(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
(transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
obvious
obvious
adj
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
octavia
octavic
octavic
adj
(mathematics) Synonym of octic
octavie
ogilvie
olivann
olivary
olivary
adj
Shaped like an olive
olivean
olivero
olivier
olivile
olivile
noun
Alternative form of olivil (“organic compound”)
olivine
olivine
noun
(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
orvieto
orville
ottavia
outgive
outgive
verb
(transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
outlive
outlive
verb
(intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.
(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
(transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
(transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
outrive
outrive
verb
(obsolete) To rive; to sever.
outvied
outvied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outvie
outvier
outvies
outvies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvie
ouvrier
ouvrier
noun
A French labourer or manual worker.
ovalish
ovalish
adj
Approximately oval-shaped.
ovality
ovality
noun
(engineering) a measurement of deviation from circularity of an oval or approximately elliptical shape.
ovalize
ovalize
verb
Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
ovaloid
ovaloid
adj
Approximately oval.
ovarial
ovarial
adj
(dated) Relating to the ovaries; ovarian.
ovarian
ovarian
adj
(medicine) Relating to the ovaries.
ovaries
ovaries
noun
plural of ovary
ovarium
ovarium
noun
An ovary.
ovation
ovation
noun
(Ancient Rome) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
(by extension) A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
(by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
(zoology, obsolete, rare) The act of laying eggs.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal, rare) To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).
ovening
overbid
overbid
noun
(card games) The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
verb
(intransitive) To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
(intransitive, card games) To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
(transitive) To outbid.
simple past tense and past participle of overbide
overbig
overbig
adj
Excessively big.
overbit
overbit
verb
simple past tense of overbite
overdid
overdid
verb
simple past tense of overdo
overfit
overfit
verb
(statistics) To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
overfix
overfix
verb
(transitive) To fix exceedingly or excessively; fix beyond what is required
overhie
overhie
verb
(chiefly Scotland) To overtake; to catch up with.
overhip
overhip
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To leap over; skip over; omit.
overhit
overhit
verb
To hit too far or too hard.
overing
overing
verb
present participle of over
overink
overink
verb
(transitive) To apply too much ink to.
overlie
overlie
verb
(transitive) To suffocate by lying upon
To lie over or upon
overlip
overlip
noun
(now uncommon) The upper lip.
(rare, chiefly of a dog) An upper lip that extends too far out and down. (Compare overbite.)
overlit
overlit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overlight
overmix
overmix
verb
To mix too thoroughly
overrid
overrim
overtip
overtip
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To leave a tip that is too large.
overwin
overwin
noun
(UK dialectal) The win or winning of a game.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To overcome; gain one's point; exceed.
ovicell
ovicell
noun
(zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development
ovicide
ovicide
noun
Any substance designed to kill eggs, especially the eggs of insects.
ovicyst
ovidian
ovidian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.
oviduct
oviduct
noun
(anatomy) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
oviform
oviform
adj
egg-shaped
ovigerm
ovillus
ovipara
ovipara
noun
(zoology) oviparous organisms
An aphid in its oviparous form.
ovisacs
ovisacs
noun
plural of ovisac
ovistic
ovistic
adj
Relating to ovism.
ovoidal
ovoidal
adj
somewhat ovoid
ovonics
ovonics
noun
A form of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage.
ovulist
ovulist
noun
(biology, historical) A believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were enclosed one within the other.
ovulite
ovulite
noun
A fossil egg.
paviors
paviors
noun
plural of pavior
paviour
paviour
noun
Alternative form of pavior.
pavisor
pavisor
noun
(historical) A foot soldier trained in the use of the pavais.
pavonia
pavonis
pivotal
pivotal
adj
Being of crucial importance; central, key.
Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
pivoted
pivoted
adj
Fitted with a pivot or pivots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pivot
pivoter
pivoter
noun
One who or that which pivots, especially a muscle.
plosive
plosive
adj
(phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
noun
(phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
plovdiv
plovdiv
Proper noun
a city in southern Bulgaria
prevoid
prevoid
adj
Before the voiding of the bladder.
privado
privado
noun
(obsolete) A private friend; a confidant.
proavis
provide
provide
verb
(obsolete, Latinism) To foresee, to consider in advance.
To act to prepare for something.
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
To furnish (with), cause to be present.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
To make possible or attainable.
provine
provine
verb
(obsolete) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
proving
proving
noun
(homeopathy) Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested.
verb
present participle of prove
proviso
proviso
noun
A conditional provision to an agreement.
pulvino
quinova
ravioli
ravioli
noun
(informal) by analogy, similar dishes/pastas from non-Italian cuisines.
A dish made with ravioli.
Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.
plural of raviolo
ravison
reavoid
releivo
relievo
relievo
noun
(art) Relief (surface carving).
renvois
renvois
noun
plural of renvoi
restivo
revigor
revillo
revisor
revisor
noun
Alternative form of reviser
revivor
revivor
noun
(Ireland, law) revival into force of a statute which had previously been repealed
(UK, law) revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties.
revoice
revoice
verb
(Internet, transitive) To restore the voice flag to a user on IRC, allowing them to send messages to the channel again.
(transitive) to voice again
To replace the voice of an actor with that of another speaking a translation; to dub.
revomit
revomit
verb
To vomit something back up.
rilievo
rilievo
noun
(art) A relief.
rooving
rovelli
rovings
rovings
noun
plural of roving
roygbiv
salviol
salviol
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₆, obtained from oil of sage.
saviors
saviors
noun
plural of savior
saviour
saviour
noun
Britain and Canada spelling of savior
segovia
shivoos
shivoos
noun
plural of shivoo
shoving
shoving
noun
The act of one who shoves.
verb
present participle of shove
silvano
simonov
solving
solving
verb
present participle of solve
soviets
soviets
noun
plural of soviet
stokvis
stovies
stovies
noun
A traditional Scottish dish of stewed potatoes and onions with cold meat.
stoving
stoving
verb
present participle of stove
synovia
synovia
noun
(anatomy) Synonym of synovial fluid.
plural of synovium
tesvino
toivola
torsive
torsive
adj
Relating to torsion; twisting.
tortive
tortive
adj
Twisted; wreathed.
torvity
torvity
noun
(obsolete) sourness or severity of countenance; sternness
tovaria
travois
travois
noun
A historical frame structure that was used by indigenous peoples, notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America, to drag loads over land, pulled by person, dog, or horse.
trevino
treviso
treviso
noun
A certain mild variety of radicchio, a type of chicory
trivoli
unioval
unioval
adj
Relating to, or derived from, a single ovum.
unvisor
unvisor
verb
(by extension) To reveal; to unmask or unveil.
To remove or lift a visor from one's face.
unvoice
unvoice
verb
(transitive, linguistics) devoice
upvomit
ustinov
vaguios
vaivode
vaivode
noun
Alternative form of voivode
valerio
valgoid
valgoid
adj
Resembling the valgus deformity.
valonia
valonia
noun
The European evergreen oak, Quercus macrolepis, now Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, or Quercus aegilops.
The dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye, used in tanning.