(law) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
sylviculture
sylviculture
noun
Alternative spelling of silviculture
tovariaceous
transcursive
turacoverdin
turacoverdin
noun
(organic chemistry) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou.
uhrichsville
unadvertency
unattractive
unattractive
adj
Lacking the power to attract interest.
Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
noun
An aesthetically unattractive person
uncavalierly
uncavalierly
adv
In an uncavalier manner.
uncleverness
uncleverness
noun
The quality of not being clever.
uncoercively
uncoercively
adv
Without the use of coercion.
unconserving
unconserving
adj
That does not conserve.
uncontortive
unconvergent
unconverging
unconverging
Adjective
Not converging.
unconversant
unconversant
adj
Not conversant; unfamiliar, unacquainted.
unconversing
unconversion
unconversion
noun
(religion) The state of being unconverted; impenitence.
The reversal of a conversion; a change back to a previous format.
uncorrective
uncorruptive
uncorruptive
adj
incorruptible
uncreatively
uncreatively
adv
In an uncreative way; without creativity.
uncreativity
uncreativity
noun
The quality of being uncreative.
undecorative
undecorative
adj
Unsightly; displeasing to the eye.
underachieve
underachieve
verb
To achieve less than expected; to fail to fulfil one's potential.
undercanvass
undercarving
undercarving
verb
present participle of undercarve
undercurving
underservice
undetractive
undiscovered
undiscovered
adj
That has not been discovered; unknown.
That has not yet been discovered; unexplored.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undiscover
undiscursive
unobservance
unobservance
noun
Lack or neglect of observance.
unperceiving
unperceiving
adj
Not perceiving; devoid of perception.
unperceptive
unperceptive
adj
Not perceptive.
unpercussive
unpercussive
Adjective
Not percussive.
unperfective
unpreceptive
unpreclusive
unpredictive
unpredictive
Adjective
Not predictive.
unprevalence
unproductive
unproductive
adj
(linguistics, of affixes, mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples).
Not productive; useless; fruitless.
unprojective
unprotective
unprotective
Adjective
Not protective.
unreceivable
unrecitative
unreflective
unreflective
adj
Not reflective; thoughtless
unrefractive
unrespective
unrespective
adj
(archaic) disrespectful
unretractive
unreverenced
unreverenced
adj
Not reverenced.
unulcerative
unvernicular
unvertically
unvitrescent
unvociferous
unvociferous
adj
Not vociferous.
uterovesical
uterovesical
adj
Relating to the uterus and urinary bladder.
vapourescent
vapourescent
adj
Alternative form of vaporescent
varicoloured
varicoloured
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of varicolored
variocoupler
variocoupler
noun
A kind of variometer (magnetic instrument) constructed with two coils of wire that are connected not to each other but to separate circuits, so as to function as an air core RF transformer with variable coupling.
variocuopler
vascularized
vascularized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vascularize
vasculatures
vasculatures
noun
plural of vasculature
vasopuncture
vehiculatory
vehiculatory
adj
(obsolete) vehicular
venacularism
venepuncture
venepuncture
noun
Alternative spelling of venipuncture
venipuncture
venipuncture
noun
(hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line.
verb
To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform venipuncture.
ventriculite
ventriculite
noun
(paleontology) Any of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera.
ventriculose
ventriculous
ventriculous
adj
Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
ventrocaudal
ventrocaudal
adj
(anatomy) Both ventral and caudal
verbenaceous
verbenaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Verbenaceae of mainly tropical flowering plants.
verbiculture
verbiculture
noun
The deliberate cultivation or production of words.
verecundness
vermicularia
vermicularly
vermiculated
vermiculated
adj
Decorated with lines like worm tracks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vermiculate
vermiculites
vermiculites
noun
plural of vermiculite
vernacularly
vernacularly
adv
In a vernacular way.
verriculated
verrucarioid
verticillium
verticillium
noun
Any of many fungi, of the genus Verticillium, that cause wilt in plants
vesicularity
vesicularity
noun
The state or condition of being vesicular; presence of vesicles.
vesiculiform
vesiculiform
adj
Resembling a vesicle.
vibratiuncle
vibratiuncle
noun
(now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind).
victormanuel
vinicultures
vinicultures
noun
plural of viniculture
viticulturer
viticultures
viticultures
noun
plural of viticulture
vitrifacture
vitrifacture
noun
The manufacture of glass and glassware.
vocabularied
vocabularied
adj
(in combination) Having a vocabulary (of a specified kind or size).
