(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
verb
(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
(transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
To increase (a number or amount).
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
advects
advects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advect
advices
advices
noun
(obsolete or programming) plural of advice
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
avicide
avicide
noun
Any substance used to kill birds.
avocado
avocado
adj
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
noun
(color, chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
cadaver
cadaver
noun
A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
cavated
cavidae
caviled
cervoid
cervoid
adj
Characteristic of deer or other cervids
chevied
chevied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chevy
chivied
chivied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivy
cleaved
cleaved
adj
Cleft or cloven.
codrive
codrive
verb
To drive (a vehicle, a project, etc.) jointly with somebody else.
codrove
codrove
verb
simple past tense of codrive
cordova
corvoid
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.
covered
covered
adj
(dated) Wearing one's hat.
(figuratively) Prepared for, or having dealt with, some matter
(poker) Than whom another player has more money available for betting.
Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cover
coveted
coveted
adj
Highly sought-after.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of covet
davidic
davidic
Adjective
Of, or relating to the Biblical King David and his descendants.
deceive
deceive
verb
(transitive) To trick or mislead.
declive
decurve
devance
devchar
devices
devices
noun
plural of device
devinct
devoice
devoice
verb
(transitive, Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
(transitive, phonetics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords
devonic
divorce
divorce
noun
(obsolete) That which separates.
(zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
A separation of connected things.
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
verb
(intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
(transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
(transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
(transitive) To separate something that was connected.
dovecot
dovecot
noun
Alternative form of dovecote
durovic
educive
educive
adj
That educes.
evected
evicted
evicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evict
evinced
evinced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evince
mcdavid
medevac
medevac
noun
A vehicle, typically aircraft, used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility.
The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility.
Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility.
verb
(transitive) To transport (patients) by medevac.
ovicide
ovicide
noun
Any substance designed to kill eggs, especially the eggs of insects.
oviduct
oviduct
noun
(anatomy) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
scarved
scarved
adj
Wearing a scarf.
scrived
scrived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrive
vacandi
vacated
vacated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vacate
vanadic
vanadic
adj
Of or pertaining to vanadium, especially to vanadium with an oxidation number of 5.
vendace
vendace
noun
Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
verdict
verdict
noun
(law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
An opinion or judgement.
veridic
veridic
adj
veridical
viaduct
viaduct
noun
(transport) A bridge with several spans that carries road or rail traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
vidicon
vidicon
noun
A device in a television camera that forms an image composed of varying charges on a photoconductive surface
vidovic
vindict
viscoid
vocoder
vocoder
noun
Any of several electronic or digital devices or systems for the analysis and/or synthesis of speech.
verb
(transitive) To analyse or synthesize (speech) by means of a vocoder.