(meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
verb
(transitive, often figurative) To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.
arvin
avant
avant
noun
(obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.
avena
avens
avens
noun
A plant of the genus Dryas.
A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
aveny
avern
avian
avian
adj
Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
noun
(furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.
A bird-like or flying creature.
A bird.
avine
avion
avner
avron
bavin
bavin
adj
Made of firewood or kindling.
noun
(Southern England, archaic, countable) A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
(Southern England, archaic, countable) A faggot bound with only one band.
(UK, dialect, uncountable) Impure limestone.
verb
(Southern England, archaic) To bundle and bind wood into bavins.
bavon
bevan
bonav
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.
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.
daven
daven
verb
(intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
davin
davon
devan
devan
verb
(transitive) To unload (goods) from a container.
divan
divan
noun
(dated) An establishment that serves cigars and coffee, and may offer other amenities such as books, newspapers, and chess.
(now historical) A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
(now rare) Any council or assembly.
A collection of poems, especially one written by an author in Arabic or Persian.
A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.
The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.
dvina
elvan
elvan
adj
(mining) Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
(uncommon) Elven, elfin, pertaining to elves.
noun
(mining) The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.
evang
evans
evans
Proper noun
common in Wales, derived from the given name Evan (or Ifan in
evant
favin
gaivn
ganev
gavan
gaven
gavin
haven
haven
noun
(by extension) A peaceful place.
(by extension) A place of safety.
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
verb
To put into, or provide with a haven.
invar
invar
noun
An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion.
ivana
javan
javan
Adjective
Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java
Belonging to, or descended from, its Malay main people and its culture
Noun
An inhabitant of the Indonesian island Java
A member or descendant of Java's main, Malay ethno-linguistic group, by far the largest in Indonesia
Proper noun
the fourth son of Japheth
kalvn
kevan
knave
knave
noun
(archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
(archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
(card games) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
laven
lavon
levan
levan
noun
A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.
maven
maven
noun
(chiefly US) An expert in a given field.
mavin
mavin
noun
Alternative form of maven
naevi
naevi
noun
plural of naevus
naive
naive
adj
(computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
Not having been exposed to something.
noun
A naive person; a greenhorn.
narev
narva
narva
Proper noun
City in Estonia.
naval
naval
adj
(nautical) Of or relating to a navy.
(nautical) Of or relating to ships in general.
navar
navar
noun
A kind of Zoroastrian priest.
navel
navel
noun
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
(historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
A navel orange.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
naves
naves
noun
plural of nave
navet
navew
navew
noun
A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris.
navig
navis
navvy
navvy
noun
(chiefly Britain) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
verb
(Britain, intransitive) To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.
neiva
nerva
nevai
nevat
nevsa
nival
nival
adj
(botany) Found or thriving in snowy conditions.
Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats).
njave
njave
noun
(attributive) The tropical African tree Mimusops njave.
novae
novae
noun
plural of nova
novah
novak
novas
novia
nvlap
nvram
olvan
orvan
ovant
ovant
adj
(obsolete) exultant
pavan
paven
paven
adj
(rare, dated or archaic) paved
noun
Alternative form of Paduan (“stately Spanish dance”)
pavin
raven
raven
adj
Of the color of the raven; jet-black
noun
(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
A jet-black colour.
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Rapine; rapacity.
raven:
verb
(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).
(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.
(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
(transitive, archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
ravin
ravin
adj
(obsolete) Ravenous.
noun
(obsolete) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
verb
(obsolete) To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence.
savin
savin
noun
The eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.
The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.
sevan
sevan
Proper noun
large freshwater mountain lake in Armenia
formerly an island in the northwestern part of Lake Sevan in Armenia, which was transformed into a peninsula after the artificial draining during the Soviet era
sivan
ulvan
ulvan
noun
Any of a class of sulfated polysaccharides found in the cell wall of the green alga Ulva pertusa.
vaden
vaman
vance
vance
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage.
vanda
vanda
noun
Any orchid of the genus Vanda.
vaned
vaned
adj
Having a vane or vanes.
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vanes
vanes
noun
plural of vane
vange
vangs
vangs
noun
plural of vang
vania
vanir
vanir
Proper noun
The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.
vanna
vanna
noun
(finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the spot price, or equivalently the rate of change of delta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
vanni
vanny
vanya
varan
varan
noun
The monitor lizard.
varna
varna
noun
(Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes
vaunt
vaunt
noun
(obsolete) The first part.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.
verb
(intransitive) To speak boastfully.
(transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
(transitive) To speak boastfully about.
veena
veena
noun
(music) A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music.
vegan
vegan
adj
(of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
(of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
Relating to vegans or veganism.
noun
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
venae
venae
noun
plural of vena
venal
venal
adj
(archaic) For sale; available for purchase.
(of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.
Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
Venous; pertaining to veins.
venda
venta
venta
noun
A roadside inn in Spain.
verna
viand
viand
noun
(Philippines) side dish; rice topping (An item of food eaten with rice.)
A choice dish.
An item of food.
vinal
vinal
adj
Produced by, or originating in, wine.
noun
(US) polyvinyl alcohol fibers
vinas
vinas
noun
plural of vina
vinca
vinca
noun
Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle