| 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 | - |
| 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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| conclave | (noun) a confidential or secret meeting | - |
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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 |
| klavern | (noun) a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan | - |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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