| BOVATES | • bovates n. Plural of bovate. • BOVATE n. (historical) an old measure of land, an oxgang. |
| CLAVATE | • clavate adj. (Biology) Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end. • CLAVATE adj. club-shaped; growing gradually thicker toward the top, also CLAVATED. |
| CRAVATE | • CRAVATE n. a scarf or band worn as necktie, also CRAVAT. |
| CURVATE | • curvate adj. Bent in a regular form; curved. • CURVATE adj. curved, also CURVATED. |
| ELEVATE | • elevate v. (Transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position. • elevate v. (Transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank. • elevate v. (Transitive) To confer honor or nobility on (someone). |
| LARVATE | • larvate adj. (Medicine) Concealed; obscure; being a doubtful case of disease. • LARVATE adj. masked, also LARVATED. |
| NERVATE | • nervate adj. (Botany) nerved. • NERVATE adj. having veins. |
| NOVATED | • novated v. Simple past tense and past participle of novate. • NOVATE v. to substitute a new obligation for an existing one. |
| NOVATES | • novates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of novate. • NOVATE v. to substitute a new obligation for an existing one. |
| OBOVATE | • obovate adj. (Botany, mycology) Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base. • OBOVATE adj. of a leaf, egg-shaped in outline, with the narrow end next to the base. |
| OVATELY | • ovately adv. In an ovate manner. • OVATE adv. egg-shaped. |
| PRIVATE | • private adj. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group. • private adj. Not accessible by the public. • private adj. Not in governmental office or employment. |
| SAVATES | • SAVATE n. (French) a French form of kickboxing. |
| SOLVATE | • solvate n. (Chemistry) A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute. • solvate v. (Chemistry) To form such a complex upon solution. • SOLVATE v. to convert into a type of ion. |
| VALVATE | • valvate adj. Having or resembling valves (that open and close). • valvate adj. (Botany) Meeting at the edges without overlapping. • VALVATE adj. having valves. |
| VOLVATE | • volvate adj. (Mycology) having a volva. • VOLVATE adj. having a volva, a saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops. |
| VULVATE | • vulvate adj. Relating to, or having the form of, a vulva. • VULVATE adj. shaped like a vulva, the external genital of a female animal. |