| ALLUVIUMS | • alluviums n. Plural of alluvium. • ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION. |
| COLLUVIUM | • colluvium n. (Geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope. • COLLUVIUM n. (Latin) material which accumulates at the foot of a steep slope. |
| DILUVIUMS | • diluviums n. Plural of diluvium. • 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. |
| DUUMVIRAL | • duumviral adj. Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate. • DUUMVIRAL adj. of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate. |
| EFFLUVIUM | • effluvium n. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. • effluvium n. A condition causing the shedding of hair. • EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours. |
| ILLUVIUMS | • illuviums n. Plural of illuvium. • ILLUVIUM n. material removed from the soil layer by rainwater and deposited in a lower layer. |
| IMPLUVIUM | • impluvium n. (Architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from… • IMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a rain water receptacle in Roman houses. |
| VACUUMING | • vacuuming v. Present participle of vacuum. • vacuuming n. An instance of vacuuming. • vacuuming n. (Chiefly in the plural) Material sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. |
| VASCULUMS | • vasculums n. Plural of vasculum. • VASCULUM n. (Latin) a box used to hold plant specimens. |
| VIBURNUMS | • viburnums n. Plural of viburnum. • VIBURNUM n. (Latin) a kind of shrub or tree including the guelder-rose. |
| VINCULUMS | • vinculums n. Plural of vinculum. • VINCULUM n. (Latin) a horizontal line placed above a part of an equation, etc., equivalent to brackets. |
| VULSELLUM | • vulsellum n. (Surgery) A type of forceps with hooks at the tip of each blade, used in obstetrics and gynecology. • VULSELLUM n. (Latin) a forceps with toothed or clawed blades, also VULSELLA. |
| VULTURISM | • vulturism n. The quality of being like a vulture; rapaciousness. • VULTURISM n. (Carlyle) the state of being like a vulture; rapacity. |