| CERVIX | • cervix n. (Anatomy) The neck. • cervix n. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. • cervix n. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. |
| CONVEX | • convex adj. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere. • convex adj. (Functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set. • convex adj. (Geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees. |
| EXUVIA | • exuvia n. (Biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any of the Ecdysozoa, such as Arthropoda, has sloughed… • exuvia n. Plural of exuvium. • EXUVIUM n. (Latin) the moulted covering of an animal. |
| FIXIVE | • fixive adj. (Obsolete) fixative. • FIXIVE adj. acting to fix a photographic image. |
| SILVEX | • silvex n. Synonym of fenoprop. • SILVEX n. a herbicide. |
| UNVEXT | • unvext adj. Obsolete form of unvexed. • UNVEXT adj. not vexed, also UNVEXED. |
| VERNIX | • vernix n. (Obstetrics, medicine) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies. • VERNIX n. (Latin) a fatty substance covering the skin of a fetus. |
| VERTEX | • vertex n. The highest point, top or apex of something. • vertex n. (Geometry) An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope. • vertex n. (Mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature. |
| VEXERS | • vexers n. Plural of vexer. • VEXER n. one who vexes. |
| VEXILS | • VEXIL n. the web or vane of a feather, also VEXILLUM. |
| VEXING | • vexing v. Present participle of vex. • vexing n. Vexation. • VEXING adj. annoying. |
| VIXENS | • vixens n. Plural of vixen. • VIXEN n. a shrewish woman. |
| VOLVOX | • volvox n. (Zoology) Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes. • Volvox prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Volvocaceae – certain freshwater chlorophytes that form spherical… • VOLVOX n. (Latin) any of a genus of freshwater protozoa. |
| VORTEX | • vortex n. A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. • vortex n. (Figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. • vortex n. (Figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. |
| VOXELS | • voxels n. Plural of voxel. • VOXEL n. a three dimensional equivalent to a pixel (a point in a computer image). |