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28 Words That Contain VELL

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avellan (adjective) pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts Synonyms: avellane
avellane (adjective) pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts Synonyms: avellan
dishevelled (adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly Synonyms: disheveled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled
driveller (noun) someone whose talk is trivial drivel Synonyms: jabberer
(noun) a person who dribbles Synonyms: dribbler, drooler, slobberer
gravelly (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound Synonyms: grating, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
(adjective) abounding in small stones Synonyms: pebbly, shingly
groveller (noun) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect Synonyms: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, truckler
grovelling (adjective) totally submissive Synonyms: cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy
helvella (noun) any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds
leveller (noun) a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions Synonyms: leveler
marveller (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something Synonyms: wonderer
marvellous (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
(adjective) too improbable to admit of belief Synonyms: improbable, marvelous, tall
(adjective) being or having the character of a miracle Synonyms: marvelous, miraculous
marvellously (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently Synonyms: marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously
novella (noun) a short novel Synonyms: novelette
ravelling (noun) a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric Synonyms: raveling
reveller (noun) a celebrant who shares in a noisy party Synonyms: merrymaker, reveler
shoveller (noun) freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill Synonyms: Anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler
(noun) a worker who shovels Synonyms: shoveler
shrivelled (adjective) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken
(adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, withered
(adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
sniveller (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, squawker, whiner
travelled (adjective) familiar with many parts of the world Synonyms: traveled
traveller (noun) a person who changes location Synonyms: traveler
travelling (noun) the act of going from one place to another Synonyms: travel, traveling
unraveller (noun) a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state Synonyms: disentangler, unraveler
untravelled (adjective) not traveled over or through Synonyms: untraveled
(adjective) not having traveled much, especially to foreign lands; not having gained experience by travel Synonyms: untraveled
velleity (noun) volition in its weakest form
(noun) a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
vellicate (verb) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear Synonyms: pinch
(verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Synonyms: tickle, titillate
vellication (noun) a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition Synonyms: twitch, twitching
vellum (noun) fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb
(noun) a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment
volvelle (noun) a circular slide chart having rotating parts Synonyms: wheel chart

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