| STAVES | • staves n. Plural of staff. • staves n. Plural of stave. • staves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stave. |
| OCTAVES | • octaves n. Plural of octave. • OCTAVE n. a set of eight musical notes. |
| DISTAVES | • distaves n. (Obsolete) plural of distaff. • DISTAFF n. a type of staff. |
| PALSTAVES | • palstaves n. Plural of palstave. • PALSTAVE n. (Dutch) a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the Bronze Age, also PALSTAFF. |
| TIPSTAVES | • tipstaves n. Plural of tipstaff. • TIPSTAFF n. an attendant in a law court. |
| COWLSTAVES | • cowlstaves n. Plural of cowlstaff. • cowl-staves n. Plural of cowl-staff. • COWLSTAFF n. a staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. |
| FLAGSTAVES | • flagstaves n. Plural of flagstaff. • flag-staves n. Plural of flag-staff. • flag␣staves n. Plural of flag staff. |
| HANDSTAVES | • handstaves n. Plural of handstaff. • HANDSTAFF n. a staff-like handle e.g. of a flail. |
| JACKSTAVES | • jackstaves n. Plural of jackstaff. • JACKSTAFF n. a short staff at a ship's bow, on which a jack is hoisted. |
| PIKESTAVES | • pikestaves n. Plural of pikestaff. • PIKESTAFF n. the staff, or shaft, of a pike. |
| STAVESACRE | • stavesacre n. A highly toxic, perennial plant with purple flowers, Delphinium staphisagria. • STAVESACRE n. a tall larkspur whose seeds were formerly used against lice. |
| SUBOCTAVES | • suboctaves n. Plural of suboctave. • SUBOCTAVE n. the octave below. |
| STAVESACRES | • stavesacres n. Plural of stavesacre. • STAVESACRE n. a tall larkspur whose seeds were formerly used against lice. |
| SUPEROCTAVES | • superoctaves n. Plural of superoctave. • SUPEROCTAVE n. an organ coupler giving an octave higher; an organ stop two octaves above the basic pitch. |
| CONTRAOCTAVES | • contraoctaves n. Plural of contraoctave. • contra-octaves n. Plural of contra-octave. • CONTRAOCTAVE n. the musical octave that begins on the third C below middle C. |
| QUARTERSTAVES | • quarterstaves n. Plural of quarterstaff. • quarter-staves n. Plural of quarter-staff. • quarter-staves n. Plural of quarter-stave. |