(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
The act of levying.
The tax, property or people so levied.
verb
(law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
To draft someone into military service.
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
To raise, as a siege.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
To wage war.
liva
live
live
adj
(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
(card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
(dated) Energetic, attentive, active.
(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
(entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
(film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
(obsolete) Vivid; bright.
(of a performance or speech) In person.
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
(programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
(sports) Still in active play.
Being in a state of ignition; burning.
Being in existence; actual.
Having active properties; being energized.
Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
Taken from a living animal.
adv
Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
Of making a performance or speech, in person.
verb
(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
(intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
(intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
(intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
(intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
(intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
(intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
(intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
(intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
(transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
(transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
livi
livy
livy
Proper noun
Titus Livius, a Roman historian
love
love
noun
(colloquial, Commonwealth) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
(euphemistic) Sexual activity.
(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
(obsolete) A thin silk material.
(racquet sports, billiards) Zero, no score.
(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
A profound and caring affection towards someone.
A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
Alternative letter-case form of Love (“personification of love”).
An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
Nothing; no recompense.
Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
verb
(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
(transitive) To need, thrive on.
(transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”)
ltvr
luvs
luvs
noun
plural of luv
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luv
lviv
lvos
lvov
marv
marv
adj
(colloquial) Marvellous, fantastic.
mcsv
mdiv
merv
mirv
mirv
verb
(transitive, military, slang) To attack with MIRV missiles.
momv
motv
move
move
noun
(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
(board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
A change in strategy.
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
The act of moving; a movement.
The event of changing one's residence.
verb
(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
(intransitive, obsolete) To bow or salute upon meeting.
(law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
(transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
(transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
(transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
(transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
(transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
(transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
mved
mvsc
nava
nava
Proper noun
A town in central Asturias, northern Spain
nave
nave
noun
(architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
(obsolete) The navel.
A hub of a wheel.
navi
navy
navy
adj
(color) Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
(military) Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
noun
(color, countable and uncountable) A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
(countable) A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
(countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
nbvm
neva
neva
adv
(African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of never.
neve
neve
noun
(rare or obsolete) A grandson.
(rare or obsolete) A male cousin.
(rare or obsolete) Nephew.
(rare) A spendthrift.
nevi
nevi
noun
plural of nevus
nevo
nkvd
nkvd
Proper noun
НКВД (Naródnyi Komissariát Vnútrennikh Del) — the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet secret police, forerunner of the KGB
nova
nova
noun
(astronomy) Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
novi
novi
noun
(slang, Tonbridge School) A new pupil.
novo
olav
olva
orva
oval
oval
adj
Having the shape of an oval.
Of or pertaining to an ovum.
noun
(Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
(mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
oven
oven
noun
A chamber used for baking or heating.
verb
(transitive) To cook in an oven (colloquial and informal usage only)
over
over
adj
Discontinued; ended or concluded.
adv
(US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
(often in compounds) To an excessive degree; overly.
From an upright position to a horizontal one.
From one position or state to another.
From one side of something to another, passing above it.
Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
Overnight (throughout the night).
Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
intj
(obsolete, slang) Short for over the left shoulder (“expressing disbelief etc.”).
(procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.
noun
(cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
(rare, dialectal or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
prep
(in certain collocations) As compared to.
(mathematics) Divided by.
(poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
Across or spanning.
Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
Concerning or regarding.
Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
In such a way as to cover.
Indicating relative status, authority, or power
More than; to a greater degree.
On top of; above; higher than; further up.
While using, especially while consuming.
verb
(UK, intransitive, dialect, obsolete) To run about.
(UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.
ovey
ovid
ovid
Proper noun
A 1st century BC Roman poet.
name of mainly historic use.
A town in Colorado.
A village in Michigan.
A town and village in New York.
ovis
ovum
ovum
noun
(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
pave
pave
verb
(Britain) To cover something with paving slabs.
