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Definitions: VELL |
VELLNoun1. To cut the turf from, as for burning. 2. The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. |
Date "VELL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | The stomach of a calf used for making rennet(Websters). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: VELL |
| English words defined with "VELL": Sklayre. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| "VELL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VELL" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "VELL": vell-dressed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vell | 2 |
vell bakardy | 2 |
captain mar vell | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | loebemave (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag, vells), løbemave (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), kalvemave (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), kallun (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag, vells), fjermave (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lebmaag (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag, rennet-stomach, vells), kalvermaag (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vasikan mahalaukku (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), vasikan maha (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), juoksutusmaha (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | franchemule, caillette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Labmagen (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag, vells), Kälbermagen (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), Abomasus (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | stomaco di vitello (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), pelletta e cagliolo (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), pelletta (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), abomaso (Abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellvay quarto estômago (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), estômago (abomasum, belly, calf rennet, calf stomach, inside, inward, maw, rennet, rennet bag, stomach), coalheira (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), abomaso (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) cuajar de ternera (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag), cuajar (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, clot, coagulate, congeal, cover, jell, jellify, maw, rennet, rennet bag, set, settle, take, take on, thicken), abomaso (abomasum, calf rennet, calf stomach, maw, rennet, rennet bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Abomasum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VELL": velleities, velleity, vellum, vellums. (additional references) | |
Words containing "VELL": avellan, avellane, bedrivelled, bedrivelling, bevelled, beveller, bevellers, bevelling, covelline, covellines, covellite, covellites, dishevelled, dishevelling, drivelled, drivelling, favella, favellas, gavelled, gavelling, gravelled, gravelling, gravelly, grovelled, grovelling, hovelled, hovelling, levelled, leveller, levellers, levelling, levelly, marvelled, marvelling, marvellous, nouvelle, novella, novellas, novelle, novelly, ravelled, raveller, ravellers, ravelling, ravellings, ravelly, revelled, reveller, revellers, revelling, shovelled, shoveller, shovellers, shovelling, shrivelled, shrivelling, snivelled, snivelling, swivelled, swivelling, travelled, traveller, travellers, travelling, unlevelled, unlevelling, unravelled, unravelling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-v" | |
-1 letter: ell, lev. | |
-2 letters: el. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-v" | |
+1 letter: level. | |
+2 letters: evilly, levels, lively, lovely, valley, vellum, vilely, villae, volley. | |
+3 letters: allover, alveoli, avellan, eluvial, eviller, favella, helluva, leveled, leveler, levelly, levulin, livable, lovable, loverly, novella, novelle, novelly, overall, ravelly, unlevel, vallate, valleys, valvule, vellums, venally, vexilla, vialled, village, villein, villose, vitelli, volleys, voluble. | |
+4 letters: allovers, allusive, alveolar, alveolus, anvilled, avellane, bevelled, beveller, cavilled, caviller, clavicle, cleverly, coevally, coverall, crevalle, devilled, elvishly, evenfall, evillest, favellas, gavelled, gravelly, hovelled, illative, illusive, ladylove, lavalier, lavalike, levelers, leveling, levelled, leveller, leviable, levulins, levulose, liveable, livelier, livelily, livelong, loveable, loveably, loveless, lovelier, lovelies, lovelily, lovelock, lovelorn, lowlives, nouvelle, novellas, overalls, overbill, overcall, overfill, overfull, overkill, oversell, pullover, ravelled, raveller, reveille, revelled, reveller, rivalled, rollover, salvable, silverly, slovenly, solvable, sublevel, sveltely, unlevels, unlively, unlovely, valuable, valvelet, valvulae, valvules, veiledly, veillike, velleity, venially, verbally, vernally, vestally, vexillar, vexillum, villager, villages, villeins, violable, virilely, vitellin, vitellus, volatile, volleyed, volleyer, volplane, weevilly. | |
+5 letters: alleviate, alveolars, alveolate, available, bevellers, bevelling, cavallies, cavillers, clavicles, cleavable, collusive, covelline, covellite, coveralls, crevalles, curveball, devilling, drivelled, elusively, evenfalls, evolvable, flyleaves, folklives, frivolled, frivoller, gavelling, gravelled, grovelled, halflives, hovelling, illatives, ladyloves, lavaliere, lavaliers, levellers, levelling, levelness, levuloses, liveliest, loveliest, lovelocks, marvelled, overalled, overbills, overcalls, overchill, overfills, overkills, oversells, overspill, pollutive, pullovers, ravellers, ravelling, reveilles, revellers, revelling, rollovers, servilely, severally, shovelful, shovelled, shoveller, sleevelet, snivelled, solvently, spillover, sublevels, swivelled, travelled, traveller, unleveled, unlivable, unlovable, vacillate, vallecula, valuables, valueless, valveless, valvelets, varicella, ventrally, villagers, villagery, villenage, violently, vitelline, vitellins, volatiles, volkslied, volleyers, volleying, volplaned, volplanes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 45 4C 4C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-.. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000101 01001100 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V E L L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0045 004C 004C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56394646 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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