| removal | (noun) the act of removing | Synonyms: remotion |
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| (noun) dismissal from office | - |
| reproval | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof |
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| retrieval | (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | Synonyms: recovery |
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| (noun) the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory | - |
| revaluation | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, review |
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| revalue | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, apprize |
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| (verb) value anew | - |
| revival | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revivification |
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| (noun) an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion | Synonyms: revival meeting |
| revivalism | (noun) an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith | - |
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| revivalist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeler, gospeller |
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| revivalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterizing revivalism | - |
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| rival | (adjective) as a rival in a competition | - |
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| (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competition, competitor, contender |
| (verb) be the rival of, be in competition with | - |
| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: equal, match, touch |
| rivalrous | (adjective) eager to surpass others | Synonyms: emulous |
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| rivalry | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: competition, contention |
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| serval | (noun) slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat | Synonyms: Felis serval |
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| substantival | (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent) | - |
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| survival | (noun) something that survives | - |
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| (noun) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | Synonyms: natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest |
| (noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: endurance |
| survivalist | (noun) someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation | - |
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| tetravalent | (adjective) having a valence of four | - |
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| trivalent | (adjective) having a valence of three | - |
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| unchivalrous | (adjective) offensively discourteous | Synonyms: caddish, ungallant |
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| unchivalrously | (adverb) in an unchivalrous and ungallant manner | - |
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| underevaluation | (noun) an appraisal that underestimates the value of something | - |
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| undervaluation | (noun) too low a value or price assigned to something | - |
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| undervalue | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: depreciate, devaluate, devalue |
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| (verb) assign too low a value to | Synonyms: underestimate |
| (verb) esteem lightly | - |
| univalent | (adjective) used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis | - |
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| (adjective) having a valence of 1 | Synonyms: monovalent |
| univalve | (adjective) used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. | - |
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| (noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | Synonyms: gastropod |
| unrivaled | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivalled |
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| unrivalled | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled |
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| unvalued | (adjective) having value that is not acknowledged | Synonyms: unappreciated, unsung |
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| upheaval | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil |
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| (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: uplift, upthrow, upthrust |
| (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) | Synonyms: Sturm und Drang, turbulence |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, turmoil |
| valance | (noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | Synonyms: cornice, pelmet, valance board |
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| valdecoxib | (noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract | Synonyms: Bextra |
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| vale | (noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | Synonyms: valley |
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| valediction | (noun) the act of saying farewell | - |
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| (noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) | Synonyms: valedictory, valedictory address, valedictory oration |
| valedictorian | (noun) the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement | Synonyms: valedictory speaker |
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| valedictory | (adjective) of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell | - |
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| (adjective) of a speech expressing leave-taking | - |
| (noun) a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) | Synonyms: valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration |
| valence | (noun) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | Synonyms: valency |
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| (noun) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | Synonyms: valency |
| valency | (noun) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | Synonyms: valence |
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| (noun) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | Synonyms: valence |
| (noun) the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds | - |
| valent | (adjective) (chemistry) having valence; usually used in combination | - |
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| valentine | (noun) a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day | - |
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| valerian | (noun) a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers | - |
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| valet | (noun) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | Synonyms: gentleman's gentleman, gentleman, man, valet de chambre |
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| (verb) serve as a personal attendant to | - |
| valetudinarian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian | Synonyms: valetudinary |
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| (noun) weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health | - |
| valetudinarianism | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity |
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| valetudinary | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian | Synonyms: valetudinarian |
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| valgus | (noun) a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body | - |
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| valiance | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| valiancy | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| valiant | (adjective) having or showing valor | Synonyms: valorous |
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| valiantly | (adverb) with valor; in a valiant manner | Synonyms: valorously |
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| valid | (adjective) well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force | - |
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| (adjective) still legally acceptable | - |
| validate | (verb) make valid or confirm the validity of | - |
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| (verb) prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something | - |
| (verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: corroborate |
| (verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalise, formalize |
| validated | (adjective) declared or made legally valid | - |
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| validating | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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| validation | (noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | Synonyms: proof, substantiation |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | Synonyms: establishment |
| validatory | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, verificatory, verifying |
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| validity | (noun) the quality of having legal force or effectiveness | Synonyms: validness |
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| (noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous | Synonyms: cogency, rigor, rigour |
| validly | (adverb) with validity; in a valid manner | - |
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| validness | (noun) the quality of having legal force or effectiveness | Synonyms: validity |
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| valine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults | - |
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| valise | (noun) a small overnight bag for short trips | - |
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| vallecula | (noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part | Synonyms: groove |
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| valley | (noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | Synonyms: vale |
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| valor | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valorousness, valour |
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| valorous | (adjective) having or showing valor | Synonyms: valiant |
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| valorously | (adverb) with valor; in a valiant manner | Synonyms: valiantly |
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| valorousness | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valour |
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| valour | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness |
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| valsartan | (noun) an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure | Synonyms: Diovan |
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| valse | (noun) a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat | Synonyms: waltz |
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| valuable | (adjective) having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange | - |
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| (adjective) having worth or merit or value | Synonyms: worthful |
| (noun) something of value | - |
| valuableness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness |
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| valuate | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, value |
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| valuation | (noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, rating |
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| (noun) assessed price | - |
| valuator | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: appraiser |
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| value | (noun) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable | - |
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| (noun) relative darkness or lightness of a color | - |
| (noun) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed | - |
| (noun) an ideal accepted by some individual or group | - |
| (noun) the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else | Synonyms: economic value |
| (noun) (music) the relative duration of a musical note | Synonyms: note value, time value |
| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate |
| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, respect |
| (verb) estimate the value of | Synonyms: rate |
| (verb) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to | - |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, treasure |
| valued | (adjective) (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind | - |
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| (adjective) held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature | Synonyms: precious |
| valueless | (adjective) of no value | - |
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| valuelessness | (noun) having none of the properties that endow something with value | - |
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| valuer | (noun) someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions | - |
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| values | (noun) beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) | - |
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| valve | (noun) one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods | - |
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| (noun) the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs | - |
| (noun) control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid | - |
| (noun) device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone | - |
| (noun) a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | - |
| valved | (adjective) (of brass instruments) having valves | - |
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| valvelet | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvula, valvule |
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| valvotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvulotomy |
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| valvula | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvule |
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| valvular | (adjective) relating to or operating by means of valves | - |
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| valvule | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvula |
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| valvulitis | (noun) inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever) | - |
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| valvulotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvotomy |
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| vulval | (adjective) of or relating to the vulva | Synonyms: vulvar |
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