| ANCHOVIES | • anchovies n. Plural of anchovy. • ANCHOVY n. a small edible Mediterranean fish of the herring family. |
| ARCHIVOLT | • archivolt n. (Architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch. • ARCHIVOLT n. a curved moulding on the face of an arch. |
| AVOUCHING | • avouching v. Present participle of avouch. • AVOUCH v. (archaic) to justify. |
| BEHAVIORS | • behaviors n. Plural of behavior. • BEHAVIOR n. conduct, also BEHAVIOUR. |
| BEHAVIOUR | • behaviour n. Britain standard spelling of behavior. • BEHAVIOUR n. conduct, also BEHAVIOR. |
| DISAVOUCH | • disavouch v. (Transitive) To disavow. • DISAVOUCH v. (obsolete) to disavow, also DISAVOW. |
| HAVOCKING | • havocking v. Present participle of havoc. • HAVOC v. to lay waste. |
| HERBIVORA | • Herbivora prop.n. (Archaic) An informal grouping of the plant-eating mammals. • Herbivora prop.n. (Obsolete) A former grouping of mammals that included non-marsupial flesh-eaters. • HERBIVORA n. an extensive division of Mammalia, comprising animals that feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. |
| HORTATIVE | • hortative adj. (Comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging. • hortative adj. (Grammar, not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong… • hortative n. (Grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement. |
| OVERHAILE | • OVERHAILE v. (Spenser) to overtake, also OVERHALE. |
| OVERHAIRS | • overhairs n. Plural of overhair. • OVERHAIR n. fur covering of some animals. |
| SCHIAVONE | • schiavone n. (Historical) A backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th century. • Schiavone prop.n. A surname from Italian. • SCHIAVONE n. (Italian) a basket-hilted broadsword used by the Doge's bodyguard of Slavs. |
| SLAVOPHIL | • Slavophil n. Alternative form of Slavophile. • SLAVOPHIL n. a person who admires the Slavs or their culture, also SLAVOPHILE. |
| TOVARISCH | • tovarisch n. Alternative form of tovarish. • TOVARISCH n. (Russian) friend, comrade, also TOVARICH, TOVARISH. |
| VAPOURISH | • vapourish adj. Characteristic of vapour. • vapourish adj. (Dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish. • VAPOURISH adj. resembling or suggestive of vapours, also VAPORISH. |
| VIRAGOISH | • viragoish adj. Like a virago. • VIRAGOISH adj. like a virago, a loud overbearing woman, a termagant. |