| ABSOLUTE | • absolute adj. Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. • absolute adj. Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential… • absolute adj. Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. |
| CONSOLUTE | • consolute adj. (Chemistry) Describing liquids that are totally miscible in all proportions. • CONSOLUTE adj. completely miscible. |
| CONVOLUTE | • convolute v. (Transitive) To make unnecessarily complex. • convolute v. (Transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers. • convolute v. (Transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else. |
| DISSOLUTE | • dissolute adj. Unrestrained by morality. • dissolute adj. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures. • dissolute n. An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures. |
| EVOLUTE | • evolute n. (Geometry) A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve. • evolute adj. (Malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface. • EVOLUTE v. to develop by evolution. |
| INVOLUTE | • involute adj. (Formal) Difficult to understand; complicated. • involute adj. (Botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward. • involute adj. (Biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones. |
| IRRESOLUTE | • irresolute adj. Undecided or unsure how to act. • irresolute adj. Indecisive or lacking in resolution. • IRRESOLUTE adj. uncertain how to act or proceed. |
| OBVOLUTE | • obvolute adj. Overlapping; contorted; convoluted. • obvolute adj. (Botany) Having two opposite leaves, each with one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other. • obvolute adj. (Botany) Having a circle of several leaves or petals which overlap in that manner. |
| RESOLUTE | • resolute adj. Firm, unyielding, determined. • resolute adj. (Obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure. • resolute n. A determined person; one showing resolution. |
| REVOLUTE | • revolute adj. Rolled or recurved on itself. • revolute adj. (Botany) Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward. • revolute v. To roll back, curve upwards. |
| SOLUTE | • solute adj. Free; liberal; loose. • solute adj. Relaxed; hence, cheerful, merry. • solute adj. Able to be dissolved; soluble. |
| SUPERVOLUTE | • supervolute adj. (Botany) Having a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory. • SUPERVOLUTE adj. convolute. |
| VOLUTE | • volute n. (Architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and… • volute n. (Zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod’s shell. • volute n. (Zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae. |