a very slender type of pasta. |
| VEXILLARIES | • vexillaries n. Plural of vexillary. • VEXILLARY n. a standard-bearer. |
| VILLAGERIES | • villageries n. Plural of villagery. • VILLAGERY n. villages; a district of villages, also VILLAGREE. |
| VILLEINAGES | • villeinages n. Plural of villeinage. • VILLEINAGE n. the state of being a villein, also VELLENAGE, VILLAINAGE, VILLANAGE, VILLENAGE. |
| VITELLARIES | • VITELLARY n. the location within an egg where the yolk is formed, also VITELLUS. |
| VITELLICLES | • vitellicles n. Plural of vitellicle. • VITELLICLE n. a yolk-sac. |
| WEEVILLIEST | • WEEVILLY adj. full of weevils, also WEEVILY. |