| ALLUVIUM | • alluvium n. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain. • ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION. |
| DILUVIUM | • diluvium n. An inundation or flood; a deluge. • diluvium n. (Geology) A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding. • DILUVIUM n. (Latin) a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc. caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice, also DILUVION. |
| ELUVIUMS | • eluviums n. Plural of eluvium. • ELUVIUM n. (Latin) an accumulation of rock debris. |
| EMULSIVE | • emulsive adj. That yields an emulsion (or a milk-like substance). • emulsive adj. That readily forms or enters into an emulsion. • EMULSIVE adj. relating to emulsion. |
| ILLUVIUM | • illuvium n. (Geology) material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater. • ILLUVIUM n. material removed from the soil layer by rainwater and deposited in a lower layer. |
| IMPLUVIA | • impluvia n. Plural of impluvium. • IMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a rain water receptacle in Roman houses. |
| 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. |
| MISVALUE | • misvalue v. (Transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of. • MISVALUE v. to value incorrectly. |
| VASCULUM | • vasculum n. A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples. • VASCULUM n. (Latin) a box used to hold plant specimens. |
| VELARIUM | • velarium n. (Zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora. • velarium n. (Historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and other… • velarium n. A cloth stretched over another space, such as that stretched below the roof of the Royal Albert Hall. |
| VERMOULU | • VERMOULU adj. (French) eaten by worms. |
| VEXILLUM | • vexillum n. A flag, banner, or standard. • vexillum n. A company of troops serving under one standard. • vexillum n. The sign of the cross. |
| VINCULUM | • vinculum n. A bond or link signifying union. • vinculum n. (Arithmetic, obsolete) Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that… • vinculum n. (Arithmetic) A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that… |
| VOLUMING | • voluming v. Present participle of volume. • VOLUME v. to send or give out in large quantities. |
| VOLUMISE | • volumise v. Alternative spelling of volumize. • VOLUMISE v. to give extra body to hair, also VOLUMIZE. |
| VOLUMIST | • volumist n. The author of a volume. • VOLUMIST n. an author. |
| VOLUMIZE | • volumize v. To add volume (to something). • VOLUMIZE v. to give extra body to hair, also VOLUMISE. |