(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
cheve
cheve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, dialect) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.
chevy
chevy
noun
(countable) A cry used in hunting.
(countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
(uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.
verb
(intransitive) To scurry.
(transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy
(transitive) To chase or hunt.
(transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
chive
chive
noun
(Trinidad and Tobago, dialect) The spring onion; The green onion; the scallion.
(in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
(obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.
(thieves' cant) A file.
(thieves' cant) A knife.
(thieves' cant) A saw.
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
verb
(thieves' cant) To cut.
(thieves' cant) To stab.
chivw
chivy
chivy
noun
Alternative form of chevy
civet
civet
noun
(countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
(countable, US) Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.
(uncountable) The musky perfume produced by the animal.
Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae
civia
civic
civic
adj
Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
civie
civil
civil
adj
(archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
(law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
(not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
Secular.
civvy
civvy
noun
(informal) A civilian; someone who is not in the military.
(prison slang) A manufactured cigarette, as opposed to a rollup.
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
cleve
cleve
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A cottage.
(now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber.
(obsolete) A cliff or hillside.
clive
clive
noun
Burdock or agrimony.
verb
(intransitive) To climb; ascend.
(transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
clova
clove
clove
noun
(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
(geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
(horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
(uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
verb
simple past tense of cleave
clyve
corve
corve
noun
Alternative form of corf
corvi
corvi
noun
plural of corvus
corvo
couve
coved
coved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cove
covel
coven
coven
noun
A clique that shares common interests or activities.
A family, group or assembly of vampires.
A formal group or assembly of witches.
cover
cover
adj
(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
noun
(combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
(construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
(dated) A swindler's confederate.
(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
(law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
A cover charge.
A lid.
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
The top sheet of a bed.
verb
(chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
(intransitive) To act as a replacement.
(intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
(military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
(music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
(of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
(sports) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
(transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
To be enough money for.
To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
To deal with or include someone or something.
To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
To provide insurance coverage for.
To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
coves
coves
noun
plural of cove
covet
covet
verb
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
covey
covey
noun
(Britain, slang, dated) A man.
A brood of partridges, grouse, etc.
A group of 8–12 (or more) quail.
A party or group (of persons or things).
Coordinate terms: flock, gaggle, host
verb
(intransitive) To brood; to incubate.
covid
covid
noun
(archaic, units of measure) A chi.
(archaic, units of measure) A cubit.
(colloquial) Short for COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2.
covin
covin
noun
(obsolete, law) Fraud, deception.
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
curve
curve
adj
(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
noun
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
verb
(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
(transitive) To bend; to crook.
(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
(transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
curvy
curvy
adj
(euphemistic, of women) Overweight.
Buxom or curvaceous.
Having curves.
cuvee
cuvee
noun
Alternative form of cuvée
eveck
evict
evict
verb
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
fconv
gconv
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.
iconv
kicva
lavic
lavic
adj
lavatic
scevo
schav
schav
noun
A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
Synonym of sorrel (plant).
sclav
scove
scove
noun
(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) Rich, pure tin ore.
verb
(transitive) To cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning.
scovy
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.
vedic
vedic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Vedas
Of or relating to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas
velic
velic
adj
Of the velum.
vetch
vetch
noun
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.
vhsic
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.
vicco
viced
viced
adj
(obsolete) vicious; corrupt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vice
vices
vices
noun
plural of vice
vichy
vicia
vicki
vicky
vicky
Proper noun
name, also used as a formal given name.
vicua
vicus
vicus
noun
(historical) A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort.
vinca
vinca
noun
Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
vince
vinci
vinic
vinic
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to wine.
visct
visct
Proper noun
of
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
vmcms
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
voces
voice
voice
noun
(Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
(archaic) Command; precept.
(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
(literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
(music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
(phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
One who speaks; a speaker.
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
That which is communicated; message; meaning.
The faculty or power of utterance
The tone or sound emitted by an object
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out
(television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
(transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
(transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
(transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
(transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
(transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
vouch
vouch
noun
(archaic or obsolete) An assertion, a declaration; also, a formal attestation or warrant of the correctness or truth of something.
verb
(archaic or obsolete) To assert, aver, or declare (something).
(archaic) Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”)
(obsolete) To guarantee legal title (to something).
Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
To provide evidence or proof.
vraic
vraic
noun
(Channel Islands) Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.