(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
(transitive, figurative) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
pavo
pavy
pctv
perv
perv
noun
(slang) A pervert.
verb
(slang) To stare at others in a perverted manner, especially whilst thinking sexual thoughts about them.
potv
prev
prev
adj
Abbreviation of previous.
priv
priv
noun
(Internet slang) A private account.
(computing, informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of privilege.
prov
pulv
ravc
rave
rave
noun
(music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.
An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
verb
(obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
(obsolete) simple past tense of rive
To attend a rave (dance party).
To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.
To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
ravi
ravo
rcvr
rcvs
reva
revd
reve
revs
revs
noun
plural of rev
riva
riva
noun
A rift or cleft.
rive
rive
noun
A bank or shore.
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
verb
(intransitive) To break apart; to split.
(transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
(transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
(transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
(woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
To land.
rivi
rivo
rivo
intj
(obsolete) A drinking cry.
rivy
rnvr
rove
rove
noun
A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
The act of wandering; a ramble.
verb
(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
(obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
(transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
(transitive) To roam or wander through.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
simple past tense of reeve
simple past tense of rive
rsvp
rsvp
verb
(informal) Alternative letter-case form of RSVP
sava
save
save
conj
unless; except
noun
(baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
(informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
(professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
(role-playing games) A saving throw.
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
prep
Except; with the exception of.
verb
(Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
(baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
(reflexive, idiomatic, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
(transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
(transitive) To store for future use.
(transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
selv
serv
serv
noun
Abbreviation of server.
Abbreviation of service.
Abbreviation of serving.
seve
shiv
shiv
noun
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
verb
(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
To stab someone with a shiv.
siva
skiv
slav
solv
spiv
spiv
noun
(Britain, dated) A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits.
(Britain, dated) A slacker; one who shirks responsibility.
(Britain, dated, Scotland Yard) A low and common thief.
(Britain, historical) A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods, especially during World War II.
sstv
sstv
Noun
slow-scan television: a technique for transmitting pictures over radio
stav
surv
suva
svan
svce
svea
sven
svgs
svid
svvs
tave
tavi
tavr
tavs
tavs
noun
plural of tav
tavy
tavy
noun
A slash and burn agricultural technique used in Madagascar.
tivy
tivy
adv
With great speed; a huntsman's word or sound.
tova
tove
trav
trav
Proper noun
A diminutive form of the male given name Travis.
trev
trev
noun
(Britain, slang) An urban lower-class youth.
(New Zealand, slang) A farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke.
tver
ulva
ulva
noun
Any organism of the genus Ulva.
univ
urva
urva
noun
The crab-eating mongoose, Herpestes urva; an individual of the species.
uval
uvea
uvea
noun
(anatomy) The middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris.
uvic
uvic
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes.
uvid
uvre
vaad
vaal
vaas
vacs
vacs
noun
plural of vac
vada
vada
noun
A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
verb
(Polari) To look (at), to see
vade
vade
verb
(obsolete) To fade; to vanish.
vads
vady
vafb
vage
vagi
vagi
noun
plural of vagus
vahe
vail
vail
noun
(chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
(obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds.
(obsolete) Submission.
Archaic form of veil.
Misspelling of veil.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
(intransitive, obsolete, nautical) To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
(transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
(transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
(transitive, vexillology) To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
vain
vain
adj
Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Showy; ostentatious.
vair
vair
noun
(archaic) A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
(heraldry) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).
vaja
vala
vale
vale
intj
(usually seen in obituaries) Farewell.
noun
(chiefly poetic) A valley.
vali
vali
noun
Alternative form of wali
vall
vamp
vamp
noun
(US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
(by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
(informal) A vampire.
(music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.
Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
verb
(fiction, transitive) To turn into a vampire.
(intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
(transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
(transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
(transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
(transitive, intransitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
(transitive, intransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
(transitive, intransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
(transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
vane
vane
noun
(navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
(weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
A weather vane.
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
vang
vang
noun
(nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
verb
(dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
(dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.
(sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
vani
vano
vans
vans
noun
plural of van
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of van
vara
vara
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m².
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.