CORVET | • corvet n. Archaic form of curvet. • corvet n. (Nautical) Archaic form of corvette. • corvet n. Archaic form of curvet. |
COVERT | • covert adj. (Figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed. • covert adj. (Now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered. • covert adj. (Law, historical) Under coverture. |
GROVET | • grovet n. (Obsolete) A little grove. • GROVET n. a wrestling hold where the head is gripped and forced to the floor. |
OBVERT | • obvert v. (Transitive) To turn so as to show another side. • obvert v. (Transitive) To turn towards the front. • obvert v. (Transitive, logic) To infer by obversion. |
OUVERT | • ouvert n. (Ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart. • ouvert n. (Fashion) An open-crotch undergarment. • OUVERT adj. (French) open, also OUVERTE. |
REVOLT | • revolt v. To rebel, particularly against authority. • revolt v. To repel greatly. • revolt v. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. |
REVOTE | • revote n. An act of voting again. • revote v. To vote again. • REVOTE v. to vote again. |
STOVER | • stover n. Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. • stover n. Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages. • Stover prop.n. A surname from German. |
STROVE | • strove v. Simple past tense of strive. • strove v. (Now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of strive. • STRIVE v. to try hard. |
THROVE | • throve v. Simple past tense of thrive. • throve v. (Now nonstandard) past participle of thrive. • THRIVE v. to grow vigorously. |
TROVER | • trover n. (Law) Taking possession of personal property which has been found. • trover n. (Law) A legal action brought to recover such property by its original owner. • TROVER n. a type of legal action. |
TROVES | • troves n. Plural of trove. • TROVE n. a valuable discovery. |
VECTOR | • vector n. (Mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. • vector n. (Mathematics) An ordered tuple representing such. • vector n. (Mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space. |
VETOER | • vetoer n. One who exercises the power to refuse approval. • VETOER n. one who vetoes. |
VORTEX | • vortex n. A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. • vortex n. (Figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. • vortex n. (Figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. |
VOTERS | • voters n. Plural of voter. • VOTER n. one who votes. |