(dated) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
(zoology) A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.
A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
Any temporary encampment.
verb
To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
To set up camp.
To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
calvous
calvous
adj
(botany, rare) Lacking bristles or pappuses.
(formal, medicine, rare) Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless.
cautivo
cavuoto
couvade
couvade
noun
A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman.
Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.
couvert
couvert
noun
cover charge
coverup
coverup
noun
Alternative spelling of cover-up
curvous
cutover
cutover
adj
Having been cleared of valuable timber.
noun
(by extension) Any process of quickly replacing a machine so as to minimize downtime.
An area of cutover land.
The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
durovic
muscovi
muscovy
muscovy
noun
Muscovy duck
octavus
overcup
overcup
noun
The oak Quercus lyrata whose acorns are enclosed by their cups
overcut
overcut
adj
(participial adjective) Excessively cut.
noun
(motor racing) A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone else by pitting after them and running in clean air to make up time.
An opening resulting from such cutting; an extreme incision or wound.
The act or result of excessive cutting.
verb
(transitive) To cut excessively.
oviduct
oviduct
noun
(anatomy) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
scevour
uncover
uncover
verb
(military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
(reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
(reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
To remove a cover from.
To reveal the identity of.
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
unvocal
unvocal
adj
Not vocal.
unvoice
unvoice
verb
(transitive, linguistics) devoice
upcover
vacuole
vacuole
noun
(cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
vacuome
vacuome
noun
The vacuoles and vacuolar system of an organism
vacuous
vacuous
adj
Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
vescuso
vicious
vicious
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
Savage and aggressive.
Violent, destructive and cruel.
vinculo
viscous
viscous
adj
(physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.
Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
vocular
vocular
adj
vocal; of the voice
vouched
vouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vouch
vouchee
vouchee
noun
(law, archaic) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.
voucher
voucher
noun
(advertising) A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.
(historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.
A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
A receipt.
One who or that which vouches.
verb
(transitive) To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
(transitive) To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
(transitive) To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
vouches
vouches
noun
plural of vouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vouch