| almsgiving | (noun) making voluntary contributions to aid the poor | Synonyms: alms-giving |
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| approving | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, blessing |
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| believing | (noun) the cognitive process that leads to convictions | - |
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| bioflavinoid | (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation | Synonyms: citrin, vitamin P |
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| bovine | (noun) any of various members of the genus Bos | - |
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| calving | (noun) giving birth to a calf | - |
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| carving | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: sculpture |
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| (noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: cutting |
| (noun) a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape | - |
| chauvinism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: antifeminism, male chauvinism |
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| (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism |
| chauvinist | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer |
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| (noun) a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind | - |
| convincingness | (noun) the power of argument or evidence to cause belief | - |
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| craving | (noun) an intense desire for some particular thing | - |
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| deriving | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, etymologizing |
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| deservingness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: merit, meritoriousness |
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| dissolving | (noun) the process of going into solution | Synonyms: dissolution |
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| divination | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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| (noun) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration | Synonyms: prophecy |
| (noun) successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck | - |
| divine | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic |
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| diviner | (noun) someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers | - |
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| diving | (noun) a headlong plunge into water | Synonyms: dive |
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| (noun) an athletic competition that involves diving into water | Synonyms: diving event |
| divinity | (noun) the quality of being divine | - |
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| (noun) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | Synonyms: theology |
| (noun) white creamy fudge made with egg whites | Synonyms: divinity fudge |
| (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | Synonyms: deity, god, immortal |
| driving | (noun) the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal | - |
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| (noun) hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver | Synonyms: drive |
| engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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| (noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
| (noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
| ergonovine | (noun) an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion | Synonyms: Ergotrate Maleate |
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| flavin | (noun) a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin | - |
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| forgivingness | (noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: kindness |
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| giving | (noun) the act of giving | Synonyms: gift |
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| (noun) disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return | - |
| (noun) the imparting of news or promises etc. | - |
| grapevine | (noun) gossip spread by spoken communication | Synonyms: pipeline, word of mouth |
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| (noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape, grape vine |
| griseofulvin | (noun) a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium | Synonyms: Fulvicin |
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| grooving | (noun) the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm | Synonyms: rifling |
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| hairweaving | (noun) the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair | - |
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| heaviness | (noun) the property of being comparatively great in weight | Synonyms: weightiness |
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| (noun) used of a line or mark | Synonyms: thickness |
| (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: burdensomeness, onerousness, oppressiveness |
| (noun) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency | Synonyms: ponderousness |
| (noun) persisting sadness | - |
| heaving | (noun) throwing something heavy (with great effort) | Synonyms: heave |
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| (noun) breathing heavily (as after exertion) | Synonyms: panting |
| (noun) the act of lifting something with great effort | Synonyms: heave |
| (noun) an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling) | Synonyms: heave |
| hepatoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| invincibility | (noun) the property being difficult or impossible to defeat | Synonyms: indomitability |
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| kelvin | (noun) the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: K |
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| lactoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| leaving | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: departure, going, going away |
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| lifesaving | (noun) saving the lives of drowning persons | - |
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| living | (noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: life |
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| (noun) people who are still living | - |
| (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, support, sustenance |
| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, animation, life |
| lovingness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, warmth |
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| (noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: caring |
| mavin | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| misgiving | (noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust, suspicion |
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| (noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: apprehension |
| (noun) uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) | Synonyms: qualm, scruple |
| olivine | (noun) a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium | - |
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| ovoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| paving | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: pavage |
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| (noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare | Synonyms: pavement |
| (noun) material used to pave an area | Synonyms: pavement, paving material |
| photoengraving | (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | Synonyms: halftone, halftone engraving |
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| province | (noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | Synonyms: state |
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| (noun) the proper sphere or extent of your activities | Synonyms: responsibility |
