(anatomy) the calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull
calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy
calve
calve
verb
(intransitive) to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
(intransitive) to give birth to a calf
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off
(transitive) to give birth to (a calf)
(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
calvo
caval
caval
adj
Relating to the vena cava
cavel
cavel
noun
(dialectal) A horse's bit.
(obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.
(obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.
(obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
(obsolete) A gag.
Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”)
cavil
cavil
noun
A petty or trivial objection or criticism.
verb
(intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
civil
civil
adj
(archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
(law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
(not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
Secular.
clava
clava
noun
(entomology) The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.
Synonym of gracile tubercle
clave
clave
noun
(music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
singular of claves
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of cleave
clavi
clavi
noun
plural of clavus
clavy
clavy
noun
(architecture) A mantelpiece.
cleva
cleve
cleve
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A cottage.
(now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber.
(obsolete) A cliff or hillside.
clive
clive
noun
Burdock or agrimony.
verb
(intransitive) To climb; ascend.
(transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
clova
clove
clove
noun
(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
(geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
(horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
(uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
verb
simple past tense of cleave
clyve
covel
lavic
lavic
adj
lavatic
sclav
vacla
velic
velic
adj
Of the velum.
vlach
vlach
Noun
A Wallachian.
A Romanian.
Any member of an Eastern Romance speaking group, including Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, and Istro-Romanians.
Any member of a Polish ethnographic group (subgroup of Silesians) living around the towns of Cieszyn and Skoczów
vocal
vocal
adj
(anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
(music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
(phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
Full of voices.
Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
Synonym of expressive.
Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
noun
(Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
(acting) A musical performance involving singing.
(music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
(phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.