(historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
High-spirited.
Not caring enough about something important.
Supercilious.
noun
(architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
(historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
(slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a small breed of spaniel of English origin with a silky, smooth coat and commonly a smooth undocked tail.
A gentleman of the class of such officers
verb
(transitive, dated) Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
cavelike
cavelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cave
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
cavilled
cavilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavil
caviller
caviller
noun
Alternative spelling of caviler
celative
cervical
cervical
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra..
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
cheveril
cheveril
adj
(obsolete) Made of cheveril; pliant.
noun
(obsolete) Soft leather made of kid skin.
cheville
cheville
noun
(poetry) A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced.
civilest
civilest
adj
superlative form of civil: most civil
civilise
civilise
verb
To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
civilite
civilize
civilize
verb
Alternative spelling of civilise
clavecin
clavecin
noun
(archaic, music) harpsichord
clavicle
clavicle
noun
(anatomy) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
claviger
claviger
noun
One who carries a club; a club bearer.
One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.
claviole
clavises
cleaving
cleaving
adj
That cleaves
noun
The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
verb
present participle of cleave
cleveite
cleveite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline variety of uraninite.
clevises
clevises
noun
plural of clevis
clivises
colville
coverlid
coverlid
Noun
coverlet
coviello
covillea
coyville
culverin
culverin
noun
A kind of handgun.
A large cannon.
elecives
elective
elective
adj
Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
Open to choice; freely chosen.
noun
Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.
helvetic
helvetic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitants of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions.
incalver
leverick
locative
locative
adj
(grammar) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
noun
(grammar) The locative case.
lovesick
lovesick
adj
Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of love.
Having an aching desire for one's beloved.
malevich
overcoil
overcoil
noun
Part of a watch: an improved balance spring with a raised outer coil.
overlick
overlick
verb
(transitive) To lick over.
(transitive) To lick too much or too often.
percival
proclive
proclive
adj
Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
receival
receival
noun
A grain receival centre, a place where harvested wheat, oats, barley, etc are received for storage and later bulk shipping.
An amount (of goods, etc.) received.
richvale
scoville
scoville
Noun
A Scoville unit.
valencia
valencia
noun
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
valiance
valiance
noun
The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour.
vectigal
vectigal
noun
(obsolete) A tax.
vehicles
vehicles
noun
plural of vehicle
vehicula
velicate
vellinch
velocity
velocity
noun
(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
Rapidity of motion.
The rate of occurrence.
vercelli
vercelli
Proper noun
A town, and associated province in Piedmont, Italy.
vermicle
vermicle
noun
vermicule
vernicle
vernicle
Noun
A veronica (image of Jesus).
versicle
versicle
noun
In liturgy, the verse said by the officiant.
In poetry and songs, particularly hymns, one of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse.
vertical
vertical
adj
(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
(music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.
(wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
noun
(marketing) A vertical market.
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical component of a structure.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
verticil
verticil
noun
(chiefly botany) A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis
vesicles
vesicles
noun
plural of vesicle
vesicula
vesicula
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of vesicle (small blister).
vesicule
viceless
viceless
adj
Without vice.
vicelike
vicelike
adj
Alternative spelling of viselike
victless
vilicate
villache
vincible
vincible
adj
Capable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
violence
violence
noun
(figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
(obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
Extreme force.
Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
Widespread fighting.
verb
(nonstandard) To subject to violence.
violency
violency
noun
(obsolete, countable) A moment or act of violence.
Violence.
visceral
visceral
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body.
(figurative, obsolete) Having deep sensibility.
Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
vocalise
vocalise
noun
A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words.
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize.
vocalize
vocalize
verb
(linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
(linguistics) To turn a consonant into a vowel.
(linguistics, dated) To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
(music) To sing without using words.
(of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.