| AGAVES | • agaves n. Plural of agave. • AGAVE n. any of numerous spiny-leaved plants of the American genus Agave. |
| AVAILE | • AVAILE v. (Spenser) to descend, also AVALE. |
| AVALED | • avaled v. Simple past tense and past participle of avale. • AVALE v. (obsolete) to descend, also AVAILE. |
| AVALES | • avales v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avale. • AVALE v. (obsolete) to descend, also AVAILE. |
| AVIATE | • aviate v. To operate an aircraft. • AVIATE v. to fly an aircraft. |
| CAVEAT | • caveat n. A warning. • caveat n. A qualification or exemption. • caveat n. (Law) A formal objection. |
| FAVELA | • favela n. A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil. • Favela prop.n. A surname. • FAVELA n. (Portuguese) a slum area, also FAVELLA. |
| GAVAGE | • gavage n. A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras. • gavage n. A process of force-feeding cattle for veal. • gavage n. (Medicine) Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach. |
| LARVAE | • larvae n. Plural of larva. • larvæ n. Plural of larva. • LARVA n. (Latin) an animal in an immature but active state. |
| LAVAGE | • lavage n. A washing. • lavage n. (Medicine) A washing of a hollow organ. • lavage v. (Medicine) To wash a hollow organ. |
| PAVAGE | • pavage n. Alternative form of paviage. • PAVAGE n. a charge for paving streets. |
| PAVANE | • pavane n. (Music) A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries. • pavane n. (Music, dance) A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter. • pavane v. (Intransitive, rare) To dance the pavane. |
| RAVAGE | • ravage v. (Transitive) To devastate or destroy something. • ravage v. (Transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something. • ravage v. (Intransitive) To wreak destruction. |
| SAVAGE | • savage adj. Wild; not cultivated. • savage adj. Barbaric; not civilized. • savage adj. Fierce and ferocious. |
| SAVATE | • savate n. A form of French martial art that involves combinations of punching and kicking moves. • SAVATE n. (French) a French form of kickboxing. |
| VACATE | • vacate v. To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. • vacate v. To leave an office or position. • vacate v. (Law) To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. |
| VALETA | • valeta n. Alternative form of veleta (“type of dance”). • VALETA n. (Spanish) a kind of dance in waltz time, also VELETA. |