| CIVILIAN | • civilian n. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces. • civilian n. (Informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider. • civilian n. One skilled in civil law. |
| CIVILISE | • civilise v. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour. • civilise v. To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person… • civilise v. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state. |
| CIVILIST | • civilist n. (Obsolete) One who studies or works with the civil law. • civilist n. (Obsolete, theology) One who rejects the moral authority of Christ but who nevertheless adheres to a… • civilist n. (Obsolete) A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences. |
| CIVILITY | • civility n. Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. • civility n. (Chiefly in the plural) An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy. • civility n. (Now archaic) The state or fact of being civilized; civilization. |
| CIVILIZE | • civilize v. Alternative spelling of civilise. • CIVILIZE v. to instruct in refinements, also CIVILISE. |
| INVIRILE | • invirile adj. Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. • INVIRILE adj. not virile. |
| LIVIDITY | • lividity n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being livid. • lividity n. (Countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers. • lividity n. (Uncountable) Livor mortis, suggillation. |
| LIXIVIAL | • lixivial adj. (Obsolete or historical) Of or derived from lye or wood ashes. • LIXIVIAL adj. impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. |
| LIXIVIUM | • lixivium n. A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes. • lixivium n. Any solution obtained by lixiviation. • LIXIVIUM n. (Latin) a solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation. |
| OLIVINIC | • olivinic adj. Of or relating to the mineral olivine. • OLIVINIC adj. of or like olivine, a mineral, iron and magnesium silicate. |
| VILIFIED | • vilified v. Simple past tense and past participle of vilify. • VILIFY v. to slander; degrade. |
| VILIFIER | • vilifier n. One who vilifies. • VILIFIER n. one who vilifies. |
| VILIFIES | • vilifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vilify. • VILIFY v. to slander; degrade. |
| VIRILISE | • virilise v. Alternative form of virilize. • VIRILISE v. to introduce male characteristics in (a female), also VIRILIZE. |
| VIRILISM | • virilism n. The condition resulting from virilization in a female. • VIRILISM n. the development of male sex characteristics in a female. |
| VIRILITY | • virility n. The state of being virile. • virility n. Manly character, quality, or nature. • virility n. The ability of a man to procreate. |
| VIRILIZE | • virilize v. (Biology) To make virile. • VIRILIZE v. to introduce male characteristics in (a female), also VIRILISE. |
| VITILIGO | • vitiligo n. (Dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation. • vitiligo n. (Obsolete) Alphos, a form of leprosy. • VITILIGO n. (Latin) a rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body. |
| VIZIRIAL | • vizirial adj. Alternative spelling of vizierial. • VIZIRIAL adj. of or like a vizir, a minister in various Muslim states, also VIZIERIAL. |