(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.
avenue
avenue
noun
A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
avoure
avulse
avulse
verb
(medicine) To tear off forcibly.
belvue
cervus
chauve
cruive
cruive
noun
(Scotland) A hovel.
(Scotland) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.
cuervo
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.
curved
curved
adj
Having a curve or curves.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curve
curver
curves
curves
noun
plural of curve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curve
curvet
curvet
noun
A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
A prank; a frolic.
verb
(figuratively) (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
(figuratively) (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
(intransitive) Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
(transitive) To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
curvey
curvle
cuvage
cuvier
cuvier
noun
(oenology) Fermenting room of a winery
cuvies
devaul
devour
devour
verb
To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
devout
devout
adj
(archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
noun
(obsolete) A devotee.
(obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
duvets
duvets
noun
plural of duvet
eluvia
etuvee
eudeve
euvrou
evacue
evalue
evenus
eveque
evreux
evulge
evulge
verb
To promulgate or spread abroad.
evulse
evulse
verb
(transitive) To pull out forcibly.
exuvia
exuvia
noun
(biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any of the Ecdysozoa, such as Arthropoda, has sloughed, discarding its old integument and developing the new one.
plural of exuvium
fauver
fauves
fauves
noun
plural of fauve
gruver
heuvel
huelva
hulver
hulver
noun
(obsolete) holly (plant)
juvent
juvite
kurvey
kuvera
leuven
louver
louver
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
louvre
louvre
noun
(chiefly Britain) Alternative form of louver
luxive
luxive
adj
(obsolete) Given to luxury; voluptuous.
lvalue
lvalue
noun
(programming) A value that can be treated as an address or storage location.
mauves
mauves
noun
plural of mauve
mulvel
mulvel
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of milwell
musive
musive
adj
Relating to mosaic art.
mutive
muvule
naevus
naevus
noun
(anatomy) A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin. Naevi may be congenital or acquired, and are always benign.
nervus
niveau
niveau
noun
(literary, poetic, somewhat rare) level, grade, standard
oeuvre
oeuvre
noun
(uncountable, collective) The complete body of an artist's work.
A work of art.
outvie
outvie
verb
(transitive) To outdo a competitor or rival.
ouvert
ouvert
noun
(ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
(fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.
ovules
ovules
noun
plural of ovule
prevue
prevue
verb
(rare, dated) Alternative form of preview
purvey
purvey
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
(transitive) To furnish or provide.
(transitive) To procure; to get.
purvoe
purvoe
noun
(India, obsolete) A Hindu clerk.
quaver
quaver
noun
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
A trembling shake.
verb
(intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
(transitive) To utter quaveringly.
To shake in a trembling manner.
queeve
quiver
quiver
adj
(archaic) Nimble, active.
noun
(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
(mathematics) A multidigraph.
(obsolete) A vulva.
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
verb
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
reuven
revues
revues
noun
plural of revue
servus
struve
suaver
suaver
adj
comparative form of suave: more suave
suevic
suevic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Suevi or Suebi, an ancient group of Germanic peoples.
suivez
survey
survey
noun
(US) A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.
(historical) An auction at which a farm is let for a lease for lives.
A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
The act of surveying; a general view.
The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
verb
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry
To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
turves
turves
noun
plural of turf (piece of sod)
tyauve
uncave
uneven
uneven
adj
(mathematics, rare) Odd
Not even
Not level or smooth
Not uniform
Varying in quality
verb
(transitive) To make uneven.
unevil
unevil
adj
(rare) Not evil.
ungive
ungive
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To melt; thaw.
(transitive) To take back something that had been given.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To yield; relax; slacken; give way; loosen.
ungyve
ungyve
verb
To unchain.
unhave
unhive
unhive
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a crowd, etc.) of habitation or shelter.
(transitive) To drive or remove (bees) from a hive.
unlive
unlive
verb
(transitive) To bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.
