(heraldry) Turned so as to show the back, as of a right hand.
(obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
Turned away or backward.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.
averts
averts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avert
avshar
bevers
bevers
noun
plural of bever
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bever
bevors
bevors
noun
plural of bevor
brasov
bravas
bravas
noun
plural of brava
braves
braves
noun
plural of brave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brave
bravos
bravos
noun
plural of bravo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bravo
breves
breves
noun
plural of breve
brevis
carves
carves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carve
cavers
cavers
noun
plural of caver
cervus
corves
corves
noun
plural of corf
corvus
corvus
noun
(historical) A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.
(historical) A hooked ram for destroying walls.
covers
covers
noun
(cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
(cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet.
(plural only) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
plural of cover
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover
craves
craves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crave
crevis
crevis
noun
(UK, dialect) The crayfish.
curves
curves
noun
plural of curve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curve
devers
divers
divers
adj
Archaic spelling of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
noun
plural of diver
pron
(archaic or literary) An indefinite number (at least two).
drives
drives
noun
plural of drive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drive
droves
droves
noun
plural of drove
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drove
elvers
elvers
noun
plural of elver
ervils
evarts
everes
everrs
everse
everse
verb
(obsolete) to overthrow, subvert
everts
everts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evert
favors
favors
noun
plural of favor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of favor
fevers
fevers
noun
plural of fever
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fever
fivers
fivers
noun
plural of fiver
gervas
givers
givers
noun
plural of giver
graves
graves
noun
Alternative form of greaves; the sediment of melted tallow.
plural of grave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grave
groves
groves
noun
plural of grove
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grove
havers
havers
noun
plural of haver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haver
hovers
hovers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hover
invars
invars
noun
plural of invar
jarvis
jarvis
Proper noun
derived from a form of Gervase.
name transferred back from the surname.
jervis
jivers
jivers
noun
plural of jiver
larvas
lavers
lavers
noun
plural of laver
levers
levers
noun
plural of lever
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lever
livers
livers
noun
plural of liver
livres
livres
noun
plural of livre
lovers
lovers
noun
plural of lover
movers
movers
noun
plural of mover
navars
navars
noun
plural of navar
nerves
nerves
noun
plural of nerve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nerve
nervus
nevers
nevers
intj
plural of never
parsva
parvis
parvis
noun
A portico surrounding such a space.
An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
The porch of a church, or the room over it.
pavers
pavers
noun
plural of paver
proves
proves
noun
plural of prove
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prove
purvis
purvis
Proper noun
a city in Mississippi, USA
ravels
ravels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravel
ravens
ravens
noun
plural of raven
ravers
ravers
noun
plural of raver
ravins
ravins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravin
ravish
ravish
verb
(obsolete or archaic) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
(transitive, now rare) To rape.
(transitive, usually passive) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
reaves
reaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reave
reeves
reeves
noun
plural of reeve
reives
reives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reive
resave
resave
verb
to save again.
revels
revels
noun
plural of revel
revers
revers
noun
A lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side.
plural of rever
revest
revest
verb
(intransitive) To take effect again.
(obsolete) To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
To invest again with possession or office.
To reclothe; to dress again.
To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate
revets
revets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revet
revise
revise
noun
(printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
A review or a revision.
verb
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
(obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.
To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
revues
revues
noun
plural of revue
rivals
rivals
noun
plural of rival
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rival
rivers
rivers
noun
plural of river
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of river
rivets
rivets
noun
plural of rivet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rivet
rivose
rivose
adj
Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
rostov
rovers
rovers
noun
plural of rover
sairve
salver
salver
noun
A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card).
One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.
One who salves or cures.
One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.
salvor
salvor
noun
One who salvages; especially, one who voluntarily assists in saving a distressed ship or its goods at sea.
sarver
savara
savers
savers
noun
plural of saver
savery
savior
savior
noun
(medicine) A child who is born to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)
A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
savors
savors
noun
plural of savor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of savor
savory
savory
adj
(figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.
Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.
Tasty, attractive to the palate.
umami, modern
noun
(American spelling) A savory snack.
Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.
savour
savour
noun
A distinctive sensation.
Pleasure; appreciation; relish.
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
The specific taste or smell of something.
verb
(intransitive) To possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality.
(transitive) To appreciate, enjoy or relish something.
(transitive, archaic) To season.
scever
scevor
screve
scrive
scrive
verb
To describe; to draw a line with a pointed tool.
scurvy
scurvy
adj
Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
noun
(pathology) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.
seaver
seavir
serval
serval
noun
A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.
served
served
verb
simple past tense and past participle of serve
server
server
noun
(Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
(computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
(computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
(tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
A spoon for serving food.
A tray for dishes.
A waitress or waiter.
serves
serves
noun
plural of serve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of serve
servet
servia
servos
servos
noun
plural of servo
servus
severe
severe
adj
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
Strict or harsh.
Very bad or intense.
severn
severn
Proper noun
A river of England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.
severo
severs
severs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sever
severy
severy
noun
(architecture) A compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
A baldacchin.
sevier
sevier
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Sevier County, Utah, USA.
sevres
shaver
shaver
noun
(colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
(slang, obsolete) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
One who shaves.
shevri
shevri
noun
Sesbania sesban, the Egyptian riverhemp.
shiver
shiver
noun
(geology) A variety of blue slate.
(medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.ᵂᵖ
(nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A spindle.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A thin slice; a shive.
A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
Collective noun for a group of sharks
The act of shivering.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
To break into splinters or fragments.
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
shover
shover
noun
(now chiefly historical) One who utters counterfeit money.
Person who shoves; a pusher.
shrave
shreve
shrive
shrive
verb
(religion, intransitive or reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
(religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
(religion, transitive) To prescribe penance or absolution.
shrove
shrove
verb
(obsolete) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide.
(obsolete, by extension) To make merry.
simple past tense of shrive
shrovy
siever
siever
noun
One who sieves.
silver
silver
adj
(of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
Made from another white metal.
Made from silver.
noun
(collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
(collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
(countable) a silver medal
(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
(uncountable) A shiny gray color.
Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
verb
To acquire a silvery colour.
To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
sivers
sivers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of siver
skiver
skiver
noun
(dialect) A skewer.
A slacker.
A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
One who uses a skive (or skives).
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
verb
(UK, dialect) To skewer, impale.
slaver
slaver
noun
(nautical) A ship used to transport slaves.
A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, or owns slaves.
A white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'.
Saliva running from the mouth; drool.
verb
(intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
(intransitive) To fawn.
(transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
To be besmeared with saliva.
sliver
sliver
noun
(US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
(regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
verb
(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
smervy
snover
soever
soever
adv
(archaic) In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:soever.
solver
solver
noun
One who or that which solves.
sovran
sovran
noun
Archaic spelling of sovereign (“ruler”).
spaver
starve
starve
verb
(intransitive) To be very hungry.
(intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
(intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
(transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
(transitive) To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
(transitive, Britain, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold; to (cause to) die from cold.
starvy
staver
stavro
sterve
stiver
stiver
noun
(historical, money) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
Anything of small value.
stover
stover
noun
Coordinate terms: straw, shaw, trash
Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
strave
strive
strive
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of strife
verb
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To vie; to compete as a rival.
strivy
strove
strove
verb
(now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of strive
simple past tense of strive
struve
suaver
suaver
adj
comparative form of suave: more suave
surovy
survey
survey
noun
(US) A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.
(historical) An auction at which a farm is let for a lease for lives.
A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
The act of surveying; a general view.
The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
verb
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry
To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
svaraj
svaraj
noun
Alternative form of swaraj
sverre
swarve
swarve
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) To swerve.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To climb.
swaver
swaver
verb
(obsolete) To decline away from.
To incline to one side; to swing.
To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued.