| brevet | (noun) a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) | - |
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| (verb) promote somebody by brevet, in the military | - |
| cavetto | (noun) a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section | - |
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| civet | (noun) cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes | Synonyms: civet cat |
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| corvette | (noun) a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
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| covet | (verb) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) | - |
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| coveted | (adjective) much wanted | Synonyms: in demand, sought-after, sought after |
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| covetous | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| (adjective) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | Synonyms: envious, jealous |
| covetously | (adverb) in a greedy manner | Synonyms: avariciously, greedily |
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| (adverb) with jealousy; in an envious manner | Synonyms: enviously, jealously |
| covetousness | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity |
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| (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity |
| (noun) an envious eagerness to possess something | - |
| curvet | (noun) a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | Synonyms: vaulting |
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| (verb) perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse | - |
| dovetail | (noun) a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises | Synonyms: dovetail joint |
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| (verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail | - |
| duvet | (noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | Synonyms: continental quilt, eiderdown |
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| grivet | (noun) white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face | Synonyms: Cercopithecus aethiops |
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| inveterate | (adjective) habitual | Synonyms: chronic |
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| (adverb) in a habitual and longstanding manner | Synonyms: chronically |
| kvetch | (noun) (Yiddish) a nagging complaint | - |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) a constant complainer | - |
| (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, plain, quetch, sound off |
| naivete | (noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: naiveness, naivety |
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| naivety | (noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: naiveness, naivete |
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| privet | (noun) any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges | - |
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| revet | (verb) face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain | - |
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| (verb) construct a revetment | - |
| revetement | (noun) a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment | Synonyms: revetment, stone facing |
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| revetment | (noun) a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment | Synonyms: revetement, stone facing |
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| (noun) a barrier against explosives | - |
| rivet | (noun) heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together | - |
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| (noun) ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) | Synonyms: stud |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore |
| (verb) hold (someone's attention) | - |
| (verb) fasten with a rivet or rivets | - |
| riveter | (noun) a machine for driving rivets | Synonyms: riveting machine, rivetter |
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| (noun) a worker who inserts and hammers rivets | Synonyms: rivetter |
| riveting | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping |
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| rivetter | (noun) a machine for driving rivets | Synonyms: riveter, riveting machine |
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| (noun) a worker who inserts and hammers rivets | Synonyms: riveter |
| swivet | (noun) a panic or extreme discomposure | - |
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| trivet | (noun) a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table | - |
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| (noun) a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth | - |
| velvet | (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvety |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | Synonyms: velvety |
| (noun) a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back | - |
| velveteen | (noun) a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet | - |
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| velvetiness | (noun) Quality of velvet: velvety appearance, feeling, or taste. | - |
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| velvetleaf | (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States | Synonyms: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetweed |
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| (noun) arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States | Synonyms: Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf |
| velvetweed | (noun) tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States | Synonyms: Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf |
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| velvety | (adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | Synonyms: velvet-textured, velvet |
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| (adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | Synonyms: velvet |
| vervet | (noun) South African monkey with black face and hands | Synonyms: Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet monkey |
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| vet | (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon |
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| (noun) a person who has served in the armed forces | Synonyms: ex-serviceman, veteran |
| (verb) provide veterinary care for | - |
| (verb) provide (a person) with medical care | - |
| (verb) examine carefully | - |
| (verb) work as a veterinarian | - |
| vetch | (noun) any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants | - |
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| vetchling | (noun) any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils | - |
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| vetchworm | (noun) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops | Synonyms: corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm |
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| veteran | (adjective) rendered competent through trial and experience | Synonyms: seasoned |
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| (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, stager, warhorse |
| (noun) a person who has served in the armed forces | Synonyms: ex-serviceman, vet |
| (noun) a serviceman who has seen considerable active service | Synonyms: veteran soldier |
| veterancy | (noun) a state or condition of being a veteran | - |
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| veterinarian | (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon |
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| veterinary | (adjective) of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine | - |
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| (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine | Synonyms: vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon |
| veto | (noun) a vote that blocks a decision | - |
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| (noun) the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) | - |
| (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe |
| (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, negative |