| CLAVIFORM | • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped. • claviform n. (Palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base. • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”). |
| CURVIFORM | • curviform adj. Having a curved shape. • CURVIFORM adj. curving. |
| EFFLUVIUM | • effluvium n. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. • effluvium n. A condition causing the shedding of hair. • EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours. |
| FARMWIVES | • farmwives n. Plural of farmwife. • FARMWIFE n. the wife of a farmer. |
| FLEROVIUM | • flerovium n. The chemical element with atomic number 114. • FLEROVIUM n. an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
| FORMATIVE | • formative adj. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something. • formative adj. Capable of forming something. • formative adj. (Biology) Capable of producing new tissue. |
| FOVEIFORM | • foveiform adj. Resembling a fovea. • FOVEIFORM adj. shaped like a small pit. |
| LARVIFORM | • larviform adj. (Zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva. • LARVIFORM adj. having the form or structure of a larva. |
| PELVIFORM | • pelviform adj. Basin-shaped. • PELVIFORM adj. basin-shaped. |
| VERMIFORM | • vermiform adj. In the shape of a worm. • VERMIFORM adj. having the form of a worm e.g. vermiform appendix. |
| VERMIFUGE | • vermifuge adj. (Medicine, dated) Acting as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms. • vermifuge n. (Medicine, dated) A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms. • VERMIFUGE n. a medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies. |
| VERSIFORM | • versiform adj. (Obsolete) Various in form. • VERSIFORM adj. varying in form. |
| VILLIFORM | • villiform adj. (Biology) Having villi; having the shape of villi or small hairs. • VILLIFORM adj. of the form or shape of velvet. |
| VITRIFORM | • vitriform adj. Having the form or appearance of glass. • VITRIFORM adj. of the form or shape of glass. |
| VULVIFORM | • vulviform adj. Having the shape of a vulva. • VULVIFORM adj. shaped like a vulva, the external genital of a female animal. |