BACLAVA | • baclava n. Alternative form of baklava. • BACLAVA n. (Turkish) a Middle Eastern dessert, also BAKLAVA, BAKLAWA. |
BAKLAVA | • baklava n. A popular sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts… • BAKLAVA n. (Turkish) a Middle Eastern dessert made of layers of filo pastry, honey, nuts, etc., also BACLAVA, BAKLAWA. |
CASSAVA | • cassava n. Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca. • cassava n. Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots. • CASSAVA n. a tropical plant whose roots yield a valuable starch, also CASAVA. |
COPAIVA | • copaiva n. Alternative form of copaiba. • COPAIVA n. (Tupi) a transparent resin obtained from certain South American trees, also COPAIBA. |
DVANDVA | • dvandva n. (Linguistics, lexicography) A copulative or coordinative type of compound in which members, if not compounded… • DVANDVA n. (Sanskrit) a compound word in which neither element is subordinated to the other, e.g. tragicomedy. |
GINGIVA | • gingiva n. (Anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone. • GINGIVA n. (Latin) the fleshy tissue surrounding the teeth. |
HECKUVA | • heckuva adj. (Colloquial) Heck of a; extreme. • HECKUVA adj. a heck of a. |
HELLOVA | • hellova adj. Alternative form of helluva. • HELLOVA adj. hell of a, also HELLUVA. |
HELLUVA | • helluva adj. (Colloquial) (A) hell of a; extreme. • helluva adv. (Colloquial); (expletive) (A) hell of a; extremely or very. • HELLUVA adj. hell of a, also HELLOVA. |
KHEDIVA | • khediva n. The female consort of a khedive. • KHEDIVA n. the wife of a khedive. |
PAVLOVA | • pavlova n. (Chiefly Australia and New Zealand, foods) A meringue dessert usually topped with fruit and cream. • Pavlova prop.n. A transliteration of the Russian surname Па́влова, the feminine variant of Pavlov. • PAVLOVA n. (Russian) a type of dessert consisting of a meringue base topped with whipped cream. |
PIASAVA | • piasava n. Alternative form of piassava. • PIASAVA n. (Tupi) a coarse, stiff fibre, also PIASSAVA, PIASABA, PIASSABA. |
PRECAVA | • precava n. Alternative form of praecava. • PRECAVA n. (Latin) the superior vena cava, also PRECAVAL. |
YESHIVA | • yeshiva n. (Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts. • Yeshiva n. Alternative letter-case form of yeshiva. • YESHIVA n. (Hebrew) a school for the study of the Jewish scripture, the Talmud, also YESHIVAH. |
ZELKOVA | • zelkova n. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). • Zelkova prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ulmaceae – certain Old World trees and shrubs. • ZELKOVA n. (Japanese) a Japanese tree. |
ZEMSTVA | • zemstva n. Plural of zemstvo. • ZEMSTVO n. (Russian) an elected local administrative council in Czarist Russia. |
ZYZZYVA | • zyzzyva n. A tropical American weevil of the genus Zyzzyva. • Zyzzyva prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – one the numerous genera of true weevils. • ZYZZYVA n. a tropical weevil. |