| ALCOVE | • alcove n. (Architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room. • alcove n. A shady retreat. • ALCOVE n. (Arabic) a vaulted or arched recess in a room-wall, formerly especially one for a bed. |
| CALVED | • calved v. Simple past tense and past participle of calve. • CALVE v. to give birth to a calf. |
| CALVER | • calver n. A cow that produces young. • calver adj. Of salmon: freshly caught. • calver v. (Obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle. |
| CALVES | • calves n. Plural of calf. • calves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calve. • CALVE v. to give birth to a calf. |
| CARVEL | • carvel n. (Nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”). • carvel n. The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); (obsolete) A jellyfish (Medusozoa). • CARVEL n. a small light fast ship, chiefly Spanish or Portuguese, of the 15th to the 17th centuries, also CARAVEL, CARAVELLE. |
| CAVELS | • cavels n. Plural of cavel. • CAVEL n. (New Zealand) a drawing of lots among miners for an easy and profitable place at the coalface, also KEVEL, KEVIL. |
| CAVILS | • cavils v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavil. • CAVIL v. to raise trivial and frivolous objections. |
| CHEVAL | • cheval n. (Obsolete) Only in compounds : a horse; hence, a support or frame. • CHEVAL adj. as in cheval glass, a full-length mirror that can be swivelled. |
| CLAVER | • claver n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter. • claver v. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To gossip or chit-chat. • claver n. Obsolete form of clover. |
| CLAVES | • claves n. (Music) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against… • claves n. Plural of clavis. • CLAVE n. in plants, a gradual swelling at the distal end of a structure, resembling a club. |
| CLAVIE | • clavie n. A cask split in two and ceremonially burned as part of an ancient Scottish custom still observed at… • CLAVIE n. a tar barrel burnt for luck at Hogmanay. |
| CLAVIS | • clavis n. (Archaeology) A Roman key. • clavis n. A device for restraint of the hands. • clavis n. A glossary. |
| CLAVUS | • clavus n. A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn. • CLAVUS n. (Latin) a horny thickening of the skin. |
| CLEAVE | • cleave v. (Transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. • cleave v. (Transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along… • cleave v. (Transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. |
| CLIVIA | • clivia n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa. • Clivia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – the clivias or kaffir lilies. • Clivia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Encyrtidae – a monotypic taxon, containing only Clivia antoninae… |
| COEVAL | • coeval adj. Of the same age; contemporary. • coeval n. Something of the same era. • coeval n. Somebody of the same age. |
| SCLAVE | • Sclave n. Archaic form of Slav. • SCLAVE n. (obsolete) a slave. |
| VOCALS | • vocals n. Plural of vocal. • vocals n. (Music) The words of a song together with other sounds sung by a vocalist. • VOCAL n. a sound uttered by the voice. |
| VULCAN | • Vulcan prop.n. (Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen… • Vulcan prop.n. A placename. • Vulcan prop.n. (Fiction) An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species. |