(dialectal or obsolete) Something that goes across or over; a transition.
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go beyond or above; to exceed.
overgaze
overgaze
verb
(poetic) To gaze; to overlook.
overglad
overglad
adj
Excessively or unduly glad.
overgoad
overhang
overhang
noun
(architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
(economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
verb
(intransitive) To impend.
(transitive) To hang over (something).
palgrave
palgrave
noun
Alternative form of palsgrave
raugrave
ravagers
ravagers
noun
plural of ravager
ravaging
ravaging
noun
The act by which something is ravaged.
verb
present participle of ravage
raveling
raveling
noun
Alternative form of ravelling
verb
present participle of ravel
ravening
ravening
adj
(archaic) Subject to the voracity of a predator.
Voracious and greedy.
noun
(archaic, literary) Predation (by an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
ravigote
ravigote
noun
A lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
ravingly
ravingly
adv
So as to rave; madly; in an insane way.
ravining
ravining
verb
present participle of ravin
redgrave
regravel
regravel
verb
(transitive) To replace the gravel on (a surface).
repaving
repaving
noun
The process of replacing paving.
verb
present participle of repave
revoyage
rivaling
rivaling
verb
(US) present participle of rival
rogative
salvaged
salvaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of salvage
salvagee
salvagee
noun
(nautical) A free rope on a sailing ship (one that does not have a single dedicated purpose).
One who is salvaged.
salvager
salvager
noun
A person who engages in salvage work
salvages
salvages
noun
plural of salvage
salvoing
salvoing
verb
present participle of salvo
savagely
savagely
adv
In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.
savagers
savagery
savagery
noun
(countable) A violent act of cruelty.
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
(uncountable) Wild growth of plants.
Savages collectively; the world of savages.
savagess
savagess
noun
A female savage; a woman from an uncivilized society.
savagest
savagest
adj
superlative form of savage: most savage
savaging
savaging
noun
A vicious attack or criticism.
verb
present participle of savage
savagism
savagism
noun
The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civilization.
savagize
savagize
verb
(transitive) To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.
savingly
savingly
adv
(religion) So as to be finally saved from eternal death.
So as to save; with frugality or parsimony.
savoring
savoring
noun
The act by which something is savored.
verb
present participle of savor
savoying
savvying
savvying
verb
present participle of savvy
scavager
scavager
noun
One who scavages.
scavenge
scavenge
verb
(intransitive) To feed on carrion or refuse.
(transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
(transitive) To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
(transitive) To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
seagrave
selvaged
selvaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of selvage
selvagee
selvagee
noun
(nautical) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.
selvages
selvages
noun
plural of selvage
shavings
shavings
noun
A fringe tree (Cionanthus virginicus)
plural of shaving; those particles or pieces left after or created by shaving.
sheaving
sheaving
verb
present participle of sheave
sleaving
sleaving
verb
present participle of sleave
starving
starving
noun
starvation
verb
present participle of starve
stravage
stravage
verb
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) to wander aimlessly.
to gallivant.
stravaig
stravaig
verb
(Scotland) to stroll, meander
1946: Rebecca West, "Greenhouse with Cyclamens I," in A Train of Powder, p. 22.
1964: Mary Poppins (movie).
svengali
svengali
noun
One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.
travelog
travelog
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of travelogue
trivirga
trivirga
noun
(music) A neume that trebles the value of the first note in a series of virgae.
ungraved
ungraved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ungrave
ungraven
unlaving
unlaving
adj
(archaic) Not washing; not bathing.
unpaving
unpaving
verb
present participle of unpave
unraving
unsavage
unsavage
adj
Not savage.
unsaving
unsaving
verb
present participle of unsave
unvulgar
unvulgar
Adjective
Not vulgar.
unwaving
unwaving
adj
That does not wave.
vaagmaer
vacating
vacating
verb
present participle of vacate
vagabond
vagabond
adj
Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
noun
A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
verb
To roam, as a vagabond
vagarian
vagarian
noun
One with ridiculous or whimsical ideas; a crackpot.
vagaries
vagaries
noun
plural of vagary
vagarish
vagarish
adj
(obsolete) capricious; whimsical; vagarious
vagarist
vagarist
noun
One whose thought wanders in many directions.
vagarity
vagarity
noun
(rare) The character or state of being vagarious; capriciousness; irregularity.
