(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Of heaven; heavenly.
adv
(archaic) In addition.
(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
Above zero; above freezing.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
Higher in rank, power, or position.
Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
Into or from heaven; in the sky.
More in number.
noun
(archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
Heaven.
Higher authority.
Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
prep
(Scotland) In addition to; besides.
(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
(theater) Upstage of.
Beyond; on the other side.
Farther north than.
Higher in rank, status, or position.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
In preference to.
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
aevia
aevum
aevum
noun
(Scholastic philosophy) The temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be unchanging.
agave
agave
noun
A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.
Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
Having life; living; not dead.
In a state of action; in force or operation; existent.
Sprightly; lively; brisk.
Susceptible, sensitive; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy.
alver
alves
alvie
amove
amove
verb
(law) To dismiss from an office or station.
(obsolete) To set in motion; to stir up, excite.
To remove (a person or thing) from a position.
amvet
arvel
arvel
noun
Alternative spelling of arval
arvie
arvie
noun
(Australia, informal) Afternoon.
avale
avale
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
(transitive, obsolete) To bring low; to abase.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
avell
avena
avens
avens
noun
A plant of the genus Dryas.
A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
aveny
avera
averi
avern
avers
avers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aver
avert
avert
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To turn away.
(transitive) To turn aside or away.
(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
avery
avery
Proper noun
name, today often transferred back from the surname.
name of modern usage.
avice
aview
aview
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To survey, observe; (loosely), to view.
avile
avile
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
avine
avner
avoke
avoke
verb
(obsolete) To call from or back again.
avoue
avowe
awave
awave
adj
waving
beeve
beeve
noun
A beef; a beef creature.
behav
belva
belve
bevan
bevel
bevel
adj
(obsolete, figurative) Morally distorted; not upright.
Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
noun
(gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
verb
(transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.
bever
bever
noun
(now rare, archaic) A snack or light refreshment between meals.
A drink.
A mixture of cider and water.
A time for drinking.
Alternative spelling of bevor
Obsolete form of beaver.
verb
(intransitive) To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.
(obsolete) To take a light repast between meals.
bevil
bevin
bevis
bevon
bevor
bevor
noun
(historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
bevue
bevus
bevvy
bevvy
noun
(Britain, Ireland, slang) Alcoholic beverage.
verb
(Britain, Ireland, slang, intransitive) To get drunk
bhave
bovet
bovey
brave
brave
adj
(UK, euphemistic) Foolish or unwise.
(obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
Making a fine show or display.
Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
noun
(dated) A Native American warrior.
(obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
(obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
verb
(transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.
(transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.
breva
breve
breve
noun
(law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
(music) A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
(orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
(zoology) A pitta, all of which have more or less short tails.
An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream
brevi
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)
carve
carve
noun
(obsolete) A carucate.
The act of carving
verb
(archaic) To cut.
(figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
(snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
To cut meat in order to serve it.
To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
cavae
cavea
caved
caved
verb
past participle of cave
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”)
caver
caver
noun
(mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.
A person who explores caves.
caves
caves
noun
plural of cave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cave
cavey
cavie
cavie
noun
(UK, dialect) A chicken coop.
chave
chave
abbrev
(West Country, obsolete) I have
cheve
cheve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, dialect) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.
chevy
chevy
noun
(countable) A cry used in hunting.
(countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
(uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.
verb
(intransitive) To scurry.
(transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy
(transitive) To chase or hunt.
(transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
chive
chive
noun
(Trinidad and Tobago, dialect) The spring onion; The green onion; the scallion.
(in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
(obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.
(thieves' cant) A file.
(thieves' cant) A knife.
(thieves' cant) A saw.
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
verb
(thieves' cant) To cut.
(thieves' cant) To stab.
civet
civet
noun
(countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
(countable, US) Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.
(uncountable) The musky perfume produced by the animal.
Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae
civie
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
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.
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
corve
corve
noun
Alternative form of corf
couve
coved
coved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cove
covel
coven
coven
noun
A clique that shares common interests or activities.
A family, group or assembly of vampires.
A formal group or assembly of witches.
cover
cover
adj
(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
noun
(combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
(construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
(dated) A swindler's confederate.
(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
(law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
A cover charge.
A lid.
