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497 words match “AVEL”

GRAVELESS a.
Without a grave; unburied.
GRAVELING; GRAVELLING n. 3 definitions
The act of covering with gravel.
GRAVELLINESS n.
State of being gravelly.
GRAVELLY a.
Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.
GRAVELY adv.
In a grave manner.
HAVELESS a.
Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.
HAVELOCK n.
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
HEAVILY-TRAVELED; HEAVILY TRAVELED n.
subject to much traffic or travel; as, the region's most heavily traveled highways. Syn. -- heavily traveled. [WordNet 1.5]
JAVEL n.
A vagabond. [Obs.] Spenser.
JAVELIN n. 2 definitions
oot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm Addison.
JAVELINIER n.
A soldier armed with a javelin. Holland.
LEAVELESS a.
Leafless. [Obs.] Carew.
MACHIAVELIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.
MACHIAVELISM; MACHIAVELIANISM n.
The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.
NAVEL n. 3 definitions
The central part or point of anything; the middle. Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton.
NAVEL ORANGE n.
in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.
NAVEL-STRING n.
The umbilical cord.
NAVELWORT n.
A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.
OUTTRAVEL v.
To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay.
RAVEL v. 6 definitions
re of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking. Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak.
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