(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
bovet
civet
civet
noun
(countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
(countable, US) Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.
(uncountable) The musky perfume produced by the animal.
Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae
covet
covet
verb
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
devot
divet
divet
noun
Alternative form of divot
duvet
duvet
noun
(Britain, New Zealand, US) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
(US) Short for duvet cover.
elvet
etuve
evant
evart
evatt
event
event
noun
(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
An occurrence; something that happens.
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
verb
(obsolete) To occur, take place.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
(obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.
evert
evert
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To disrupt; to overthrow.
(transitive, obsolete) To move (someone or something) out of the way.
(transitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.
(transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
evict
evict
verb
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
evita
evite
evite
verb
(now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid.
ivett
levet
levet
noun
(obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
levit
navet
nevat
orvet
orvet
noun
(obsolete) The slowworm.
ovate
ovate
adj
(botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.
Shaped like an egg.
noun
(archaeology) An egg-shaped hand axe.
A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
An Irish bard.
overt
overt
adj
Open and not concealed or secret.
ovest
ovest
noun
(UK dialectal) The mast and acorns of the oak; the turn-out.
oveta
ovett
revet
revet
verb
(transitive) To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.
rivet
rivet
noun
(figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
(obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
verb
(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
(transitive) To install rivets.
(transitive, figurative) To command the attention of.
(transitive, figurative) To make firm or immovable.
rovet
stave
stave
noun
(music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
(poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
A staff or walking stick.
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
verb
(intransitive, old-fashioned or dialect) To walk or move rapidly.
(intransitive, rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
(transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
(transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
(transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
(transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
steve
steve
noun
Alternative form of STEVE
verb
To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
stevy
stive
stive
noun
Obsolete form of stew.
The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
verb
(UK, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.
(transitive, sometimes with "up") To compress, to cram.
stove
stove
noun
(chiefly UK) A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
(dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
A stovetop, with hotplates.
verb
(transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
(transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
simple past tense and past participle of stave
svelt
svelt
adj
Alternative form of svelte
tarve
tarve
noun
(UK, dialect) A curve or bend.
tavel
taver
tavey
tavie
teave
tevet
tevis
thave
thave
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of theave
tirve
tiver
tiver
noun
A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
verb
(transitive) To mark with tiver, as sheep.
torve
tovet
tovey
trave
trave
noun
(architecture) A crossbeam.
(architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.
A wooden frame to confine unruly horses while they are shod.
treva
trove
trove
noun
A collection of things.
A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.
uvate
uvate
noun
A conserve made of grapes.
valet
valet
noun
(US) A person employed to clean or park cars.
(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.
A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
verb
(transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet.
(transitive, US) To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.
(transitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
vates
vates
noun
A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.
veats
vedet
veldt
veldt
noun
Dated spelling of veld.
velte
velte
noun
(historical) An old French unit of liquid measure, approximately 7.617 litres.
venta
venta
noun
A roadside inn in Spain.
vento
vents
vents
noun
plural of vent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vent
verst
verst
noun
A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
verts
verts
noun
plural of vert
vertu
vertu
noun
(art, now historical) Objets d'art collectively.
(art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.
Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power.
Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness.
verty
vesta
vesta
noun
A short match, made of wood or wax.
vests
vests
noun
plural of vest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vest
vesty
vetch
vetch
noun
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.
veter
vetus
vieta
vinet
vitae
vitae
noun
plural of vita
vitek
volet
volet
noun
A shutter on a window.
The wing of a triptych.
volte
volte
noun
Alternative form of volta
voted
voted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vote
voter
voter
noun
In your opinion, should we allow 16 and 17 year olds to become voters?
Someone who votes.
votes
votes
noun
plural of vote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vote