| ALLUVIAL | • alluvial adj. Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream. • alluvial n. (Countable) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer. • alluvial n. Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. |
| COLLUVIA | • colluvia n. Plural of colluvium. • COLLUVIUM n. (Latin) material which accumulates at the foot of a steep slope. |
| DILUVIAL | • diluvial adj. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge. • diluvial adj. (Biblical) Pertaining to Noah’s Flood. • DILUVIAL adj. pertaining to a flood, also DILUVIAN. |
| DILUVIAN | • diluvian adj. Pertaining to a deluge, or flood. • DILUVIAN adj. pertaining to a flood, also DILUVIAL. |
| EFFLUVIA | • effluvia n. Plural of effluvium. • EFFLUVIUM n. (Latin) disagreeable vapours. |
| ELUVIATE | • eluviate v. To cause eluviation. • ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil. |
| EXUVIATE | • exuviate v. (Transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult). • EXUVIATE v. to cast off or shed. |
| ILLUVIAL | • illuvial adj. Of, pertaining to, or formed by illuviation. • ILLUVIAL adj. relating to illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
| IMPLUVIA | • impluvia n. Plural of impluvium. • IMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a rain water receptacle in Roman houses. |
| INDUVIAE | • induviae n. (Botany) persistent portions of a calyx or corolla. • induviae n. (Botany) leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time. • INDUVIAE n. (Latin) persistent withered leaves on some plants. |
| INDUVIAL | • induvial adj. (Botany) Relating to the induviae. • INDUVIAL adj. pertaining to withered leaves. |
| PLUVIALS | • pluvials n. Plural of pluvial. • PLUVIAL n. a floor-length open-fronted ecclesiastical garment. |
| PLUVIANS | • pluvians n. Plural of pluvian. • PLUVIAN n. a crocodile bird. |
| VESUVIAN | • Vesuvian adj. Of or relating to Mount Vesuvius. • Vesuvian n. One who inhabits the area around Mount Vesuvius. • Vesuvian n. (Dated) A kind of match or fusee for lighting cigars. |