BOLSHEVIK | • bolshevik n. Alternative form of Bolshevik. • Bolshevik n. (Historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist… • Bolshevik n. (Historical) A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic… |
CHEVERILS | • cheverils n. Plural of cheveril. • CHEVERIL n. soft, flexible, kidskin leather, also CHEVEREL. |
CHEVILLES | • chevilles n. Plural of cheville. • CHEVILLE n. (French) the peg of a stringed instrument. |
CLEVERISH | • cleverish adj. Somewhat clever. • cleverish adj. (Colloquial) Quite clever. • CLEVERISH adj. somewhat clever. |
DEVILFISH | • devilfish n. (Dated) Any of several not closely related marine animals… • DEVILFISH n. an octopus; also, a huge ray of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. |
DEVILSHIP | • devilship n. The character or person of a devil or Satan. • DEVILSHIP n. the character or person of a devil or the Devil. |
DISHEVELS | • dishevels v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishevel. • DISHEVEL v. to make the hair untidy. |
DOVEISHLY | • DOVEISH adv. like a dove, also DOVISH. |
GRAVELISH | • GRAVELISH adj. like gravel. |
HALFLIVES | • halflives n. Plural of halflife. • half-lives n. Plural of half-life. • HALFLIFE n. the time taken for half a sample of radioactive material to decay. |
HIGHVELDS | • HIGHVELD n. (South African) a high altitude grassland region of East South Africa. |
LAVISHERS | • lavishers n. Plural of lavisher. • LAVISHER n. one who lavishes. |
LAVISHEST | • lavishest adj. Superlative form of lavish: most lavish. • lavishest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of lavish. • LAVISH adj. generous or profuse in giving. |
PEEVISHLY | • peevishly adv. In a peevish manner. • PEEVISH adv. irritable. |
SHAVELING | • shaveling n. (Often derogatory) Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; a priest or monk. • shaveling n. A shaver, stripling, young man physically mature enough to shave. • SHAVELING n. a tonsured cleric. |
SHAVETAIL | • shavetail n. (US) An inexperienced person, especially a newly-commissioned military officer. • SHAVETAIL n. (US slang) a second lieutenant. |
SHELVIEST | • SHELVY adj. having sandbanks, overhanging, also SHELFY. |
SHELVINGS | • shelvings n. Plural of shelving. • SHELVING n. material for shelves. |
SHOVELING | • shoveling v. (American spelling) present participle of shovel. • shoveling n. Alternative form of shovelling. • SHOVEL v. to use a digging implement. |
SHRIVELED | • shriveled adj. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant. • shriveled adj. Collapsed in size. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • shriveled v. (American spelling) simple past tense and past participle of shrivel. |