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- TRAPEZOIDALIn the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.
- TRICHINOSEDtrichinous
- TRUNCATEDDeprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).
- TUBICOLESplural of tubicole
- TUBULESplural of tubule
- ULTRACOMPETENTVery highly competent.
- UNCOPYRIGHTABLEIneligible for copyright.
- UNFAVORABLEUS standard spelling of unfavourable.
- UNMELODIOUSNot melodious.
- UNSHRIVEDNot shrived.
- URNFIELDGround used as a cemetery in Bronze Age Europe, in which the ashs of cremations were buried in cinerary urns.
- UTOPIANISMThe belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.
- VACUOLATEDHaving vacuoles
- VAGARIOUSLYIn a vagarious manner.
- VALEDICTORIANSplural of valedictorian
- VERIDICOUSveridical; true
- VERMICULATIONThe process of being turned into a worm.
- VERMICULITEA hydrated silicate mineral which expands on heating; it is used in insulation and as a medium for planting.
- VERNALPertaining to or occurring in spring.
- VESICULAROf, pertaining to, having, or being vesicles (vesiculae).
- VESICULATIONThe formation of vesicles; blistering.
- VESTIBULAROf or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
- VESTIBULEA small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- VIBURNUMSplural of viburnum
- VICEGERENTThe official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
- VIGILANTESplural of vigilante
- VITUPEROUSVituperative.
- VOCIFEROUSLYIn a vociferous manner.
- VODOUNAlternative spelling of voodoo.
- VOLUPTUARIESplural of voluptuary
- VOUCHSAFETo graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
- VOUCHSAFEMENTThe act of vouchsafing.
- VULNERATEDsimple past and past participle of vulnerate
- WHEYThe liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
- WHILSTOften preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.
- WIENERWURSTSplural of wienerwurst
- WONDEROUSWondrous.
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- WRONGHEADEDLYIn a wrongheaded manner.
- XENOGAMOUSExhibiting or relating to xenogamy.
- XENOPHILEA person who has a love of foreign people and culture.
- XENOPHOBICSplural of xenophobic
- XIPHISTERNUMSynonym of xiphoid process.
- XIPHOIDShaped like a sword, ensiform.
- XYLEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
- XYLIDINESplural of xylidine
- XYLOIDINESplural of xyloidine
- XYLOPHONEAny musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard West
- XYLOSEOne of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
- YRAVISHEDpast participle of ravish