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
The top sheet of a bed.
verb
(chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
(intransitive) To act as a replacement.
(intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
(military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
(music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
(of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
(sports) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
(transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
To be enough money for.
To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
To deal with or include someone or something.
To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
To provide insurance coverage for.
To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
coves
coves
noun
plural of cove
covet
covet
verb
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
covey
covey
noun
(Britain, slang, dated) A man.
A brood of partridges, grouse, etc.
A group of 8–12 (or more) quail.
A party or group (of persons or things).
Coordinate terms: flock, gaggle, host
verb
(intransitive) To brood; to incubate.
crave
crave
noun
(law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
verb
(transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
(transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
(transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
cueva
curve
curve
adj
(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
noun
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
verb
(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
(transitive) To bend; to crook.
(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
(transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
cuvee
cuvee
noun
Alternative form of cuvée
daeva
daeva
noun
(Zoroastrianism) A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.
daven
daven
verb
(intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
daver
davey
davey
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given name David.
derived from David.
davie
deave
delve
delve
noun
(now rare) A pit or den.
verb
(intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.
(transitive, intransitive) To dig; to excavate.
(transitive, intransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
deriv
derve
deval
devan
devan
verb
(transitive) To unload (goods) from a container.
devas
devas
noun
plural of deva
devel
devel
noun
(Scotland) Alternative spelling of devvel
dever
devex
devex
adj
Bending down; sloping.
devil
devil
name
(theology) The chief devil; Satan.
noun
(cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
(cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
(dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
(euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
(folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
(nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam.: The seam between garboard strake and the keel (a seam on wooden boats)
(theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
A Tasmanian devil.
A dust devil.
A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works".
A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
verb
To annoy or bother.
To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
devin
devol
devon
devon
noun
(Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.
devot
devow
devow
verb
(obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
(obsolete) To give up; to devote.
dived
dived
verb
past participle of dive (jump head-first)
simple past tense and past participle of dive (scuba diving)
divel
divel
noun
(dialect or archaic) Alternative spelling of devil
verb
(obsolete) To rend apart.
diver
diver
noun
(UK, Ireland) loon (bird)
(UK, London, dated) A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
(slang, obsolete) pickpocket
(sports) A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.
Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
The New Zealand sand diver.
The long-finned sand diver.
dives
dives
noun
plural of dive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dive
divet
divet
noun
Alternative form of divot
djave
doven
doven
verb
(dialectal) past participle of dive
Alternative form of daven
dover
doves
doves
noun
plural of dove
dovev
dovey
dowve
drave
drave
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of drive
drive
drive
noun
(American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
(baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
(golf) A stroke made with a driver.
(military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
(psychology) Desire or interest.
(retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
(soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
(typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
A driveway.
A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
A type of public roadway.
An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
verb
(American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
(intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
(intransitive) To move forcefully.
(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
(intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
(mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
(obsolete) To distrain for rent.
(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
(transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
(transitive) To cause to become.
(transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
(transitive) To compel (to do something).
(transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
(transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
(transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
(transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
(transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
(transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
(transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft).
To be the dominant party in a sex act.
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
drove
drove
noun
(collective) A group of hares.
(figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove road.
The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
verb
(transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
simple past tense of drive
duvet
duvet
noun
(Britain, New Zealand, US) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
(US) Short for duvet cover.
eaved
eaved
adj
Having eaves (of a specified number or kind).
eaver
eaves
eaves
noun
(architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
(by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.
plural of eave
ediva
edveh
eleva
eleve
eleve
noun
(obsolete) A pupil or student.
elevs
elvah
elvan
elvan
adj
(mining) Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
(uncommon) Elven, elfin, pertaining to elves.
noun
(mining) The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.
elver
elver
noun
A young eel.
elves
elves
noun
plural of elf
plural of elve
elvet
elvia
elvie
elvin
elvin
noun
(Kent) Alternative spelling of elven (“an elm”) (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra))
elvis
elvis
Proper noun
name, possibly derived from the surname Elwes.
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.
Noun
An impersonator of Elvis Presley.
elvyn
emove
emove
verb
(archaic, poetic, transitive) To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
enver
envoi
envoi
noun
(poetry) A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
envoy
envoy
noun
(law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
(poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”)