| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| COUVERTURE | • couverture n. Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate. • couverture n. Alternative spelling of coverture. |
| CURVATURES | • curvatures n. Plural of curvature. • CURVATURE n. a curving or bending. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| OUTSAVOURS | • OUTSAVOUR v. to exceed in savouring, also OUTSAVOR. |
| PURSUIVANT | • pursuivant n. (Archaic) A follower. • pursuivant n. (Heraldry) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; called also pursuivant… • pursuivant n. (Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge. |
| 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. |
| UNVIRTUOUS | • unvirtuous adj. Not virtuous; having no virtue. • UNVIRTUOUS adj. not virtuous. |
| USURPATIVE | • usurpative adj. That usurps. • USURPATIVE adj. relating to usurpation. |
| 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. |
| VULTURISMS | • vulturisms n. Plural of vulturism. • VULTURISM n. (Carlyle) the state of being like a vulture; rapacity. |