(rare) Vagary.
vagation
vagation
noun
(obsolete) The act of wandering, straying, or departing from the expected or regular course; an instance or occasion of this; a wandering; a rambling; a roaming; an aberration.
vagiform
vagility
vagility
noun
(biology) The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment.
vaginant
vaginant
adj
(botany) Serving as a sheathe.
vaginate
vaginate
adj
vaginated
verb
(transitive) To ensheathe; to enclose in a sheath.
vaginula
vaginula
noun
(botany) A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
vaginule
vaginule
noun
Alternative form of vaginula
vagogram
vagotomy
vagotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
vagotony
vagrance
vagrance
noun
(archaic) Vagrancy, wandering.
vagrancy
vagrancy
noun
the state of being a vagrant
vagrants
vagrants
noun
plural of vagrant
vagulous
vagulous
adj
vague, wayward
valetage
valetage
noun
The work of a valet.
valeting
valeting
verb
present participle of valet
valguses
vamosing
vamosing
verb
present participle of vamose
vanbrugh
vanguard
vanguard
noun
(by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.
(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.
vantages
vantages
noun
plural of vantage
vaporing
vaporing
noun
Alternative form of vapouring
verb
present participle of vapor
varanger
varginha
vargueno
vargueno
noun
A decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.
varyings
varyings
noun
plural of varying
vaultage
vaultage
noun
(obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar.
(obsolete) Vaulted work.
vaulting
vaulting
adj
(figurative) Exaggerated or overreaching.
Leaning upward or over.
performing
noun
A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.
verb
present participle of vault
vauntage
vauntage
noun
Obsolete form of vantage.
vaunting
vaunting
noun
boasting
verb
present participle of vaunt
vectigal
vectigal
noun
(obsolete) A tax.
vegabaja
veganism
veganism
noun
A way of life which strictly avoids use of any kind of animal products and services that are based on exploitation of living animals.
vegasite
vegetant
vegetant
adj
(pathology) growing, or causing growth
Characteristic of vegetation
vegetate
vegetate
verb
(informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
(of a plant) To grow or sprout.
(of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
velating
vengeant
vengeant
adj
Seeking or taking vengeance; avenging.
venogram
venogram
noun
(medicine) An X-ray of a vein that has been injected with an opaque material
ventages
ventages
noun
plural of ventage
verbiage
verbiage
noun
Overabundance of words.
The manner in which something is expressed in words.
vergaloo
vergaloo
noun
Dated form of virgalieu.
verrugas
verrugas
noun
plural of verruga
vertugal
vestigal
vestigia
vestigia
noun
plural of vestigium
viagraph
vialling
vialogue
vicarage
vicarage
noun
(countable) The residence of a vicar.
The benefice, duties or office of a vicar.
vicinage
vicinage
noun
(Britain, US, law) The area where a crime was committed, a trial is being held, or the community from which jurors are drawn.
(New Jersey, law) A geographical division of the w:New Jersey Superior Court, covering one or more counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the Superior Court
(now rare) A surrounding district; a neighbourhood.
(now rare) The people of a neighbourhood.
The state of living near something; proximity, closeness.
vicugnas
vicugnas
noun
plural of vicugna
vigilant
vigilant
adj
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
vigilate
vigilate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) to monitor, watch over, control
villager
villager
noun
(strategy games) A worker unit.
A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
villages
villages
noun
plural of village
villaget
villaget
noun
A little village.
villagey
villagey
adj
(informal) Villagelike.
vinagron
vinaigre
vinegars
vinegars
noun
plural of vinegar
vinegary
vinegary
adj
(figuratively) Acerbic, bitter.
Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation.
Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar.
Sour; like vinegar.
vintaged
vintaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vintage
vintager
vintager
noun
One who gathers the vintage, i.e. a grape harvester.
vintages
vintages
noun
plural of vintage
viragoes
virgated
virgated
adj
(obsolete) Striped; streaked.
virgater
virgater
noun
A person who owned or cultivated a virgate of agricultural land
virgates
virgates
noun
plural of virgate
virgilia
virginal
virginal
adj
(zoology) parthenogenetic
Being or resembling a virgin.
Uncontaminated or pure.
noun
(music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
virginia
virgular
virgular
adj
made up of thin lines or strokes, usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system
vitilago
voltages
voltages
noun
plural of voltage
vorlages
vorlages
noun
A particular style of tight-fitting ski pants.
plural of vorlage
voyagers
voyagers
noun
plural of voyager
voyageur
voyageur
noun
(historical) A trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction.
voyaging
voyaging
noun
Act of travelling or going on a voyage.
verb
present participle of voyage
vulgarer
vulgarer
adj
comparative form of vulgar: more vulgar
vulgarly
vulgarly
adv
In a vulgar manner; obscenely or unrefinedly.
In the manner of the common people.
vulgates
vulgates
noun
plural of vulgate
wavering
wavering
adj
Being in doubt; indecisive.
Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
noun
gerund of waver: a state of fluctuation or indecision.