| autoclave | (noun) a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments | Synonyms: steriliser, sterilizer |
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| (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
| baklava | (noun) rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey | - |
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| balaclava | (noun) a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face | Synonyms: balaclava helmet |
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| bioflavinoid | (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation | Synonyms: citrin, vitamin P |
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| claver | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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| clavicle | (noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum | Synonyms: collarbone |
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| clavier | (noun) a bank of keys on a musical instrument | Synonyms: fingerboard, piano keyboard |
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| (noun) a stringed instrument that has a keyboard | Synonyms: Klavier |
| clavus | (noun) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | Synonyms: corn |
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| conclave | (noun) a confidential or secret meeting | - |
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| delavirdine | (noun) a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: Rescriptor |
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| enclave | (noun) an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it | - |
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| enslave | (verb) make a slave of; bring into servitude | - |
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| enslavement | (noun) the act of making slaves of your captives | - |
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| (noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: captivity |
| flavin | (noun) a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin | - |
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| flavivirus | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae | - |
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| flavone | (noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments | - |
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| flavonoid | (noun) any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone | - |
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| flavor | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavour |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavour, season |
| flavorer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavorful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavorless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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| flavorlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavorous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavorsome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavorsomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavoursomeness, savoriness |
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| flavour | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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| (noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks | Synonyms: flavor |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, season |
| flavourer | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourful | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
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| flavourless | (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
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| flavourlessness | (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness, tastelessness |
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| flavourous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoursome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, sapid, saporous |
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| flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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| hepatoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| kamilavka | (noun) A headdress worn among Orthodox Christian monastics and clergy. | - |
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| klavern | (noun) a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan | - |
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| lactoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| lav | (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lavatory, privy, toilet |
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| lava | (noun) rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanoes; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface | - |
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| lavabo | (noun) a basin for washing the hands | Synonyms: handbasin, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl |
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| lavage | (noun) washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water | - |
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| lavalava | (noun) a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans) | - |
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| lavalier | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavaliere, lavalliere |
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| lavaliere | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavalier, lavalliere |
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| lavalliere | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavalier, lavaliere |
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| lavation | (noun) the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) | Synonyms: wash, washing |
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| lavatory | (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, privy, toilet |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
| (noun) a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it | Synonyms: flush toilet |
| lave | (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: wash |
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| (verb) wash one's face and hands | Synonyms: wash up |
| (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lap, wash |
| lavender | (adjective) of a pale purple color | Synonyms: lilac-colored, lilac |
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| (noun) a pale purple color | - |
| (noun) any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated | - |
| laver | (noun) (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions | - |
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| (noun) seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds | Synonyms: sea lettuce |
| (noun) edible red seaweeds | Synonyms: red laver |
| lavish | (adjective) very generous | Synonyms: munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting |
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| (adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion | Synonyms: lucullan, plush, plushy |
| (verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns | Synonyms: shower |
| lavishly | (adverb) in a wasteful manner | Synonyms: extravagantly |
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| (adverb) in a rich and lavish manner | Synonyms: extravagantly, richly |
| lavishness | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: extravagance, high life, highlife, prodigality |
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| (noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | Synonyms: luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness |
| nonflavored | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavoured, unflavored, unflavoured |
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| nonflavoured | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, unflavored, unflavoured |
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| ovoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| palaver | (noun) loud and confused and empty talk | Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, rhetoric |
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| (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: blandishment, cajolery |
| (verb) have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds | - |
| (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle |
| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| riboflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| slave | (noun) a person who is owned by someone | - |
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| (noun) someone who works as hard as a slave | Synonyms: hard worker, striver |
| (noun) someone entirely dominated by some influence or person | - |
| (verb) work very hard, like a slave | Synonyms: break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down |
| slaveholder | (noun) someone who holds slaves | Synonyms: slave owner, slaver |
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| slaveholding | (adjective) allowing slavery | - |
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| (noun) the practice of owning slaves | Synonyms: slavery |
| slaveless | (adjective) where slavery was prohibited | Synonyms: free-soil, non-slave |
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| slavelike | (adjective) suitable for a slave or servant | - |
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| slaver | (noun) a person engaged in slave trade | Synonyms: slave dealer, slave trader |
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| (noun) someone who holds slaves | Synonyms: slave owner, slaveholder |
| (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool, slabber, slobber |
| slavery | (noun) work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay | - |
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| (noun) the practice of owning slaves | Synonyms: slaveholding |
| (noun) the state of being under the control of another person | Synonyms: bondage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom |
| slavey | (noun) a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work | Synonyms: skivvy |
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| slavish | (adjective) abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | Synonyms: submissive, subservient |
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| (adjective) blindly imitative | - |
| slavishly | (adverb) in a slavish manner | - |
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| subclavian | (adjective) situated beneath the clavicle | - |
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| unflavored | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, nonflavoured, unflavoured |
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| unflavoured | (adjective) without flavoring added | Synonyms: nonflavored, nonflavoured, unflavored |
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| whitlavia | (noun) desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes | Synonyms: California bluebell, Phacelia minor, Phacelia whitlavia |
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