(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
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.
civile
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.
clever
clever
adj
(UK, colloquial) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
(US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.
(anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
(obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.
(obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.
(of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
Mentally quick and resourceful.
Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
Skilled at achieving what one wants, especially via unusual methods.
Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
cleves
cleves
noun
plural of cleve
clevey
clevie
clevis
clevis
noun
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
clival
clival
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clivus.
cliver
cliver
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) clever
clivia
clivia
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa.
clivis
clivis
noun
(music) A neume representing two notes descending.
clivus
clivus
noun
(anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
(historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.
clovah
cloven
cloven
adj
Split, sundered, or divided.
verb
past participle of cleave
clover
clover
noun
(cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
cloves
cloves
noun
plural of clove
clovis
clovis
Proper noun
name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
A US city in central northeastern New Mexico
A US city in California.
A particular site that contains evidence of an early Native American culture.
coeval
coeval
adj
Of the same age; contemporary.
noun
Somebody of the same age.
Something of the same era.
colove
colver
colvin
covell
covelo
culver
culver
noun
(now UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
curval
curvle
cylvia
flavic
lovich
pelvic
pelvic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis
noun
a pelvic examination
pelvic fin
pulvic
revloc
scavel
scovel
scovel
noun
(dialect) A mop for sweeping ovens.
slavic
sylvic
vachel
vachil
vaclav
vacual
vacual
adj
Relating to a vacuum or void.
vascla
velcro
velcro
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Velcro
velick
veloce
veloce
adv
(music) (To be played) with great rapidity.
victal
vocals
vocals
noun
(music) The words of a song together with other sounds sung by a vocalist
plural of vocal
vocule
vocule
noun
(phonetics) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as when separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.