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
belve
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.
bevil
bovld
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.
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
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
deval
devel
devel
noun
(Scotland) Alternative spelling of devvel
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.
devol
divel
divel
noun
(dialect or archaic) Alternative spelling of devil
verb
(obsolete) To rend apart.
duval
duval
Proper noun
of origin, for someone who lived in a valley.
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
ervil
ervil
noun
bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).
evils
evils
noun
(slang) the evil eye
plural of evil
favel
favel
adj
yellow or dun in colour
noun
(obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit
A horse of a favel or dun colour.
flavo
fulvi
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
glove
glove
noun
(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
A baseball mitt.
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
verb
(baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
(cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.
(transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
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.
helve
helve
noun
A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
verb
(transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
hovel
hovel
noun
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
verb
(transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.
(transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
javel
javel
noun
(obsolete) A vagabond.
kalvn
kavla
kevel
kevel
noun
(nautical) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
A gazelle.
A stonemason's hammer.
Alternative form of cavel (“gag”)
kevil
kevil
noun
(nautical) A sturdy belaying-pin for the heavier cables of a ship.
kleve
kolva
koval
kovil
kovil
noun
(Hinduism) A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
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.
levee
levee
noun
(US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
(US) The border of an irrigated field.
(US) The steep bank of a river.
(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
A reception of visitors held after getting up.
An elevated geographical feature.
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
verb
(US, transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
(transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.
level
level
adj
(phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
(physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
Calm.
In the same position or rank.
Straightforward; direct; clear.
The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
Unvaried in frequency.
Unvaried in volume.
Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
noun
(Britain) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
(Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
(computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
(role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.
(video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
A floor of a multi-storey building.
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
Achievement or qualification.
Degree or amount.
verb
(figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
(role-playing games, video games) To progress to the next level.
(sports) To make the score of a game equal.
(usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
leven
leven
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of levin (“lightning”).
verb
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of leaven
lever
lever
adv
(obsolete) Rather.
noun
(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
(mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
(mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
(obsolete, except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.
(rare) A levee.
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
verb
(chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
(figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
(figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
(transitive) To move with a lever.
levet
levet
noun
(obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
levey
levin
levin
noun
(archaic, poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
levir
levir
noun
A husband's brother.
levis
levit
levon
lieve
lived
lived
adj
(in combination) Having a specified duration of life.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of live
liven
liven
verb
(obsolete) plural simple present of live
(transitive, intransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
liver
liver
adj
Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
comparative form of live: more live
noun
(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
(obsolete chemistry) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
lives
lives
noun
plural of life
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of live
livia
livid
livid
adj
(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.
Having a dark, bluish appearance.
Pale, pallid.
livor
livor
noun
(obsolete) Malice.
(pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
livre
livre
noun
(historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
(historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.
livvi
livvy
livvy
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Olivia.
loave
lovat
lovat
adj
Of a dusty blue-green colour.
noun
A dusty blue-green colour.
loved
loved
adj
Being the object of love.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of love
lovee
lovee
noun
One who is loved; a recipient of love.
lovel
lover
lover
noun
(West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
A person who loves something.
A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
Obsolete form of louver.
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
loves
loves
noun
plural of love
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of love
lovey
lovey
noun
(UK) An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like).
A baby's toy, blanket, or other object of affection
lovie
lovie
noun
(UK) Alternative form of lovey (“term of address”)
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
molvi
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.
nevel
nevil
nevil
Proper noun
a variant of Neville.
name transferred from the surname.
nival
nival
adj
(botany) Found or thriving in snowy conditions.
Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats).
novel
novel
adj
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
noun
(classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
nvlap
olavo
oliva
oliva
noun
(anatomy) olivary body
olive
olive
adj
Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
noun
(UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
(cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
(neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).