| BLOVIATION | • bloviation n. (US, possibly originally Ohio, informal) A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy… • BLOVIATION n. long-winded speech. |
| 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. |
| DEVOTIONAL | • devotional n. A brief religious service. • devotional n. A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion. • devotional adj. (Usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship. |
| 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. |
| NONVIOLENT | • nonviolent adj. Not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent. • non-violent adj. (Of a deed, event etc.) Without violence. • non-violent adj. (Of a person or movement) Opposed to violence. |
| OBVOLUTION | • OBVOLUTION n. the state of being obvolute, having a margin that alternately overlaps and is overlapped by that of an opposing leaf. |
| OVULATIONS | • ovulations n. Plural of ovulation. • OVULATION n. the act of releasing ova from the ovary. |
| 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. |
| SOLVATIONS | • solvations n. Plural of solvation. • SOLVATION n. a chemical process in which a solute and solvent combine with relatively weak covalent bonds, e.g. hydration. |
| VINOLOGIST | • vinologist n. One who studies winemaking. • VINOLOGIST n. a student of vinology, the scientific study of vines. |
| VIOLATIONS | • violations n. Plural of violation. • VIOLATION n. the act of violating. |
| VOCATIONAL | • vocational adj. Of or pertaining to a vocation. • vocational adj. (Of education) That provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge. • VOCATIONAL adj. relating to a vocation. |
| VOLITATION | • volitation n. Flight; flying. • VOLITATION n. flying, flight. |
| VOLITIONAL | • volitional adj. Of or relating to the volition or will. • volitional adj. Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental. • VOLITIONAL adj. relating to volition, also VOLITIONARY. |
| VOLUTATION | • volutation n. A rolling or wallowing. • VOLUTATION n. the action of rolling. |