Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve
activism
activism
noun
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
activist
activist
adj
Behaving as an activist.
noun
One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avionics
avionics
noun
(aviation) The devices used in avionics.
(aviation) The science and technology of the development and use of electrical and electronic devices in aviation.
avocados
avocados
noun
plural of avocado
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
cadavers
cadavers
noun
plural of cadaver
calvados
calvados
noun
(countable) A glass of this spirit.
(uncountable) An apple brandy made in Normandy, France.
canvased
canvaser
canvaser
noun
Alternative form of canvasser
canvases
canvases
noun
(US) plural of canvas
canvassy
canvassy
Adjective
Resembling canvas (the fabric).
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
caravans
caravans
noun
plural of caravan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caravan
caravels
caravels
noun
plural of caravel
carvings
carvings
noun
plural of carving
casanova
casanova
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Casanova
casavant
cascavel
caseconv
casnovia
cassavas
cassavas
noun
plural of cassava
cavallas
cavallas
noun
plural of cavalla
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cavesson
cavesson
noun
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.
cavettos
caviares
caviares
noun
plural of caviare
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
caviness
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
cervelas
cervelas
noun
Alternative form of cervelat
cervisia
cessavit
cessavit
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
cheshvan
cheshvan
Proper noun
The second month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar.
chivaris
chivaris
noun
plural of chivari
chuvashi
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
clavises
cleavers
cleavers
noun
Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
plural of cleaver
coaevals
coaevals
noun
plural of coaeval
concaves
concaves
noun
plural of concave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concave
consalve
corvinas
corvinas
noun
plural of corvina
cosavior
cosgrave
couvades
couvades
noun
plural of couvade
covassal
cravings
cravings
noun
plural of craving
crevasse
crevasse
noun
(US) A breach in a canal or river bank.
(by extension) Any cleft or fissure.
(figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.
verb
(intransitive) To form crevasses.
(transitive) To fissure with crevasses.
enclaves
enclaves
noun
plural of enclave
evacuees
evacuees
noun
plural of evacuee
evanesce
evanesce
verb
(intransitive) To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor
(intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid
exclaves
exclaves
noun
plural of exclave
jactivus
kasevich
lavrocks
lavrocks
noun
plural of lavrock
medevacs
medevacs
noun
plural of medevac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of medevac
occasive
occasive
adj
Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling, descending; western.
octavius
octavius
noun
(historical) The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system.
overacts
overacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact
overcast
overcast
adj
(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
noun
(obsolete) An outcast.
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon; cloudy.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
(transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
(transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
(transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
(transitive, obsolete) To transform.
oviscapt
peccavis
peccavis
noun
plural of peccavi
postcava
postcava
noun
(anatomy) The inferior vena cava.
recanvas
recanvas
verb
(transitive) To fit with new canvas.
sajovich
sakovich
salvific
salvific
adj
(chiefly Catholicism) Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption.
salvucci
saxicava
saxicava
noun
(zoology) Any of the marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.
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.
scrivano
scrivano
noun
(archaic) A scribe or clerk.
silvical
silvical
adj
Relating to forestry.
slavonic
slavonic
Proper noun
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Adjective
Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
stokavci
subvicar
subvocal
subvocal
adj
(phonetics, dated) Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated speech that is inaudible or barely audible; subtonic.
Of or pertaining words or statements formed in thought and expressed inwardly but not, or not yet, uttered aloud.
survance
sylvatic
sylvatic
adj
Of or pertaining to wild rather than domestic animals
Of or pertaining to woods or woodland organisms; sylvan
vaccinas
vaccines
vaccines
noun
plural of vaccine
vacuoles
vacuoles
noun
plural of vacuole
valances
valances
noun
plural of valance
valences
valences
noun
plural of valence
varicose
varicose
adj
(usually of a vein or set of veins) Abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.
vascular
vascular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids
vasculum
vasculum
noun
A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.
vasicine
vasicine
noun
(organic chemistry) A quinazoline alkaloid found in Justicia adhatoda and Peganum harmala.
vassalic
vassalic
adj
of or pertaining to vassals
vaucluse
vaucluse
Proper noun
One of the départements of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (INSEE code 84)
vendaces
vendaces
noun
plural of vendace
verbasco
versatec
vesicant
vesicant
adj
Causing blistering to the skin.
noun
Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.
vesicate
vesicate
verb
To blister; to raise blisters on.
vesicula
vesicula
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of vesicle (small blister).
viaducts
viaducts
noun
plural of viaduct
vicaress
vicaress
noun
A female representative.
A sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.
The wife of a parish vicar.
vicarius
victuals
victuals
noun
plural of victual
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of victual
vicugnas
vicugnas
noun
plural of vicugna
villisca
viscacha
viscacha
noun
Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae.
viscardi
visceral
visceral
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body.
(figurative, obsolete) Having deep sensibility.
Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
vishniac
vocables
vocables
noun
plural of vocable
vocalics
vocalics
noun
vocal elements of communication
vocalise
vocalise
noun
A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words.
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize.
vocalism
vocalism
noun
(linguistics) The vowel sounds used in a language.
Speaking or singing.
vocalist
vocalist
noun
A singer; a person who likes to sing.
volcanos
volcanos
noun
plural of volcano
volcanus
volscian
volscian
Adjective
Or, or relating to, the people or language of the Volsci.
Noun
An inhabitant of Volsci, or a person of Volscian descent.
Proper noun
An Italic language formerly spoken by the Volsci and becoming extinct sometime after the 3rd century BC.