A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
caveator
caveator
noun
One who enters a caveat.
cavetown
cavettos
caviteno
cavorted
cavorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavort
cavorter
cavorter
noun
One who cavorts.
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
civetone
civetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone 1-cycloheptadec-9-enone that is a pheromone produced by the civet cat, and is used to add a musky tone to perfumes
clavolet
coactive
coactive
adj
(obsolete) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
cognovit
cognovit
noun
(law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
coinvent
coinvent
verb
To invent jointly.
comitiva
comitiva
noun
(historical) A band of brigands in Italy or Sicily.
conative
conative
adj
Of or pertaining to a striving action.
contrive
contrive
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period).
To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
convects
convects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convect
convento
convents
convents
noun
plural of convent
converts
converts
noun
plural of convert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convert
convicts
convicts
noun
plural of convict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convict
cooptive
cooptive
adj
Relating to cooption
corvette
corvette
noun
(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
(nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
corvetto
corvetto
noun
A curvet; a leap.
corvktte
couverte
covalent
covalent
adj
(chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.
covenant
covenant
noun
(law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
(law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
An incidental clause in an agreement.
verb
(law) To bind oneself in contract.
(law) To enter a formal agreement.
(law) To make a stipulation.
To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
coventry
coventry
Proper noun
An industrial city in central England.
coverlet
coverlet
noun
A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
covertly
covertly
adv
In a covert manner, secretly.
coveters
coveters
noun
plural of coveter
coveting
coveting
noun
The act of one who covets.
verb
present participle of covet
covetise
covetise
noun
(obsolete) Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
covetous
covetous
adj
Extremely keen or desirous, especially to obtain and possess something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
covotary
cutovers
cutovers
noun
plural of cutover
devocate
douvecot
dovecote
dovecote
noun
(historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
dovecots
dovecots
noun
plural of dovecot
evection
evection
noun
(astronomy) Modification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
eviction
eviction
noun
The act of evicting.
The state of being evicted.
evictors
evictors
noun
plural of evictor
evocated
evocated
adj
(rare) evoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evocate
evocator
evocator
noun
(medicine) A particular factor that controls the morphogenesis of the early embryo; the inductor.
Someone who evokes.
fconvert
gconvert
hconvert
iconvert
invector
invocant
invocate
invocate
verb
To invoke or implore
To summon or conjure up
lconvert
locative
locative
adj
(grammar) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
noun
(grammar) The locative case.
miscovet
nitchevo
nitchevo
intj
(in Russian contexts) never mind; no matter
octavian
octavian
Proper noun
name, notably borne by Augustus (Caesar) between 44 and 27
octavina
octavina
noun
(music) A Filipino musical instrument resembling the guitar.
octavius
octavius
noun
(historical) The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system.
orective
orective
adj
Synonym of orectic
outcavil
outcurve
outcurve
noun
(baseball) A ball, thrown by the pitcher, that curves away from the batter
outvoice
outvoice
verb
(transitive) To exceed in noise.
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.
overcoat
overcoat
noun
A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.
verb
(transitive) To apply an exterior coating to.
oviducts
oviducts
noun
plural of oviduct
oviscapt
ovolytic
postcava
postcava
noun
(anatomy) The inferior vena cava.
revocate
revocate
verb
To recall (troops, objects, etc)
To revoke (a person's probation / extended supervision / parole status in the criminal justice context) ex. "My P.O. wants to revocate me" meaning "My probation officer wants to revoke my probation/extended supervision/parole"
sovietic
stokavci
tchekhov
tovarich
tovarich
noun
Alternative form of tovarish
uvitonic
vacation
vacation
noun
(Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
(US, law) The act of making legally void.
(obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
An extended period of time away from work or school.
Freedom from some business or activity.
The act of vacating something; moving out.
verb
(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
vancourt
varactor
varactor
noun
(electronics) A solid-state diode whose capacitance varies with the applied voltage.
vectored
vectored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vector
velocity
velocity
noun
(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
Rapidity of motion.
The rate of occurrence.
vicomtes
vicomtes
noun
plural of vicomte
victoire
victoria
victoria
noun
A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.
victorie
victorie
noun
Obsolete spelling of victory
victrola
victrola
noun
Any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.
vietcong
visconti
viscount
viscount
noun
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
vocalist
vocalist
noun
A singer; a person who likes to sing.
vocality
vocality
noun
The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.
The quality or degree of being vocal.
vocation
vocation
noun
An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
vocative
vocative
adj
(grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
noun
(grammar) A word in the vocative case
(grammar) The vocative case
(rare) Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
voicelet
voicelet
noun
A quiet voice
voracity
voracity
noun
the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony
vortical
vortical
adj
Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex.