| AVEL | • avel v. (Transitive, obsolete) To pull away. • AVEL n. (Hebrew) a mourner of nearest blood relations, also OVEL. |
| CARAVEL | • caravel n. (Nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish… • CARAVEL n. a small light fast ship, chiefly Spanish or Portuguese, of the 15th to the 17th cents, also CARAVELLE, CARVEL. |
| CAVEL | • cavel n. (Obsolete) A gag. • cavel n. (Dialectal) A horse’s bit. • cavel n. Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason’s hammer”). |
| DISGAVEL | • disgavel v. (UK, law, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend… • DISGAVEL v. to release from gavelkind, an old system of land tenure in Kent. |
| FAVEL | • favel n. (Obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit(Can we add an example for this sense?). • favel adj. Yellow or dun in colour. • favel n. A horse of a favel or dun colour. |
| GAVEL | • gavel n. (Historical) Rent. • gavel n. (Obsolete) Usury; interest on money. • gavel n. (Historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder’s death… |
| GRAVEL | • gravel n. (Uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast. • gravel n. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics. • gravel n. (Uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. |
| JAVEL | • javel n. (Obsolete) A vagabond. • JAVEL n. (Spenser) a worthless fellow. |
| NAVEL | • navel n. (Anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached… • navel n. The central part or point of anything; the middle. • navel n. A navel orange. |
| OUTTRAVEL | • outtravel v. (Transitive) To exceed in speed or distance travelled. • OUTTRAVEL v. to exceed in speed or distance traveled. |
| PRETRAVEL | • pretravel adj. Before travelling. • pretravel n. The actuation distance of a switch on a keyboard. • PRETRAVEL adj. before travel. |
| RAVEL | • ravel v. (Transitive). • ravel v. (Intransitive). • ravel n. (Chiefly literary or Scotland). |
| RONDAVEL | • rondavel n. (South Africa) A traditional circular design of house, typically with a conical roof, commonly thatched… • RONDAVEL n. (South African) in South Africa, a round hut with a grass roof. |
| SCRAVEL | • SCRAVEL v. to move quickly, scramble. |
| TRAVEL | • travel v. (Intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. • travel v. (Intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit. • travel v. (Intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball. |
| UNRAVEL | • unravel v. (Transitive) To separate the threads (of); disentangle. • unravel v. (Intransitive, of threads etc.) To become separated; (Of something woven, knitted, etc.) to come apart. • unravel v. (Transitive, figurative) To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve. |