above | (noun) an earlier section of a written text | - |
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alcove | (noun) a small recess opening off a larger room | Synonyms: bay |
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apojove | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter | - |
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clove | (noun) spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground | - |
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(noun) one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb | Synonyms: garlic clove |
(noun) moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves | Synonyms: clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum |
(noun) aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice | - |
cookstove | (noun) a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) | - |
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countermove | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: counterattack |
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cove | (noun) a small inlet | - |
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(noun) small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain | - |
dove | (noun) any of numerous small pigeons | - |
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(noun) an emblem of peace | - |
(noun) flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled | Synonyms: squab |
(noun) someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | Synonyms: peacenik |
drove | (noun) a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone | Synonyms: drove chisel |
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(noun) a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together | - |
(noun) a moving crowd | Synonyms: horde, swarm |
foxglove | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Digitalis | Synonyms: digitalis |
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glove | (noun) handwear: covers the hand and wrist | - |
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(noun) the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball | Synonyms: baseball glove, baseball mitt, mitt |
(noun) boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing | Synonyms: boxing glove |
groove | (noun) a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape | Synonyms: rut |
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(noun) (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part | Synonyms: vallecula |
(noun) a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | Synonyms: channel |
grove | (noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | Synonyms: orchard, plantation, woodlet |
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(noun) a small growth of trees without underbrush | - |
ladylove | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: dulcinea |
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love | (noun) sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | Synonyms: love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love |
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(noun) any object of warm affection or devotion | Synonyms: passion |
(noun) a strong positive emotion of regard and affection | - |
(noun) a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction | Synonyms: erotic love, sexual love |
(noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, sweetheart, sweetie |
(noun) a score of zero in tennis or squash | - |
mangrove | (noun) a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building | Synonyms: Rhizophora mangle |
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move | (noun) the act of deciding to do something | - |
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(noun) the act of changing your residence or place of business | Synonyms: relocation |
(noun) (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game | - |
(noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | Synonyms: motility, motion, movement |
(noun) the act of changing location from one place to another | Synonyms: motion, movement |
oilstove | (noun) heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking | Synonyms: kerosene heater, kerosine heater, oil heater |
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perijove | (noun) periapsis in orbit around Jupiter | - |
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poove | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, pouf, queen, queer |
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remove | (noun) degree of figurative distance or separation | - |
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ringdove | (noun) greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged | Synonyms: Streptopelia risoria |
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(noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, cushat, wood pigeon |
shove | (noun) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something) | - |
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stove | (noun) any heating apparatus | - |
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(noun) a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | Synonyms: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, range |
trove | (noun) treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth) | Synonyms: treasure trove |
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truelove | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, sweetie |
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turtledove | (noun) any of several Old World wild doves | - |
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(noun) small Australian dove | Synonyms: Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata |