(law, UK, obsolete) A special kind of cessavit once used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.
gavette
gavotte
gavotte
noun
A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
gavyuti
gavyuti
noun
An ancient Indian unit of distance, equivalent to 12,000 feet; supposed to be the distance at which a cow's call or lowing can be heard.
gevaert
gravata
gravest
gravest
adj
superlative form of grave: most grave
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of grave
gravity
gravity
noun
(loosely, see usage notes) Gravitation, the universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other.
(music) The lowness of a note.
(physics) Specific gravity.
(physics) The force at the Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation, resulting from gravitation.
The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
grivets
grivets
noun
plural of grivet
gustave
gustave
Proper noun
name, a variant of
gustavo
outgave
outgave
verb
simple past tense of outgive
outgive
outgive
verb
(transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
overget
overget
verb
(transitive, archaic) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
(transitive, archaic) To get beyond; get over; recover from.
(transitive, intransitive) To get more than expected or due.
overgot
overgot
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overget
staving
staving
noun
A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.
verb
present participle of stave
stoving
stoving
verb
present participle of stove
vaganti
vagient
vagient
adj
(obsolete, formal) Crying like a child.
vagitus
vagitus
noun
The crying of a newborn baby
vagrant
vagrant
adj
(figurative) Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled.
Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering.
Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.
noun
(biology, especially ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.
(dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
vagrate
vagrate
verb
(zoology) To wander randomly before settling in a new place to live.
To vary.
To wander freely with no destination.
vaguest
vaguest
adj
superlative form of vague: most vague
vaguity
vaguity
noun
Vagueness.
vantage
vantage
noun
(archaic) An advantage.
(dated, tennis) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce)
A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To profit; to aid.
vatting
vatting
verb
present participle of vat
vegetal
vegetal
adj
(now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
(wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
noun
(obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
veguita
ventage
ventage
noun
(countable) A puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument.
Venting (the act by which something is vented)
venting
venting
noun
The act by which something is vented.
verb
present participle of vent
vergent
vergent
adj
Relating to vergence
vertigo
vertigo
noun
A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
vestige
vestige
noun
(biology) A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
A mark left on the earth by a foot.
vesting
vesting
noun
(law) The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
(law) The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
A vest pattern.
Cloth for making vests.
verb
present participle of vest
vetoing
vetoing
verb
present participle of veto
vetting
vetting
noun
A checking or investigation.
verb
present participle of vet
vingtun
vingtun
noun
(archaic) The card game vingt-et-un.
vintage
vintage
adj
(Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
(Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
(attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
(attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
noun
The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
The year or place in which something is produced.
The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
verb
(transitive) To harvest (grapes).
(transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.
virgate
virgate
adj
(mycology) Finely striped, often with dark fibers.
Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
noun
(historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
vitrage
vitrage
noun
A curtain of light translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French window or glazed door.
voglite
voglite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
voltage
voltage
noun
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
vougeot
vulgate
vulgate
adj
(archaic) Made common, published for common use, vulgarized.
(of a text, especially the Bible, not comparable) In or pertaining to the common version or edition.
noun
(of a text, especially the Bible) A common version or edition.