| acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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| anovulant | (noun) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | Synonyms: anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill |
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| anovulation | (noun) the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary | - |
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| anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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| avulse | (verb) separate by avulsion | - |
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| avulsion | (noun) a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another | - |
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| (noun) an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another | - |
| avuncular | (adjective) being or relating to an uncle | - |
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| (adjective) resembling an uncle in kindness or indulgence | - |
| biovular | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: fraternal |
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| bravura | (noun) brilliant and showy technical skill | - |
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| cavum | (noun) (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body | Synonyms: bodily cavity, cavity |
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| clavus | (noun) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | Synonyms: corn |
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| convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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| convulse | (verb) be overcome with laughter | - |
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| (verb) make someone convulse with laughter | - |
| (verb) contract involuntarily, as in a spasm | - |
| (verb) cause to contract | - |
| (verb) move or stir about violently | Synonyms: jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss |
| (verb) shake uncontrollably | - |
| convulsion | (noun) a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval | - |
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| (noun) violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles | - |
| (noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: fit, paroxysm |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: turmoil, upheaval |
| convulsive | (adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: spasmodic, spastic |
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| (adjective) resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent | - |
| convulsively | (adverb) with convulsions, in a convulsive way | - |
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| divulge | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
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| divulgement | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgence |
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| divulgence | (noun) the act of disclosing something that was secret or private | Synonyms: divulgement |
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| favus | (noun) a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East | - |
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| gravure | (noun) the act of intaglio printing | - |
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| (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: heliogravure, photogravure |
| (noun) a printing plate used in the process of gravure | - |
| (noun) a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print | Synonyms: intaglio, intaglio printing |
| heliogravure | (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, photogravure |
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| invulnerability | (noun) the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally) | - |
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| (noun) having the strength to withstand attack | Synonyms: impregnability |
| invulnerable | (adjective) immune to attack; impregnable | - |
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| laevulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, levulose |
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| lamivudine | (noun) a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: 3TC |
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| levulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, laevulose |
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| monovular | (adjective) (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum | Synonyms: identical |
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| nervure | (noun) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | Synonyms: vein |
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| (noun) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ | Synonyms: vein |
| nervus | (noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nerve |
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| nevus | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: birthmark |
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| ovular | (adjective) of or relating to an ovum | - |
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| (adjective) being or of the nature of an ovule | - |
| ovulate | (verb) produce and discharge eggs | - |
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| ovulation | (noun) the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) | - |
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| ovule | (noun) a small or immature ovum | - |
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| (noun) a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization | - |
| ovum | (noun) the female reproductive cell; the female gamete | Synonyms: egg cell |
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| photogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: rotogravure |
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| (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, heliogravure |
| (noun) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods | - |
| prevue | (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: preview, trailer |
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| revue | (noun) a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians | Synonyms: review |
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| revulsion | (noun) intense aversion | Synonyms: horror, repugnance, repulsion |
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| rivulet | (noun) a small stream | Synonyms: rill, run, runnel, streamlet |
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| rivulus | (noun) found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic | - |
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| rotogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: photogravure |
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| (noun) printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press | - |
| (noun) printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press | - |
| uniovular | (adjective) having a single ovule | Synonyms: uniovulate |
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| uniovulate | (adjective) having a single ovule | Synonyms: uniovular |
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| unvulcanised | (adjective) (used of rubber) not subjected to the process of vulcanization | Synonyms: unvulcanized |
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| unvulcanized | (adjective) (used of rubber) not subjected to the process of vulcanization | Synonyms: unvulcanised |
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| uvula | (noun) a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate | - |
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| uvular | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the uvula | - |
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| uvulitis | (noun) inflammation of the uvula | - |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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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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| volvulus | (noun) abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction | - |
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| vulcanisation | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanization |
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| vulcanise | (verb) undergo vulcanization | Synonyms: vulcanize |
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| (verb) subject to vulcanization | Synonyms: vulcanize |
| vulcanised | (adjective) (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | Synonyms: cured, vulcanized |
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| vulcaniser | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
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| (noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
| vulcanite | (noun) a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber | Synonyms: ebonite, hard rubber |
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| vulcanization | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanisation |
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| vulcanize | (verb) undergo vulcanization | Synonyms: vulcanise |
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| (verb) subject to vulcanization | Synonyms: vulcanise |
| vulcanized | (adjective) (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | Synonyms: cured, vulcanised |
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| vulcanizer | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcaniser |
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| (noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcaniser |
| vulcanology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies volcanoes | Synonyms: volcanology |
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| vulgar | (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, earthy, gross |
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| (adjective) of or associated with the great masses of people | Synonyms: common, plebeian, unwashed |
| (adjective) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | Synonyms: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth |
| (adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: common, vernacular |
| vulgarian | (noun) a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) | - |
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| vulgarisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarization |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarization |
| vulgarise | (verb) act in a vulgar manner | Synonyms: vulgarize |
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| (verb) debase and make vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarize |
| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarize |
| vulgariser | (noun) someone who makes something vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarizer |
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| (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, popularizer, vulgarizer |
| vulgarism | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarity |
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| (noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut |
| vulgarity | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism |
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| vulgarization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarisation |
| vulgarize | (verb) act in a vulgar manner | Synonyms: vulgarise |
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| (verb) debase and make vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarise |
| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise |
| vulgarizer | (noun) someone who makes something vulgar | Synonyms: vulgariser |
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| (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, popularizer, vulgariser |
| vulgarly | (adverb) in a smutty manner | Synonyms: smuttily |
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| vulnerability | (noun) susceptibility to injury or attack | - |
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| (noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | Synonyms: exposure |
| vulnerable | (adjective) susceptible to attack | - |
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| (adjective) susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation | - |
| (adjective) capable of being wounded or hurt | - |
| vulnerably | (adverb) in a vulnerable manner | - |
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| vulpecular | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox | Synonyms: vulpine |
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| vulpine | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox | Synonyms: vulpecular |
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| vulture | (noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion | - |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, predator |
| vulturine | (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturous |
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| vulturous | (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine |
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| vulva | (noun) external parts of the female genitalia | - |
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| vulval | (adjective) of or relating to the vulva | Synonyms: vulvar |
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| vulvar | (adjective) of or relating to the vulva | Synonyms: vulval |
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| vulvectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the vulva | - |
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| vulvitis | (noun) inflammation of the vulva | - |
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| vulvovaginitis | (noun) inflammation of the vulva and the vagina | - |
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| zidovudine | (noun) an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow | Synonyms: AZT, Retrovir, ZDV |
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