A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
advocacy
advocacy
noun
the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something
the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
the profession of an advocate
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
alvadore
alvarado
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avocados
avocados
noun
plural of avocado
avodires
avogadro
avogadro
Proper noun
Italian physicist
avoidant
avoidant
adj
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
noun
A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avoiding
avoiding
noun
Avoidance.
verb
present participle and gerund of avoid
avondale
avondale
Proper noun
A city in Arizona.
A in Colorado.
A in Louisiana.
A city in Missouri.
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
A village in New South Wales, Australia.
One of two communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avowedly
avowedly
adv
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
behooved
behooved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behoove
beloveds
beloveds
noun
plural of beloved
bevoiled
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
bravados
calvados
calvados
noun
(countable) A glass of this spirit.
(uncountable) An apple brandy made in Normandy, France.
cavorted
cavorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavort
clovered
clovered
adj
Covered with growing clover.
coadvice
coderive
codivine
codriven
codriven
verb
past participle of codrive
codriver
codriver
noun
A fellow driver; where multiple people take turns driving, a person who is not currently driving.
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
codrives
codrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codrive
commoved
commoved
adj
Agitated; excited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commove
concaved
concaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of concave
connived
connived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of connive
convened
convened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convene
convexed
convexed
adj
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
conveyed
conveyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convey
convoked
convoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convoke
convoyed
convoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convoy
cordovan
cordovan
adj
oxblood (the color)
noun
A leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide.
a shoe made from cordovan leather
corvidae
couvades
couvades
noun
plural of couvade
coverlid
coverlid
Noun
coverlet
coversed
danilova
davidoff
davidson
davisson
daviston
demivolt
demivolt
noun
A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his forelegs in a particular manner.
denotive
denotive
adj
Serving to denote something.
deutovum
deutovum
noun
The incompletely developed larva of a mite after shedding of the chorion
devaloka
devaloka
noun
In Indian religions, a plane of existence where gods and devas exist.
develope
develope
verb
Archaic spelling of develop.
develops
develops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develop
deviator
deviator
noun
That which deviates, or causes deviation
devildom
devildom
noun
A realm of devils.
devisors
devisors
noun
plural of devisor
devocate
devoiced
devoiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devoice
devoices
devoices
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devoice
devolute
devolute
verb
(obsolete) To devolve.
devolved
devolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devolve
devolves
devolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devolve
devondra
devonian
devonian
Adjective
of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 415 to 360 million years ago
Of or pertaining to the English region of Devon.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the English region of Devon.
Proper noun
the Devonian period
devonite
devotary
devotary
noun
(obsolete) A votary.
devotees
devotees
noun
plural of devotee
devoting
devoting
verb
present participle of devote
devotion
devotion
noun
(countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
(in the plural, obsolete) Religious offerings; alms.
(uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
devoured
devoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of devour
devourer
devourer
noun
One who devours.
devouter
devouter
adj
comparative form of devout: more devout
devoutly
devoutly
adv
In a devout manner.
digenova
diluvion
diluvion
noun
Synonym of diluvium
dimitrov
diovular
disavows
disavows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disavow
discover
discover
verb
(law, transitive) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
(obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
(transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
(transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
(transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
(transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
(transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
To find or learn something for the first time.
disfavor
disfavor
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of disfavour
disprove
disprove
verb
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
dissolve
dissolve
noun
(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
(chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
(cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
(law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
disvelop
disvelop
verb
Obsolete form of develop.
disvisor
disvoice
disvouch
disvouch
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To discredit or contradict.
divebomb
divebomb
verb
(auto racing) To attempt an overtake by braking very late on corner entry.
(of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.
(of a motorist) To overtake slower traffic by way of a more circuitous route, such as a pair of freeway exit and entrance ramps.
(of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
divernon
divertor
divertor
noun
Alternative form of diverter
division
division
noun
(Australia) A parliamentary constituency.
(UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
(arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
(government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
(law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
(taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
divisors
divisors
noun
plural of divisor
divisory
divisory
adj
Serving to divide or split apart.
divorced
divorced
adj
(of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
(of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
Cut off, or separated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divorce
divorcee
divorcee
noun
A divorced person.
divorcer
divorcer
noun
The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
divorces
divorces
noun
plural of divorce
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divorce
divulsor
divulsor
noun
(surgery) An instrument used for dilating the urethra or other canal
dobrovir
dogvanes
dogvanes
noun
plural of dogvane
dolliver
donative
donative
adj
Being or relating to a donation.
noun
(ecclesiastical law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders.
A gift; a largess; a gratuity.
douvecot
douville
dovecote
dovecote
noun
(historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
dovecots
dovecots
noun
plural of dovecot
dovefoot
dovekeys
dovekeys
noun
plural of dovekey
dovekies
dovekies
noun
plural of dovekie
dovelike
dovelike
adj
(figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.
Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
adv
(archaic) As much so as those of a dove
In a manner similar to a dove
doveling
doveling
noun
A young or baby dove.
dovening
dovening
verb
present participle of doven
dovetail
dovetail
noun
(heraldry) A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
verb
(chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
(computing) To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
To combine or fit (things) together well.
doveweed
dovewood
dovyalis
dundavoe
eavedrop
eavedrop
noun
A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
endeavor
endeavor
noun
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
verb
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
(obsolete) To exert oneself.
(obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
To work with purpose.
evendown
evendown
adj
(Scotland) (of rain) Heavy.
(Scotland) Being situated straight up and down; perpendicular to ground level; downright.
(in combination) Having a certain appearance or physical features.
Treated or regarded with partiality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of favour
fervidor
fivefold
fivefold
adj
In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
adv
By a factor of five.
flavedos
flavedos
noun
plural of flavedo
flavored
flavored
adj
US standard spelling of flavoured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavor
fordrive
fordrive
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To drive away; expel.
foveated
foveated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foveate
frivoled
frivoled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frivol
fydorova
gavotted
gavotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gavotte
girovard
godavari
godavari
Proper noun
A major river in South India, which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
A district in Madras Presidency during British rule between 1768 and 1947.
goldvein
goodview
governed
governed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of govern
groveled
groveled
verb
(US) simple past tense of grovel
grundlov
haviored
havocked
holdover
holdover
noun
(firearms) The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
hovelled
improved
improved
adj
That has been made better; enhanced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improve
indevote
indevote
adj
(obsolete) Not devoted.
indevout
indevout
Adjective
Not devout.
invoiced
invoiced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invoice
involved
involved
adj
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)