(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.
admove
admove
verb
(obsolete) To move or conduct to or toward.
adviso
adviso
noun
(obsolete) An advice boat or dispatch boat.
(obsolete) An advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
advoke
advoke
verb
To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
alcova
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
alvaro
alvino
alviso
alvito
alvord
amoved
amoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amove
andevo
avalon
aveiro
aveloz
aveloz
noun
The African tree Euphorbia tirucalli.
averno
avikom
avions
avisco
avisos
avisos
noun
plural of aviso
avlona
avocat
avocat
noun
An advocate, a lawyer
avocet
avocet
noun
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
avoids
avoids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avoid
avonne
avoset
avoset
noun
Alternative form of avocet
avouch
avouch
noun
(obsolete) evidence; declaration
verb
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
avoure
avowal
avowal
noun
An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
avowed
avowed
adj
asserted under oath, or vow
openly acknowledged
positively stated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avow
avower
avower
noun
A person who avows
avowry
avowry
noun
(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
avoyer
avoyer
noun
(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
bacova
bavoso
behove
behove
verb
(intransitive, formal) To be needful, meet or becoming.
(transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
(transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
(transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.
belove
belove
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To please.
(transitive, stative, obsolete) To be pleased with; like.
(transitive, stative, obsolete) To love.
simple past tense of belive
belovo
beveto
bevors
bevors
noun
plural of bevor
bovard
bovate
bovate
noun
(historical) Synonym of oxgang
bovids
bovids
noun
plural of bovid
bovill
bovina
bovine
bovine
adj
(not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
noun
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
bovoid
bovoid
adj
Alternative form of bovine
noun
Synonym of cattle (“of the genus "Bos"”)
bovril
bovril
Proper noun
A brand of beef extract made in the UK.
bovver
bovver
noun
(Britain, slang) Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
Pronunciation spelling of bother.
brasov
bravos
bravos
noun
plural of bravo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bravo
canova
carvol
carvol
noun
(organic chemistry) One of a species of aromatic oils resembling carvacrol.
cativo
cativo
noun
Prioria copaifera, a flowering tree of Central and South America.
cavort
cavort
verb
(informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.
(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
(originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.
cavour
chevon
chevon
noun
The meat of a goat.
civory
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
comvia
convex
convex
adj
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
convey
convey
verb
(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
(law) To transfer legal rights (to).
(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
To move (something) from one place to another.
convoy
convoy
noun
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
The act of convoying; protection.
verb
(intransitive) To travel under convoy.
(transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
corved
corvee
corvee
noun
Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.
Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
corven
corver
corver
noun
(mining, historical) A person who makes corves, or coal baskets.
corves
corves
noun
plural of corf
corvet
corvet
noun
(nautical) Archaic form of corvette.
Archaic form of curvet.
corvin
corvus
corvus
noun
(historical) A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.
(historical) A hooked ram for destroying walls.
covado
covado
noun
(historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand.
covary
covary
verb
(statistics) To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive
covell
covelo
covena
covens
covens
noun
plural of coven
covent
covent
noun
(obsolete) Convent.
covers
covers
noun
(cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
(cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet.
(plural only) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
plural of cover
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover