| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| AVUNCULATE | • avunculate n. The relationship between a man and his sister’s children, generally her sons. • avunculate n. (In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal… • AVUNCULATE n. the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son. |
| CUMULATIVE | • cumulative adj. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating. • cumulative adj. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. • cumulative adj. That tends to accumulate. |
| MULTIVIOUS | • multivious adj. Having many paths or roads. • MULTIVIOUS adj. leading in many directions; offering many different paths. |
| OUTVALUING | • outvaluing v. Present participle of outvalue. • OUTVALUE v. to be worth more than. |
| SUBSULTIVE | • subsultive adj. Moving in bounds or leaps; subsultory. • SUBSULTIVE adj. moving by sudden leaps or starts; twitching, also SUBSULTORY. |
| ULTRAVACUA | • ultravacua n. Plural of ultravacuum. • ULTRAVACUUM n. an extreme vacuum. |
| ULTRAVIRUS | • ultravirus n. A filterable virus. • ULTRAVIRUS n. a virus small enough to pass through the finest filter. |
| UNEVENTFUL | • uneventful adj. Monotonous; lacking significant or noteworthy events. • UNEVENTFUL adj. marked by no noteworthy or untoward incidents. |
| UVULITISES | • UVULITIS n. inflammation of the uvula. |
| VELUTINOUS | • velutinous adj. Having a layer of soft short hairs, like velvet. • VELUTINOUS adj. velvety, covered with dense, soft, silky hairs. |
| VESTIBULUM | • vestibulum n. (Zootomy) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. • vestibulum n. (Anatomy) The vestibule of the ear. • VESTIBULUM n. (Latin) a cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open. |
| VIRTUOUSLY | • virtuously adv. In a virtuous manner. • VIRTUOUS adv. characterized by virtue, also VERTUOUS. |
| VOLUPTUARY | • voluptuary n. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist. • voluptuary adj. Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |
| VOLUPTUOUS | • voluptuous adj. Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation. • voluptuous adj. (Of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive. • VOLUPTUOUS adj. given up to luxury; sensuous. |
| VULTURISMS | • vulturisms n. Plural of vulturism. • VULTURISM n. (Carlyle) the state of being like a vulture; rapacity. |