(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
verb
(obsolete) To heap up.
acervose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
archival
archival
adj
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
noun
(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
archived
archived
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archive
archiver
archiver
noun
One who, or that which, archives.
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
arvicola
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avicular
avicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bescurvy
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
brevetcy
brevetcy
noun
(military) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
bucorvus
cabreuva
cabreuva
noun
The flowering plant Myrocarpus frondosus.
cadavers
cadavers
noun
plural of cadaver
calvaire
calvaria
calvaria
noun
(anatomy) The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.
canevari
canvaser
canvaser
noun
Alternative form of canvasser
caravans
caravans
noun
plural of caravan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caravan
caravels
caravels
noun
plural of caravel
caritive
caritive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the caritive case.
(grammar) Of words or endings that express a lack of something, for example English homeless/-less or unsalted/un-, Finnish koditon, suolaton, -ton.
carnival
carnival
noun
(US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
carville
carvings
carvings
noun
plural of carving
cavalero
cavalero
noun
(obsolete) A cavalier.
cavalier
cavalier
adj
(historical) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I of England (1600–1649).
High-spirited.
Not caring enough about something important.
Supercilious.
noun
(architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
(historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
(slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a small breed of spaniel of English origin with a silky, smooth coat and commonly a smooth undocked tail.
A gentleman of the class of such officers
verb
(transitive, dated) Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
cavayard
caveator
caveator
noun
One who enters a caveat.
cavernal
caverned
caverned
adj
(poetic) Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
Living in a cavern.
caviares
caviares
noun
plural of caviare
cavicorn
cavicorn
adj
(zoology) Having hollow horns
noun
(obsolete) A hollow-horned ruminant, one of a group formerly treated taxonomically as Cavicornia.
(zoology) Any animal having hollow horns
cavilers
cavilers
noun
plural of caviler
caviller
caviller
noun
Alternative spelling of caviler
cavitary
cavitary
adj
Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
cavorted
cavorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavort
cavorter
cavorter
noun
One who cavorts.
cavyyard
cerenkov
cervalet
cervelas
cervelas
noun
Alternative form of cervelat
cervelat
cervelat
noun
A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.
cervical
cervical
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra..
cervices
cervices
noun
plural of cervix
cervidae
cervinae
cervisia
cervixes
cervulus
charivan
charvaka
chavaree
chervils
chervils
noun
plural of chervil
chetvert
chetvert
noun
Alternative form of tchetvert
chevener
chevener
noun
(obsolete) A person who embroidered hosiery
cheverel
cheverel
adj
(obsolete) Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.
noun
(obsolete) Kid, as used to make leather.
cheveret
cheveril
cheveril
adj
(obsolete) Made of cheveril; pliant.
noun
(obsolete) Soft leather made of kid skin.
cheverly
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
chevrier
chevrone
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chivalry
chivalry
noun
(UK, law, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.
(now rare, historical) Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.
Courtesy, respect and honourable conduct between opponents in wartime.
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
chivaree
chivaris
chivaris
noun
plural of chivari
chivarra
chivarro
chiveret
clavaria
clavered
clavered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of claver
clavicor
clavicor
noun
A brass musical instrument that had three valves
claviers
claviers
noun
plural of clavier
claviger
claviger
noun
One who carries a club; a club bearer.
One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.
cleavers
cleavers
noun
Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
plural of cleaver
clervaux
clervaux
Proper noun
The northernmost canton of Luxembourg, in the former district of Diekirch.
A municipality and town in the canton of Clervaux.
cleverer
cleverer
adj
comparative form of clever: more clever
cleverly
cleverly
adv
(now US dialect) Completely, fully.
Intelligently directed to a purpose.
Wittily; in a tricky manner.
clovered
clovered
adj
Covered with growing clover.
coderive
codriven
codriven
verb
past participle of codrive
codriver
codriver
noun
A fellow driver; where multiple people take turns driving, a person who is not currently driving.
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
codrives
codrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codrive
coercive
coercive
adj
(mathematics, of a function F) Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
concaver
concaver
noun
A person employed to give a concave shape to razors as they are manufactured.
conferva
conferva
noun
An unbranched slender green freshwater alga.
congreve
congreve
Noun
Congreve rocket
Congreve match
conniver
conniver
noun
A person who connives
conserve
conserve
noun
(obsolete) A conservatory.
(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
verb
(physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.
(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
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.
convener
convener
noun
One who convenes or calls a meeting
convenor
convenor
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A lecturer who takes on the mantle of managing a specific course.
One who assembles people for an official or public purpose.
converge
converge
verb
(intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
(intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
(intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
converse
converse
adj
opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
noun
(logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true.".
(now literary) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
(semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
The opposite or reverse.
verb
(followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
(obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
conversi
conversi
noun
plural of conversus
converso
converso
noun
(history) A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
converts
converts
noun
plural of convert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convert
conveyer
conveyer
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of conveyor
conveyor
conveyor
noun
A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.
A person that conveys, transports or delivers.
Anything that conveys, transports or delivers.
convoker
convoker
noun
One who convokes or calls together.
coraveca
cordovan
cordovan
adj
oxblood (the color)
noun
A leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide.
a shoe made from cordovan leather
corrival
corrival
adj
Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry.
noun
(archaic) A companion.
A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival.
verb
To compete with; to rival
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.
corvidae
corvinae
corvinas
corvinas
noun
plural of corvina
corviser
corvisor
corvktte
cosavior
cosgrave
cosgrove
couverte
coventry
coventry
Proper noun
An industrial city in central England.
coverage
coverage
noun
(genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
(sports) Defense.
An amount by which something or someone is covered.
Journalism: the attention given by the press or news media about some news; the total of stories published or broadcast about a topic.
The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television.
The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
coverall
coverall
noun
(chiefly US) A loose-fitting protective garment worn over other clothing.
covercle
covercle
noun
(obsolete) A small cover; a lid.
coverers
coverers
noun
plural of coverer
covering
covering
noun
(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
(topology) A continuous map onto a topological space X, 𝜋:E→X, such that there exists a discrete space D and for every x∈X an open neighborhood U⊂X, such that 𝜋⁻¹(U)= displaystyle bigsqcup _(d∈D)V_d and 𝜋|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D.
(uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
verb
present participle of cover
coverlet
coverlet
noun
A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
coverley
coverlid
coverlid
Noun
coverlet
coversed
covertly
covertly
adv
In a covert manner, secretly.
coverups
coverups
noun
plural of coverup
coveters
coveters
noun
plural of coveter
covotary
crataeva
cravened
cravened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craven
cravenly
cravenly
adv
In a craven manner.
cravings
cravings
noun
plural of craving
creative
creative
adj
(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
(set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
noun
(countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
crescive
crescive
adj
(archaic) Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development.
crevalle
crevalle
noun
A fish, the cavally or jurel.
A fish, the pompano (Trachinotus carolinus).
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.
crevette
crevette
noun
A shrimp.
creviced
creviced
adj
Having a crevice or crevices.
crevices
crevices
noun
plural of crevice
cultivar
cultivar
noun
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
culverin
culverin
noun
A kind of handgun.
A large cannon.
culverts
culverts
noun
plural of culvert
curative
curative
adj
(figurative, by extension) Remediative.
(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.