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2,317 words match “VIS”

AVISEFUL a.
Watchful; circumspect. [Obs.] With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser.
AVISELY adv.
Advisedly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
AVISEMENT n.
Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]
AVISION n.
Vision. [Obs.] Chaucer.
AVISO n. 2 definitions
Information; advice.
BLACK-A-VISED a.
Dark-visaged; swart.
BRASS-VISAGED a.
Impudent; bold.
CALVISH a.
Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon.
CARTE DE VISITE n. 2 definitions
A visiting card.
CARVIST n.
A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.
CEREVIS n.
A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.
CHEVISANCE n. 5 definitions
Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser.
CIVISM n.
State of citizenship. [R.] Dyer.
CLAVIS n.
A key; a glossary.
CLEVIS n.
A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.
COLLECTIVISM n.
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.
COLLECTIVIST n. 2 definitions
An advocate of collectivism. -- a.
CONCLAVIST n.
One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.
CREVIS n.
The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]
CURVISERIAL a.
Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
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