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.
alvah
alvan
alvar
alvar
noun
(geology) A limestone pavement.
alver
alves
alvia
alvie
alvin
alvis
alvus
anvil
anvil
noun
(anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.
(meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
verb
(transitive, often figurative) To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.
arval
arval
noun
(Lancashire) The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.
(Scotland and Northern England, now rare) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
(rare, chiefly historical) The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture.
arvel
arvel
noun
Alternative spelling of arval
arvol
auvil
avail
avail
noun
(Britain, acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
(US, politics, journalism) A press avail.
(now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
(television, advertising) An advertising slot or package.
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
verb
(India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
(transitive) To be of service to.
(transitive) To promote; to assist.
(transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.
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
avila
avile
avile
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
avlis
avril
belva
calva
calva
noun
(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.
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
clova
deval
duval
duval
Proper noun
of origin, for someone who lived in a valley.
eleva
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.
elvia
favel
favel
adj
yellow or dun in colour
noun
(obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit
A horse of a favel or dun colour.
flavo
galva
galvo
galvo
noun
(informal) galvanometer
gavel
gavel
noun
(Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.
(historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.
(historical) Rent.
(metonymically, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.
(obsolete) Usury; interest on money.
A mason's setting maul.
A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
verb
(transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
To use a gavel.
gavle
glave
glave
noun
Alternative form of glaive
golva
halva
halva
noun
A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
halve
halve
verb
(architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
(golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.
(transitive) To divide into two halves.
(transitive) To make up half of.
(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
halvy
havel
havel
Proper noun
A river in Germany.
javel
javel
noun
(obsolete) A vagabond.
kalvn
kavla
kolva
koval
laevo
laevo
adj
(chemistry) Alternative form of levo (“levorotatory”)
larva
larva
noun
(figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
An animal in the aforementioned stage.
An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
larve
larve
noun
Dated form of larva.
laval
laval
Proper noun
A placename
A city in France, the prefecture of the department of Mayenne.
The second largest city in Quebec, a province of Canada
Île Jésus, an island in Quebec, where the city of Laval is located; form of
originating from France
lavas
lavas
noun
plural of lava
laved
laved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lave
laven
laver
laver
noun
A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
One who laves: a washer.
Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Porphyra vulgaris
That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
laves
laves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lave
lavic
lavic
adj
lavatic
lavon
leave
leave
noun
(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
(dated or law) Permission.
(dated) Farewell, departure.
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
verb
(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
(intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
(intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
(obsolete) To raise; to levy.
(transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
(transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
To let be or do without interference.
leavy
leavy
adj
Archaic form of leafy.
levan
levan
noun
A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.
livia
loave
lovat
lovat
adj
Of a dusty blue-green colour.
noun
A dusty blue-green colour.
lulav
lulav
noun
(in Jewish ritual) A festive bouquet of willow, palm and myrtle
malva
malva
noun
A plant of the genus Malva, a mallow.
melva
naval
naval
adj
(nautical) Of or relating to a navy.
(nautical) Of or relating to ships in general.
navel
navel
noun
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
(historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
A navel orange.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
nival
nival
adj
(botany) Found or thriving in snowy conditions.
Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats).
nvlap
olavo
oliva
oliva
noun
(anatomy) olivary body
ollav
ollav
noun
Alternative form of ollamh
olvan
oslav
ovalo
ovals
ovals
noun
plural of oval
ovula
ovula
noun
plural of ovulum
pavel
pavla
ravel
ravel
noun
(also figuratively) A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.
(figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.
A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle.
verb
(also figuratively) Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
(also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
(archaic or obsolete) To become entangled or snarled.
(archaic) Often followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
(obsolete) To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
(programming) In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
reval
reval
noun
(travel, aviation, informal) A revalidated ticket.
rival
rival
adj
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
noun
(obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
verb
(transitive) To oppose or compete with.
To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
salva
salve
salve
intj
Hail; a greeting.
noun
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
verb
(dated) To salvage.
(obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
(obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
(obsolete, astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
(transitive) To calm or assuage.
(transitive) To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
salvo
salvo
noun
(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
The combined cheers of a crowd.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.
salvy
saval
savil
sclav
selva
selva
noun
Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
silva
silva
noun
(forestry) The forest trees of a particular area
slave
slave
noun
(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.
(engineering, computing, photography) A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
(figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
(figuratively) An abject person.
(figuratively) One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
verb
(intransitive) To work hard.
(transitive) To place a device under the control of another.
To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
slavi
slavs
sylva
sylva
noun
Alternative spelling of silva
tavel
ulvan
ulvan
noun
Any of a class of sulfated polysaccharides found in the cell wall of the green alga Ulva pertusa.
ulvas
ulvas
noun
plural of ulva
uvala
uvala
noun
(geology) A closed karst depression, a terrain form usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.
uveal
uveal
adj
Of or pertaining to the uvea
uvula
uvula
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula.: the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing
(anatomy) the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate
(music) an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper
vacla
vagal
vagal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
vails
vails
noun
plural of vail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vail
vakil
vakil
noun
(South Asia) A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador.
valda
valer
vales
vales
noun
plural of vale
valet
valet
noun
(US) A person employed to clean or park cars.
(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.
A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
verb
(transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet.
(transitive, US) To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.
(transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
valew
valid
valid
adj
(Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
(logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
(logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
valle
valli
vallo
vally
vally
noun
Obsolete spelling of valley
valma
valmy
valor
valor
noun
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
Value; worth.
valry
valsa
valse
valse
noun
Archaic form of waltz.
value
value
noun
(art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
(in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
(mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
(music) The relative duration of a musical note.
(obsolete) Esteem; regard.
(obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.
(uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
Precise meaning; import.
That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
verb
To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
To hold dear.
To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
valva
valva
noun
A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.
valve
valve
noun
(Britain) A vacuum tube.
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction
(biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
(biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
(botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
(botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.
verb
(transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.
valyl
valyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from valine.
vasal
vasal
adj
Relating to a vessel (of the body)
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of vassal
vault
vault
noun
(computing) An encrypted digital archive.
(equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
(figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
(gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
(gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
(gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
(obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
(obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
(often figurative) Any archive of past content.
An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
Any arched ceiling or roof.
Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
Any cellar or underground storeroom.
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
verb
(transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
(transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.
veals
veals
noun
plural of veal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of veal
vealy
vealy
adj
Immature.
Resembling veal.
velal
velal
adj
(phonetics) velar
velar
velar
adj
(mycology) Referring to a veil or velum.
(phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
noun
(phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate
velda
vella
velma
velva
velva
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
venal
venal
adj
(archaic) For sale; available for purchase.
(of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.
Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
Venous; pertaining to veins.
verla
vials
vials
noun
plural of vial
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vial
vidal
vilas
vilas
noun
plural of vila
villa
villa
noun
(Ancient Rome, plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
(UK, plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street.
(plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.