A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.

Lacking a voice, without vocal sound. / (figuratively) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.

A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. / The collection of words a person knows and uses.

(grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.

An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.

The prevailing fashion or style. / Popularity or a current craze. / (dance) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. / (Polari) A cigarette.

(intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style. / (Polari) To light a cigarette.

(sports) A stroke, in ball sports, in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces off the ground / (cricket) A delivery that bounces just short of the blockhole

The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. / A burst or emission of many things at once. / (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.

(transitive) To fire a volley of shots / (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground / (intransitive) To be fired in a volley / (sports, intransitive) To make a volley