| ALLUVIALS | • alluvials n. Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium. • ALLUVIAL n. soil composed of alluvium. |
| COLLUVIAL | • colluvial adj. Of or pertaining to colluvium. • COLLUVIAL adj. pertaining to a colluvies, mass of filth. |
| COMPLUVIA | • compluvia n. Plural of compluvium. • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| EFFLUVIAL | • effluvial adj. Of or pertaining to effluvia. • EFFLUVIAL adj. of or like effluvia, an offensive exhalation or smell. |
| ELUVIATED | • eluviated v. Simple past tense and past participle of eluviate. • ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil. |
| ELUVIATES | • eluviates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eluviate. • ELUVIATE v. to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil. |
| EXUVIATED | • exuviated v. Simple past tense and past participle of exuviate. • EXUVIATE v. to cast off or shed. |
| EXUVIATES | • exuviates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exuviate. • EXUVIATE v. to cast off or shed. |
| FLUVIATIC | • fluviatic adj. Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. • FLUVIATIC adj. belonging to or formed by rivers or streams, also FLUVIATILE. |
| ILLUVIATE | • illuviate v. (Geology) To leach from an overlying stratum and accumulate in suspension. • ILLUVIATE v. to deposit illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
| INDUVIATE | • induviate adj. (Botany) Covered with induviae. • INDUVIATE adj. covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree. |
| INGLUVIAL | • ingluvial adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds. • INGLUVIAL adj. of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds. |
| VESUVIANS | • Vesuvians n. Plural of Vesuvian. • VESUVIAN n. a smoker's slow-burning match. |