(literature) A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
(literature, by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
availment
availment
noun
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
avalanche
avalanche
noun
(by extension) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
verb
(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.
(transitive) To propel downward like an avalanche.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
avengeful
avengeful
adj
(obsolete) vengeful
avenolith
aventails
aventails
noun
plural of aventail
aventayle
avilement
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
bainville
barneveld
believing
believing
noun
Belief.
The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
verb
present participle of believe
bernville
bevelling
bevelling
noun
A bevel, a bevelled facet.
verb
present participle of bevel
bevelment
bevelment
noun
(mineralogy) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
bevillain
bienville
bienville
Proper noun
a village in Louisiana, USA, which was named after the parish.
a commune in the department of northern France.
bivalence
bivalence
noun
The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
bivalency
bivalency
noun
The quality of being bivalent.
bivalents
bivalents
noun
plural of bivalent
biventral
biventral
adj
Having two bellies
digastric
bivoltine
bivoltine
adj
(biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
noun
(biology) A bivoltine organism.
bondslave
bondslave
noun
One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
bondville
boneville
boonville
bovenland
calavance
calavance
noun
Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
Food made from beans.
calverton
calvinize
calvinize
Verb
To convert to Calvinism.
canaveral
cervuline
chevaline
chevronel
chevronel
noun
(heraldry) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.
civilness
civilness
noun
The state or quality of being civil.
clavering
clavering
verb
present participle of claver
cleavland
cleveland
cleveland
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
A large city in the U.S. state of Ohio
a city in Tennessee, USA
A former county in northeast England bordering North Yorkshire and County Durham, created in 1974 from parts of those two counties (mainly the County Borough of Teesside) and abolished in 1996.
clevenger
coinvolve
concavely
concavely
adv
In a concave manner.
conclaves
conclaves
noun
plural of conclave
conferval
convolute
convolute
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.
Convoluted.
verb
(transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
(transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
convolved
convolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolve
convolves
convolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convolve
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
convulses
convulses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convulse
cornville
covalence
covalence
noun
(chemistry) A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
(chemistry) The number of electrons that a particular atom can share (and therefore the number of covalent bonds it can form)
covalency
covalency
noun
(chemistry) Alternative spelling of covalence
covelline
covelline
noun
(mineralogy) covellite
covenable
covenable
Adjective
fit; proper; suitable
covenably
covenably
Adverb
fitly; suitably
culverins
culverins
noun
plural of culverin
dansville
deanville
decalvant
declivent
delavigne
devaluing
devaluing
noun
devaluation
verb
present participle of devalue
devilkins
devilkins
noun
plural of devilkin
devilling
devilling
noun
(law) The pupillage of a prospective advocate or barrister.
verb
present participle of devil
devilment
devilment
noun
(often humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
Something cleverly constructed.
Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
devolving
devolving
verb
present participle of devolve
divalence
divalence
noun
(chemistry) The condition of being divalent
divellent
divellent
adj
(obsolete) drawing asunder
divelling
divinable
divinable
adj
That can be guessed.
driveline
driveline
noun
(automotive) The drivetrain minus the engine and transmission
The powertrain in general
driveling
driveling
noun
Foolish talk.
verb
present participle of drivel
dunaville
dunnville
edenville
elevating
elevating
verb
present participle of elevate
elevation
elevation
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
elevenses
elevenses
noun
(Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.
elevenths
elevenths
noun
plural of eleventh
elvanitic
elvanitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral elvanite.
enclaving
enclaving
verb
present participle of enclave
endleaves
endleaves
noun
plural of endleaf
enlivened
enlivened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enliven
enlivener
enlivener
noun
That which enlivens.
enslavers
enslavers
noun
plural of enslaver
enslaving
enslaving
noun
An enslavement.
verb
present participle of enslave
enveloped
enveloped
adj
(heraldry) Entwined, as with snakes, laurels, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of envelop
enveloper
enveloper
noun
Something which envelops
envelopes
envelopes
noun
plural of envelope
enventual
envermeil
envermeil
verb
(obsolete, transitive, poetic) To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.
enviously
enviously
adv
in an envious manner or to an envious degree
environal
envolupen
envyingly
envyingly
adv
In an envying manner
equvalent
euflavine
evadingly
evadingly
adv
So as to evade; evasively.
evangelia
evangelic
evangelic
adj
evangelical
evangelin
evansdale
evasional
evenblush
evenfalls
evenfalls
noun
plural of evenfall
evenglome
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
eventless
eventless
adj
Without events; uneventful.
evidently
evidently
adv
(obsolete) In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
(proscribed) apparently
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
evildoing
evildoing
noun
An evil or wicked act, especially a crime.
evincible
evincible
adj
Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.
evincibly
evincibly
adv
In an evincible manner.
eviternal
eviternal
adj
(obsolete) eternal; everlasting
evolution
evolution
noun
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
(chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
(chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
(mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
(military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
(now rare) The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
(obsolete) A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
evulsions
evulsions
noun
plural of evulsion
exsolving
exsolving
verb
present participle of exsolve
fennville
fervently
fervently
adv
In a fervent manner.
flavanone
flavanone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of flavonoid ketones, many of which occur in nature as glycosides
galvanise
galvanise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of galvanize
galvanize
galvanize
verb
(archaic) To electrify.
(chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
(figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
(historical, US) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.
To coat with rust-resistant zinc.
galvayned
galveston
galveston
Proper noun
A coastal city located on and in Texas, United States, which is the county seat of
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gavelling
gavelling
verb
present participle of gavel
genitival
genitival
adj
(grammar) Having genitive form; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case
noun
(grammar) A genitive.
glanville
glavering
glavering
verb
present participle of glaver
glendover
glenlivet
glenville
glenville
Proper noun
a village in County Ireland.
a hamlet in township, Ontario, Canada.
communities in and Nova Scotia, Canada.
an unincorporated community in Alabama, USA.
a neighbourhood and CDP in Connecticut, USA.
a ghost town in Delaware, USA, abandoned in 2004 after flooding.
a small city in Minnesota, USA.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
an unincorporated area in North Carolina, USA, formerly a town which is now under Lake Glenville.
a neighbourhood in Ohio, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in West Virginia, USA
gnesdilov
governail
governail
noun
(archaic) That which steers a nautical vessel; a rudder or a person employing it.
grandeval
granville
granville
Proper noun
name, transferred use of the surname.
A village in Northern Ireland, UK.
A commune in the Manche department of France.
A village in Illinois.
A town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, now defunct
A city in Iowa.
A Free Village in Jamaica.
A town in Massachusetts.
A town and a village in New York.
A city in North Dakota.
A village in Ohio.
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
graveling
graveling
noun
Alternative form of gravelling
greenvale
grenville
groveland
groveland
Proper noun
definition
groveling
groveling
verb
(US) present participle of grovel
hahnville
halverson
hansville
havenless
havenless
adj
Without a haven.
heavenful
heavenful
noun
skyful
helvellyn
helvetian
helvetian
Adjective
From the ancient country of Helvetia
Swiss, from Switzerland
Noun
Someone from the ancient country of Helvetia
Swiss, someone from Switzerland
helvidian
heuvelton
hovelling
hovelling
noun
A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.