| CONVOLVULI | • convolvuli n. Plural of convolvulus. • CONVOLVULUS n. (Latin) a genus of climbing plants. |
| CONVULSION | • convulsion n. (Medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction. • convulsion n. An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm. • convulsion n. Violent turmoil. |
| DEVOLUTION | • devolution n. A rolling down. • devolution n. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession. • devolution n. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another. |
| EVOLUTIONS | • evolutions n. Plural of evolution. • EVOLUTION n. the cumulative change in the genetic composition of a population of an organism over succeeding generations. |
| INVOLUTION | • involution n. Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy. • involution n. A complicated grammatical construction. • involution n. (Mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse. |
| LIMIVOROUS | • limivorous adj. Eating mud or soil for organic matter in it. • LIMIVOROUS adj. feeding on mud. |
| OBVOLUTION | • OBVOLUTION n. the state of being obvolute, having a margin that alternately overlaps and is overlapped by that of an opposing leaf. |
| OBVOLUTIVE | • OBVOLUTIVE adj. of a leaf etc., having a margin that alternately overlaps and is overlapped by that of an opposing leaf, also OBVOLUTE, OBVOLUTED. |
| OLIVACEOUS | • olivaceous adj. Having the color of a green olive. • OLIVACEOUS adj. olive-coloured. |
| OVULATIONS | • ovulations n. Plural of ovulation. • OVULATION n. the act of releasing ova from the ovary. |
| POLIOVIRUS | • poliovirus n. A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis. • POLIOVIRUS n. a virus causing polio. |
| REVOLUTION | • revolution n. A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change. • revolution n. The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action. • revolution n. Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation. |
| VIGOROUSLY | • vigorously adv. With intense energy, force or vigor. • VIGOROUS adv. full of vigor. |
| VIOLACEOUS | • violaceous adj. Violet-colored. • VIOLACEOUS adj. violet-coloured. |
| VITICOLOUS | • viticolous adj. Inhabiting or produced upon, the vine. • VITICOLOUS adj. living on vines. |
| VOLUMINOUS | • voluminous adj. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. • voluminous adj. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. • voluminous adj. Of great volume, or bulk; large. |
| VOLUTATION | • volutation n. A rolling or wallowing. • VOLUTATION n. the action of rolling. |