(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
alcova
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
alevin
alevin
noun
Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.
alives
alleve
allvar
alvada
alvaro
alvera
alveta
alveus
alveus
noun
(construction, law) The bed or channel of a river, specifically that followed by the river flowing in its natural or ordinary course.
(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
alvina
alvine
alvine
adj
Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
alvino
alvira
alviso
alviss
alvita
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
alvito
alvord
analav
anvils
anvils
noun
plural of anvil
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anvil
arvell
avails
avails
noun
plural of avail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avail
avalon
avelin
avella
aveloz
aveloz
noun
The African tree Euphorbia tirucalli.
avenal
avenel
averil
averyl
avidly
avidly
adv
In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
avilla
avital
avital
adj
Relating to a grandfather or ancestor.
avlona
avowal
avowal
noun
An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
avulse
avulse
verb
(medicine) To tear off forcibly.
barvel
belvia
bivial
bivial
adj
Of or relating to the bivium.
blaver
calved
calved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calve
calver
calver
adj
Of salmon: freshly caught.
noun
A cow that produces young.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
calves
calves
noun
plural of calf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calve
calvin
calvin
Proper noun
of French and Spanish origin, notably borne by John Calvin, French Protestant theologian
name derived from the surname; used especially by nonconformist families
calvus
carval
carvel
carvel
noun
(nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); (obsolete) A jellyfish (Medusozoa).
carvol
carvol
noun
(organic chemistry) One of a species of aromatic oils resembling carvacrol.
carvyl
cavell
cavill
cavils
cavils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavil
chavel
chavel
noun
(obsolete) The jaw, especially of an animal.
verb
(transitive, UK, dialectal) To chew.
cheval
cheval
noun
(obsolete) Only in compounds : a horse; hence, a support or frame.
clavae
claval
claval
adj
Relating to the clava
clavel
claver
claver
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
Obsolete form of clover.
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To gossip or chit-chat.
claves
claves
noun
(music) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.
plural of clavis
clavis
clavis
noun
(archaeology) A Roman key.
(taxonomy) A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
A device for restraint of the hands.
A glossary.
clavus
clavus
noun
A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
cleave
cleave
noun
(technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
verb
(intransitive) To split.
(intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
(intransitive, rare) Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
(transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
(transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
(transitive, chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
(transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
clival
clival
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clivus.
clivia
clivia
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa.
clovah
coeval
coeval
adj
Of the same age; contemporary.
noun
Somebody of the same age.
Something of the same era.
curval
cylvia
devall
devall
noun
(Scotland) A stop.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To cease.
devaul
divali
duvall
eluvia
elvera
elvina
elvira
elvita
evalue
evalyn
evipal
favela
favela
noun
A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil
flavia
flavic
flavid
flavid
adj
(zoology) yellow
flavin
flavin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
flavio
flavor
flavor
noun
(archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
(informal) A kind or type.
(particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
The characteristic quality of something.
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
verb
(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.
foveal
foveal
adj
Of or pertaining to the fovea.
fulvia
galvan
galven
galvin
gavall
gavels
gavels
noun
plural of gavel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gavel
gavial
gavial
noun
The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae.
ghalva
glaive
glaive
noun
(historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.
(loosely or poetic, archaic) A sword, particularly a broadsword.
(obsolete, historical) A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
glaver
glaver
verb
(obsolete) To flatter; to wheedle.
(obsolete) To prate; to jabber; to babble.
glavin
gleave
gravel
gravel
noun
(rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.
(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
(uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
(uncountable, cycling) gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike
(uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.
A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
verb
(transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.
To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
To puzzle or annoy.
To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
halevi
halevy
halvah
halvas
halvas
noun
plural of halva
halved
halved
adj
(botany) Appearing as if one side were cut away.
Divided into halves.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halve
halver
halver
noun
(plural only) sharing in halves
a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
halves
halves
noun
plural of half
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halve
harvel
huelva
javali
javali
noun
A kind of light love song in Carnatic music.
javler
jonval
jovial
jovial
adj
(comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
(not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
kaleva
kalvin
karval
larvae
larvae
noun
plural of larva
larval
larval
adj
(disease) Undeveloped, latent.
Being a larva.
Characteristic of larvae.
Having the form or shape of a larva.
Of or relating to a larva or larvae.
larvas
lative
lative
noun
(grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.
latvia
lavabo
lavabo
noun
(Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
(Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
(architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
(humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
lavada
lavage
lavage
noun
(medicine) A washing of a hollow organ.
A washing.
verb
(medicine) To wash a hollow organ
lavant
lavant
noun
(UK dialectal) A shallow or more or less intermittent spring.
(UK dialectal) A violent flow or rush of water.
lavash
lavash
noun
A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East.
laveen
laveer
laveer
verb
(nautical, obsolete) To beat against the wind; to tack.
lavehr
lavena
lavern
lavers
lavers
noun
plural of laver
lavery
laveta
lavina
lavine
laving
laving
noun
The act by which something is laved or washed.
verb
present participle of lave
lavish
lavish
adj
(obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
Superabundant; excessive.
noun
(obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
verb
(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
lavoie
lavona
leaved
leaved
adj
(chiefly in combination, sometimes heraldry) Having a leaf, leaves or folds
verb
Obsolete form of left.
simple past tense and past participle of leave (in the sense "to produce leaves or foliage")
leaven
leaven
noun
(figurative) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
verb
(transitive) To add a leavening agent.
(transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
(transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
(transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
To rise or become larger.
leaver
leaver
noun
(UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of Leaver
One who leaves.
leaves
leaves
noun
plural of leaf
plural of leave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leave
leavis
lekvar
lekvar
noun
A sweet spread made from apricots or prunes.
levade
levana
levana
Proper noun
An Ancient Roman goddess involved in rituals relating to childbirth.
levant
levant
adj
(heraldry) Rising, of an animal.
(law) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
(poetic) Eastern.
noun
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
verb
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.