CIVILISABLE | • civilisable adj. Alternative form of civilizable. • CIVILISABLE adj. capable of being civilised, also CIVILIZABLE. |
CIVILIZABLE | • civilizable adj. Capable of, or suitable for, being civilized. • CIVILIZABLE adj. capable of being civilized, also CIVILISABLE. |
DILUVIALISM | • diluvialism n. The explaining of geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • DILUVIALISM n. a belief in Noah's flood. |
DILUVIALIST | • diluvialist n. (Historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • Diluvialist n. Alternative letter-case form of diluvialist. • DILUVIALIST n. one who believes in Noah's flood. |
DISILLUSIVE | • disillusive adj. Freeing from illusion. • DISILLUSIVE adj. tending to disillusion. |
ILLUVIATING | • illuviating v. Present participle of illuviate. • ILLUVIATE v. to deposit illuvium, material removed from soil layer by rainwater and deposited in lower layer. |
ILLUVIATION | • illuviation n. (Geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum. • ILLUVIATION n. the accumulation of illuvium. |
LIVEABILITY | • liveability n. Alternative spelling of livability. • LIVEABILITY n. the quality of being liveable, also LIVABILITY. |
TITILLATIVE | • titillative adj. Titillating. • TITILLATIVE adj. serving to titillate. |
VILLAINIZED | • villainized v. Simple past tense and past participle of villainize. |
VILLAINIZES | • villainizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of villainize. |
VILLICATION | • VILLICATION n. (Smollett) intended as a Scots pronunciation of vellication. |
VILLOSITIES | • villosities n. Plural of villosity. • VILLOSITY n. the state of being villous, abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs. |
VIOLABILITY | • violability n. The quality of being violable. • VIOLABILITY n. the capacity to be violated. |
VITRAILLIST | • vitraillist n. (Rare) An artist who uses stained glass as a medium. • VITRAILLIST n. a maker of glass, esp. stained glass. |
VITRIOLLING | • vitriolling v. Present participle of vitriol. • VITRIOL v. to treat with sulfuric acid. |