(transitive) To undo having lived (a period of time) (for example, by living it in reverse), so that it ceases to have happened.
unlove
unlove
noun
The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
verb
(transitive) To lose one's love (for someone or something).
unpave
unpave
verb
To remove the paving (especially in the form of paving stones, etc) from (a street); to cause to no longer be paved.
unrove
unrove
verb
(transitive) To separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.
unveil
unveil
verb
(intransitive) To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.
(transitive) To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
(transitive) to show, especially for the first time
unvest
unvext
unvext
adj
Obsolete form of unvexed.
unvote
unvote
verb
(transitive, archaic) To reverse or annul by vote.
unwive
unwive
verb
(transitive, archaic) To cause (a woman) no longer to be a wife.
(transitive, archaic) To divest of a wife; to divorce (someone) from his wife.
unwove
unwove
verb
simple past tense of unweave
updive
updive
verb
(archaic, intransitive, rare) To spring upward; to rise
updove
updove
verb
simple past tense and past participle of updive
upgive
upgive
verb
(transitive, obsolete, poetic, Scottish law) To give up or yield up.
uphove
uphove
verb
simple past tense of upheave
upmove
uprive
uvalde
uvella
uveous
uveous
adj
(obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
(obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
uvulae
uvulae
noun
plural of uvula
vaguer
vaguer
adj
comparative form of vague: more vague
valeur
valued
valued
adj
Having a value, esteemed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of value
valuer
valuer
noun
A person who appreciates something and sets a value on it.
A person who valuates; an assessor or appraiser.
values
values
noun
plural of value
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of value
valure
valure
noun
(obsolete) Value.
vamure
vamure
noun
Obsolete form of vauntmure.
vaules
vaunce
vaunce
verb
(obsolete) To advance.
veduis
vellum
vellum
noun
A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
A writing paper of very high quality.
velour
velour
noun
A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
velout
velure
velure
noun
(dated) A fabric similar to velvet.
A silk or plush pad for smoothing or giving lustre to silk hats.
verb
(transitive) To dress with a velure.
vendue
vendue
noun
A public auction.
veneur
veneur
noun
A huntsman, especially in France.
venous
venous
adj
(relational) Of or pertaining to veins.
(relational, of blood) Having passed through the capillaries and given up oxygen for the tissues and become charged with carbon dioxide.
Having numerous veins.
Possessing veins.
venues
venues
noun
plural of venue
venula
venula
noun
(medicine) A venule
venule
venule
noun
(anatomy) A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.
venust
venust
adj
(obsolete) beautiful
venuti
verbum
verdun
verdun
noun
(historical) A 16th-century form of rapier.
versus
versus
prep
(law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
Against; in opposition to.
Compared with, as opposed to.
vertus
veruta
vetust
vetust
adj
(obsolete) venerable from antiquity; ancient; old
vexful
vexful
adj
vexatious
virtue
virtue
noun
(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.
A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
viveur
viveur
noun
Someone who lives well.
vocule
vocule
noun
(phonetics) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as when separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
vogues
vogues
noun
plural of vogue
voguey
voguey
Adjective
fashionable
volume
volume
noun
(bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
(economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
(in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
(obsolete) A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.
A bound book.
A rounded mass or convolution.
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
Strength of sound; loudness.
The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
verb
(intransitive) To be conveyed through the air, waft.
(intransitive) To swell.
(transitive) To cause to move through the air, waft.
volute
volute
adj
(engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
noun
(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
(art) A spiral or scroll form.
(engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
(music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
(zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
(zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
voulge
voulge
noun
(historical) A medieval poleaxe bearing resemblance to a glaive or a Lochaber ax, although the blade portion is somewhat more elongated.
voyeur
voyeur
noun
A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people, especially when such people are engaged in some sexual activity.
An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.
vulned
vulned
adj
(heraldry, especially of a pelican) Wounded and bleeding, especially from the breast.