| ALLUVIONS | • alluvions n. Plural of alluvion. • ALLUVION n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVIUM. |
| COVELLINE | • covelline n. (Mineralogy) covellite. • COVELLINE n. a native sulphide of copper, occurring in masses of a dark blue color, also COVELLITE. |
| HOVELLING | • hovelling n. A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides… • HOVEL v. to live in a wretched dwelling. |
| INVOLUCEL | • involucel n. (Botany) An involucre that forms at the base of a flower cluster within a compound inflorescence. • INVOLUCEL n. a small secondary bract (as on Queen Anne's lace). |
| LAVOLTING | • LAVOLT v. to dance with much leaping and turning, also LAVOLTA. |
| LIVELONGS | • livelongs n. Plural of livelong. • LIVELONG n. a kind of stonecrop, aka orpine. |
| PAVILLONS | • pavillons n. Plural of pavillon. • PAVILLON n. (French) the bell of a wind instrument. |
| POLYVINYL | • polyvinyl adj. (Organic chemistry) composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups. • polyvinyl n. (Organic chemistry) Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound. • POLYVINYL n. a vinyl polymer. |
| VALLATION | • vallation n. A rampart or entrenchment. • VALLATION n. the act of building fortifications. |
| VALLONIAS | • VALLONIA n. (Italian) a tanning material, made from the acorns of a Levantine oak, also VALONEA, VALONIA. |
| VILLANOUS | • villanous adj. Obsolete spelling of villainous. • VILLANOUS adj. villainous, also VILLAINOUS. |
| VIOLENTLY | • violently adv. In a violent manner. • violently adv. To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely. • VIOLENT adv. intensely forcible. |
| VOLLEYING | • volleying v. Present participle of volley. • volleying n. The firing of a volley. • VOLLEY v. to return a ball before it touches the ground. |
| VOLUMINAL | • voluminal adj. Of or pertaining to volume, the measurement of three-dimensional space. • VOLUMINAL adj. pertaining to volume or cubic capacity. |
| VOWELLING | • vowelling n. An arrangement of vowels, for example in Semitic scripts where they are marked over the consonants. • VOWEL v. to use as a speech sound. |