| arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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| arteriolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving arterioles | - |
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| bibliolatrous | (adjective) given to Bible-worship | - |
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| bibliolatry | (noun) the worship of the Bible | Synonyms: Bible-worship |
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| bronchiolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving bronchioles | - |
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| etiolate | (adjective) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light | Synonyms: blanched, etiolated |
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| (verb) make pale or sickly | - |
| (verb) bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight | - |
| (verb) make weak by stunting the growth or development of | - |
| etiolated | (adjective) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light | Synonyms: blanched, etiolate |
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| etiolation | (noun) (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight | - |
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| (noun) the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something | - |
| (noun) a pale and sickly appearance | - |
| foliolate | (adjective) (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets | - |
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| gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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| hagiolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hierolatry |
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| heliolatry | (noun) the worship of the sun | Synonyms: sun-worship |
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| idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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| inviolable | (adjective) incapable of being transgressed or dishonored | - |
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| (adjective) not capable of being violated or infringed | Synonyms: absolute, infrangible |
| (adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable |
| (adjective) must be kept sacred | Synonyms: inviolate, sacrosanct |
| inviolate | (adjective) must be kept sacred | Synonyms: inviolable, sacrosanct |
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| (adjective) (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken | Synonyms: intact |
| ophiolatry | (noun) the worship of snakes | Synonyms: serpent-worship |
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| pseudovariola | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| radiolarian | (noun) protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods | - |
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| trifoliolate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliate, trifoliated |
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| variola | (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | Synonyms: smallpox, variola major |
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| variolar | (adjective) relating to small pox | Synonyms: variolic, variolous |
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| variolation | (noun) the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox | Synonyms: variolization |
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| viola | (noun) any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola | - |
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| (noun) a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower | - |
| violable | (adjective) capable of being violated | - |
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| violate | (verb) destroy | - |
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| (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, rape, spoil |
| (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish |
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, profane |
| (verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | Synonyms: break, go against |
| violated | (adjective) treated irreverently or sacrilegiously | Synonyms: profaned |
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| violation | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour |
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| (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation |
| (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, rape, ravishment |
| (noun) a disrespectful act | Synonyms: irreverence |
| (noun) an act that disregards an agreement or a right | Synonyms: infringement |
| violative | (adjective) violating or tending to violate or offend against | Synonyms: offensive |
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| violator | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: debaucher, ravisher |
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| (noun) someone who violates the law | Synonyms: law offender, lawbreaker |