(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
carvel
carvel
noun
(nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); (obsolete) A jellyfish (Medusozoa).
cavell
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
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
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.
cliver
cliver
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) clever
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
coeval
coeval
adj
Of the same age; contemporary.
noun
Somebody of the same age.
Something of the same era.
colove
colver
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.
curvle
pelvic
pelvic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis
noun
a pelvic examination
pelvic fin
revloc
scavel
scovel
scovel
noun
(dialect) A mop for sweeping ovens.
vachel
velcro
velcro
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Velcro
velick
veloce
veloce
adv
(music) (To be played) with great rapidity.
vocule
vocule
noun
(phonetics) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as when separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.