A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
A mid-sized colonial warship
advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
avoid
avoid
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.
(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
(transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
(transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
(transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
(transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
To try not to do something or to have something happen
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
avoir
bovid
bovid
noun
An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, gazelle, goat, and sheep).
corvi
corvi
noun
plural of corvus
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.
divot
divot
noun
(especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
(mathematics, astronomy) a drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)
A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
The space between two pillows.
verb
(transitive, especially golf) To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.
envoi
envoi
noun
(poetry) A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
iconv
immov
invoy
ioved
iover
ioves
ivory
ivory
adj
Made of ivory.
Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
noun
(collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
(collective, singular or in plural) The teeth.
(informal) A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).
(slang) A white person.
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
Something made from or resembling ivory.
jovia
kirov
kovil
kovil
noun
(Hinduism) A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
livor
livor
noun
(obsolete) Malice.
(pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
lovie
lovie
noun
(UK) Alternative form of lovey (“term of address”)
molvi
movie
movie
noun
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.
(usually plural, chiefly Canada, US) A cinema.
novia
ogive
ogive
noun
(architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
(geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
(statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
(weaponry, ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
oliva
oliva
noun
(anatomy) olivary body
olive
olive
adj
Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
noun
(UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
(cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
(neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
The wood of the olive tree.
orvie
orvil
ovida
ovile
ovine
ovine
adj
(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
(comparable, figuratively) Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly.
noun
(figuratively) A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.
An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.
ovism
ovism
noun
(now historical) The belief that the ovum holds all material needed for the development of the embryo.
ovist
ovist
adj
Pertaining to ovism.
noun
(historical) Someone who believes that the complete embryo is contained preformed within the ovum; a proponent of ovism.
ovoid
ovoid
adj
Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
Shaped like an oval.
noun
Something that is oval in shape.
ovoli
ovoli
noun
plural of ovolo
pivot
pivot
noun
(Canadian football) A quarterback.
(US, politics) A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
(computing) A pivot table.
(computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
(figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
(graphical user interface) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
(handball) A circle runner.
(mathematics) An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
(military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
(roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
Act of turning on one foot.
verb
(US, politics) To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
(business slang) To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.
(intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
rovit
uviol
uvito
vafio
vaios
vario
vario
noun
(informal, aviation) Variometer
vicco
video
video
noun
(dated) VHS.
A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
Television, television show, movie.
verb
(Britain) To record a television program
(Britain) To record using a video camera, to videotape
(transitive, intransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
vidor
vigor
vigor
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of vigour
vijao
vijao
noun
A tree of the banana family.
vinos
vinos
noun
plural of vino
viola
viola
intj
(often humorous) Misconstruction of voila.
noun
(botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
(music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
(music) A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
(music) An organ stop having a similar tone.
A person who plays the viola.
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
viole
viole
verb
To violate, especially to rape.
viols
viols
noun
plural of viol
vireo
vireo
noun
Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets and peppershrikes.
Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
virgo
viron
viron
noun
Misspelling of virion.
vison
vison
noun
The American mink, variously classified as Neovison vison or Mustela vison.
visor
visor
noun
A mask for the face.
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
Coordinate terms: bevor, buffe
The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a visor.
visto
visto
noun
(obsolete) A vista; a prospect.
vitro
vivos
vizor
vizor
noun
Alternative form of visor
vobis
vogie
vogie
adj
(Scotland) Happy; pleased or well-disposed.
(Scotland) Proud; conceited; vain.
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.
voids
voids
noun
plural of void
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of void
voila
voila
intj
Alternative spelling of voilà
voile
voile
noun
A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
volin
volti
volti
verb
(music) turn the page
vomit
vomit
noun
(obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
The act of regurgitating.
The act of vomiting
The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
verb
(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
(transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.