| provincial | (noun) a country person | Synonyms: bucolic, peasant |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order | - |
| provincialism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, sectionalism |
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| (noun) a lack of sophistication | - |
| quartervine | (noun) woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section | Synonyms: Bignonia capreolata, cross vine, quarter-vine, trumpet flower |
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| ravine | (noun) a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) | - |
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| raving | (noun) declaiming wildly | - |
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| reliving | (noun) a recurrence of a prior experience | Synonyms: re-experiencing |
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| resolving | (noun) analysis into clear-cut components | Synonyms: resolution |
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| riboflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| roving | (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: vagabondage, wandering |
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| salvinorin | (noun) a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum | - |
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| savin | (noun) procumbent or spreading juniper | Synonyms: dwarf juniper, Juniperus sabina |
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| saving | (noun) an act of economizing; reduction in cost | Synonyms: economy |
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| (noun) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Synonyms: preservation |
| (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | Synonyms: deliverance, delivery, rescue |
| savings | (noun) a fund of money put by as a reserve | Synonyms: nest egg |
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| serving | (noun) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone | Synonyms: service, service of process |
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| (noun) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | Synonyms: helping, portion |
| shaving | (noun) the act of removing hair with a razor | Synonyms: shave |
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| (noun) the act of brushing against while passing | Synonyms: grazing, skimming |
| (noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | Synonyms: paring, sliver |
| silvervine | (noun) ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings | Synonyms: Actinidia polygama, silver vine |
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| skydiving | (noun) performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute | - |
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| solving | (noun) finding a solution to a problem | Synonyms: resolution |
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| spavin | (noun) a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness | - |
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| starving | (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starvation |
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| striving | (noun) an effortful attempt to attain a goal | Synonyms: nisus, pains, strain |
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| swerving | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerve, veering |
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| sylvine | (noun) a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds | Synonyms: sylvite |
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| thanksgiving | (noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, grace |
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| thieving | (noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | Synonyms: larceny, stealing, theft, thievery |
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| unforgivingness | (noun) The quality of having no allowance for weakness. | - |
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| vinaigrette | (noun) oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic | Synonyms: French dressing, sauce vinaigrette |
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| vinblastine | (noun) periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division | Synonyms: Velban |
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| vincristine | (noun) periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system | Synonyms: Oncovin |
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| vindication | (noun) the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. | Synonyms: exoneration |
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| (noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defence, defense |
| vindicator | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: apologist, justifier |
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| vindictiveness | (noun) a malevolent desire for revenge | Synonyms: vengefulness |
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| vine | (noun) a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | - |
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| vinegar | (noun) sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | Synonyms: acetum |
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| (noun) dilute acetic acid | - |
| vinegariness | (noun) a sourness resembling that of vinegar | Synonyms: vinegarishness |
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| vinegarishness | (noun) a sourness resembling that of vinegar | Synonyms: vinegariness |
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| vinegarroon | (noun) large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed | Synonyms: Mastigoproctus giganteus |
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| vinegarweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: camphorweed, Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed |
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| vinery | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vineyard |
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| vineyard | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vinery |
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| viniculture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viticulture |
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| vinifera | (noun) common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes | Synonyms: common grape vine, vinifera grape, Vitis vinifera |
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| vinification | (noun) the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine | - |
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| vino | (noun) fermented juice (of grapes especially) | Synonyms: wine |
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| vintage | (noun) the oldness of wines | Synonyms: time of origin |
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| (noun) a season's yield of wine from a vineyard | - |
| vintager | (noun) a person who harvests grapes for making wine | - |
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| vintner | (noun) someone who makes wine | Synonyms: wine maker, winemaker |
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| (noun) someone who sells wine | Synonyms: wine merchant |
| vinyl | (noun) a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene | Synonyms: vinyl group, vinyl radical |
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| (noun) shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings | - |
| vinylbenzene | (noun) a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene | Synonyms: cinnamene, phenylethylene, styrene |
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| waviness | (noun) (of hair) a tendency to curl | Synonyms: curliness |
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| (noun) unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles | - |
| waving | (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wafture, wave |
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| weaving | (noun) creating fabric | - |
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| woodcarving | (noun) a carving created by carving wood | - |
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