| ACERVULUS | • acervulus n. Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland). • ACERVULUS n. (Latin) the spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| OUTCURVES | • outcurves n. Plural of outcurve. • OUTCURVE n. a type of pitch in baseball. |
| OUTSAVOUR | • OUTSAVOUR v. to exceed in savouring, also OUTSAVOR. |
| PULVEROUS | • pulverous adj. Resembling or consisting of dust or powder. • PULVEROUS adj. dusty or powder. |
| RIVULUSES | • RIVULUS n. a small tropical American fish. |
| TROUVEURS | • trouveurs n. Plural of trouveur. • TROUVEUR n. (French) one of a school of poets who flourished in northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century, also TROUVERE. |
| UNSAVOURY | • unsavoury adj. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of unsavory. • UNSAVOURY adj. not savoury, also UNSAVORY. |
| UNVIRTUES | • unvirtues n. Plural of unvirtue. • UNVIRTUE n. lack of virtue. |
| VAPOUROUS | • vapourous adj. Alternative spelling of vaporous. • VAPOUROUS adj. like vapour, also VAPOROUS. |
| VENTUROUS | • venturous adj. Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk. • VENTUROUS adj. venturesome; adventurous, also VENTROUS. |
| VERDUROUS | • verdurous adj. Freshly green; verdant; covered with verdure, or consisting of it. • verdurous adj. Having youthful or new qualities. • VERDUROUS adj. green with growth. |
| VERRUCOUS | • verrucous adj. Wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose. • VERRUCOUS adj. covered with warty elevations, also VERRUCOSE. |
| VIBURNUMS | • viburnums n. Plural of viburnum. • VIBURNUM n. (Latin) a kind of shrub or tree including the guelder-rose. |
| VULTURISH | • vulturish adj. Like a vulture; rapacious. • VULTURISH adj. like a vulture; rapacious, also VULTURINE, VULTUROUS. |
| VULTURISM | • vulturism n. The quality of being like a vulture; rapaciousness. • VULTURISM n. (Carlyle) the state of being like a vulture; rapacity. |
| VULTUROUS | • vulturous adj. Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging. • VULTUROUS adj. like a vulture; rapacious, also VULTURINE, VULTURISH. |