| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| BUNYAVIRUS | • bunyavirus n. (Archaic) Any of the Bunyaviridae, a family of negative-stranded RNA viruses, now most typically in… |
| CURVACIOUS | • curvacious adj. Alternative form of curvaceous. • CURVACIOUS adj. pleasingly curved, also CURVACEOUS. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| FUCIVOROUS | • fucivorous adj. Feeding primarily on seaweeds. • FUCIVOROUS adj. feeding on seaweed. |
| INVOLUCRUM | • involucrum n. A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone. • involucrum n. (Botany) An involucre. • INVOLUCRUM n. (Latin) a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head, also INVOLUCRE. |
| NUCIVOROUS | • nucivorous adj. Nut-eating. • NUCIVOROUS adj. nut-eating. |
| PURSUIVANT | • pursuivant n. (Archaic) A follower. • pursuivant n. (Heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant… • pursuivant n. (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge. |
| QUADRIVIUM | • quadrivium n. (Education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of… • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
| QUADRUMVIR | • quadrumvir n. Synonym of quattuorvir. • QUADRUMVIR n. a member of a quadrumvirate. |
| QUIVERFULS | • quiverfuls n. Plural of quiverful. • QUIVERFUL n. the contents of a quiver. |
| QUIVERSFUL | • quiversful n. Plural of quiverful. • QUIVERFUL n. the contents of a quiver. |
| SUBVIRUSES | • subviruses n. Plural of subvirus. • SUBVIRUS n. a viral protein smaller than a virus. |
| ULTRAVIRUS | • ultravirus n. A filterable virus. • ULTRAVIRUS n. a virus small enough to pass through the finest filter. |
| UNPURVAIDE | • UNPURVAIDE adj. (Spenser) not purveyed, not provided with, also UNPURVEYED. |
| UNVIRTUOUS | • unvirtuous adj. Not virtuous; having no virtue. • UNVIRTUOUS adj. not virtuous. |
| USURPATIVE | • usurpative adj. That usurps. • USURPATIVE adj. relating to usurpation. |
| VIBRACULUM | • vibraculum n. (Biology) A long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa. • VIBRACULUM n. (Latin) one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |
| VIRTUOUSLY | • virtuously adv. In a virtuous manner. • VIRTUOUS adv. characterized by virtue, also VERTUOUS. |
| VULTURISMS | • vulturisms n. Plural of vulturism. • VULTURISM n. (Carlyle) the state of being like a vulture; rapacity. |