BACKVELD | • backveld n. (Southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas. • BACKVELD n. (South African) a remote area. |
CALVADOS | • calvados n. (Uncountable) An apple brandy made in Normandy, France. • calvados n. (Countable) A glass of this spirit. • Calvados prop.n. A department of Normandy, France. |
CALVERED | • calvered v. Simple past tense and past participle of calver. • CALVER v. to prepare fish while alive or freshly caught. |
CAVILLED | • cavilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of cavil. • CAVIL v. to raise trivial and frivolous objections. |
CLAVATED | • clavated adj. Clavate; club-shaped. • CLAVATED adj. shaped like a club, also CLAVATE. |
CLAVERED | • clavered v. Simple past tense and past participle of claver. • CLAVER v. (Scots) to gossip. |
CLOVERED | • clovered adj. Covered with growing clover. • CLOVERED adj. covered with clover. |
COVERLID | • coverlid n. A coverlet. • COVERLID n. a bed covering, also COVERLET. |
CURVEDLY | • curvedly adv. In a curved manner. • CURVED adv. CURVE, to deviate from straightness. |
ENCLAVED | • enclaved v. Simple past tense and past participle of enclave. • ENCLAVE v. to surround. |
OVERCLAD | • overclad adj. Wearing more clothing than is necessary. • overclad v. (Transitive) To cover the surface of, as if with clothing. • overclad v. (Transitive) To cover with insulation or cladding. |
OVERCOLD | • overcold adj. Excessively cold. • OVERCOLD adj. cold to excess. |
OVICIDAL | • ovicidal adj. Having the ability to kill an ovum. • OVICIDAL adj. relating to ovicide, sheep-killing. |
OVIDUCAL | • oviducal adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to oviducts. • OVIDUCAL adj. relating to the oviduct, a passage conveying eggs to their place of fertilization, also OVIDUCTAL. |
VALANCED | • valanced adj. Furnished or ornamented with a valance. • VALANCE v. to drape with a valance. |
VANDALIC | • vandalic adj. Having the nature of vandalism. • Vandalic adj. Of or pertaining to the Vandals (the Germanic tribe). • Vandalic prop.n. The extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Vandals, probably closely related to the Gothic language. |
VISCIDLY | • viscidly adv. Done in a viscid fashion or manner. • VISCID adv. thick and adhesive. |