(anatomy) the calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull
calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy
calve
calve
verb
(intransitive) to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
(intransitive) to give birth to a calf
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off
(transitive) to give birth to (a calf)
(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
calvo
carve
carve
noun
(obsolete) A carucate.
The act of carving
verb
(archaic) To cut.
(figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
(snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
To cut meat in order to serve it.
To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
carvy
cavae
caval
caval
adj
Relating to the vena cava
cavan
cavan
noun
(Philippines, dated) A sackful equivalent to 50 kilograms.
(Philippines, historical, chiefly Manila) A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
A unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan.
cavea
caved
caved
verb
past participle of cave
cavel
cavel
noun
(dialectal) A horse's bit.
(obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.
(obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.
(obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
(obsolete) A gag.
Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”)
caver
caver
noun
(mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.
A person who explores caves.
caves
caves
noun
plural of cave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cave
cavey
cavia
cavie
cavie
noun
(UK, dialect) A chicken coop.
cavil
cavil
noun
A petty or trivial objection or criticism.
verb
(intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
cavin
cavin
noun
(biochemistry) A type of protein that is involved in forming the caveola of many vertebrate cells.
(military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
cavit
cavum
cavum
noun
(meteorology) A fallstreak hole.
The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.
The nasal cavity.
cavus
cavus
noun
(geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
chave
chave
abbrev
(West Country, obsolete) I have
civia
clava
clava
noun
(entomology) The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.
Synonym of gracile tubercle
clave
clave
noun
(music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
singular of claves
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of cleave
clavi
clavi
noun
plural of clavus
clavy
clavy
noun
(architecture) A mantelpiece.
cleva
clova
crave
crave
noun
(law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
verb
(transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
(transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
(transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
cravo
cueva
havoc
havoc
intj
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
noun
Mayhem.
Widespread devastation and destruction.
verb
To cause havoc.
To pillage.
kicva
lavic
lavic
adj
lavatic
schav
schav
noun
A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
Synonym of sorrel (plant).
sclav
vache
vacla
vacoa
vacua
vacuo
vance
vance
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage.
varec
varec
noun
The calcined ash of coarse seaweed, used for the manufacture of soda and iodine.
The seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
vatic
vatic
adj
Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.
vicar
vicar
noun
A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
vicia
vicua
vinca
vinca
noun
Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
vlach
vlach
Noun
A Wallachian.
A Romanian.
Any member of an Eastern Romance speaking group, including Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, and Istro-Romanians.
Any member of a Polish ethnographic group (subgroup of Silesians) living around the towns of Cieszyn and Skoczów
vocab
vocab
noun
(informal) Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.
vocal
vocal
adj
(anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
(music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
(phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
Full of voices.
Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
Synonym of expressive.
Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
noun
(Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
(acting) A musical performance involving singing.
(music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
(phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
vocat
vraic
vraic
noun
(Channel Islands) Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.