| CURVICAUDATE | • curvicaudate adj. (Zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail. • CURVICAUDATE adj. having a curvy tail. |
| DIVERTICULUM | • diverticulum n. (Anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder. • DIVERTICULUM n. a blind passage or tunnel. |
| INCURVATURES | • incurvatures n. Plural of incurvature. • INCURVATURE n. the state of being incurved. |
| MISVENTUROUS | • misventurous adj. (Obsolete) Subject to misventure; unfortunate. • misventurous adj. (Obsolete) Not adventurous; timid. • MISVENTUROUS adj. like a misventure. |
| OVERCAUTIOUS | • overcautious adj. Excessively cautious. • OVERCAUTIOUS adj. excessively cautious. |
| SILVICULTURE | • silviculture n. The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry. • SILVICULTURE n. the growing of trees, also SYLVICULTURE. |
| SUPPURATIVES | • suppuratives n. Plural of suppurative. • SUPPURATIVE n. a suppurative agent. |
| SYLVICULTURE | • sylviculture n. Alternative spelling of silviculture. • SYLVICULTURE n. the growing of trees, also SILVICULTURE. |
| ULTRAVIRUSES | • ultraviruses n. Plural of ultravirus. • ULTRAVIRUS n. a virus small enough to pass through the finest filter. |
| UNPRODUCTIVE | • unproductive adj. Not productive; useless; fruitless. • unproductive adj. (Linguistics, of affixes, mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples). • UNPRODUCTIVE adj. not productive. |
| UNSAVOURIEST | • UNSAVOURY adj. not savoury, also UNSAVORY. |
| UNSUPPORTIVE | • unsupportive adj. Not supportive. |
| VENIPUNCTURE | • venipuncture n. (Hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert… • venipuncture v. To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform venipuncture. • VENIPUNCTURE n. the puncturing of a vein with a hypodermic needle, to draw off a sample of blood, also VENEPUNCTURE. |
| VERMICULTURE | • vermiculture n. The keeping of worms, for example for commercial or horticultural reasons. • VERMICULTURE n. the farming of earthworms, esp. as bait for fishing. |
| VINICULTURES | • vinicultures n. Plural of viniculture. • VINICULTURE n. vine-growing, also VITICULTURE. |
| VIRTUOUSNESS | • virtuousness n. The state of being virtuous. • VIRTUOUSNESS n. the state of being virtuous. |
| VITICULTURER | • viticulturer n. Synonym of viticulturist. • VITICULTURER n. one who grows vines. |
| VITICULTURES | • viticultures n. Plural of viticulture. • VITICULTURE n. vine-growing, also VINICULTURE. |
| VOLUPTUARIES | • voluptuaries n. Plural of voluptuary. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |